PTO question

gramps24

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Jun 4, 2015
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I am looking to buy a used Kubota with a front snow blower and still be able to run my 5ft brush hog and 5 ft tiller.
Everything I look at has a 540 rear PTO and I'm not sure that will work the brush hog & tiller.

I have a Kubota B8200 with Hi & Lo PTO. I have a rear 3pt snow blower but have medical issues which makes it hard to use , reason for buying a front blower, & I prefer the higher RPM'S because on the lower speed, the snow only goes 6-6ft. When using the brush hog, the higher RPM'S work better in high grass/weeds.
So, if I run the rpm's high with the motor, will it be about the same as what I have now?
Hope I am making sense!!
Don't want to buy something that will not work for what I want.
Thanks all
 

foobert

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Most brush-hogs are designed around the 540 RPM standard. Same for tillers. For rear PTO, that would be low speed, at the indicated engine RPM on the tach.

I don't follow what you are asking here:
So, if I run the rpm's high with the motor, will it be about the same as what I have now?
 

gramps24

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B 2620 HST
Jun 4, 2015
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Hesperia, MI. USA
Most brush-hogs are designed around the 540 RPM standard. Same for tillers. For rear PTO, that would be low speed, at the indicated engine RPM on the tach.

I don't follow what you are asking here:
I guess the main is, will I not be able to run snow blower and or brush hog or tiller at the high RPM that I can now. The spec sheet show my tractor PTO is 540/748.
 

walaby

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Apr 3, 2021
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As foobert says, many of the brush hogs and tillers are designed to run at 540 rpm. Just because you can run them at 748 based on your dual speed PTO, doesn't mean you should.

That's my understanding, although Im still learning.

Mike
 
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