rchristensen
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How can so many people be so wrong???
If Mechanical PTO's were any good they would be on all the new Cubs.
Electrical PTO's properly installed will normally outlast the engine with probably only a simple brake flange adjustment in your lifetime. The have a good positive brake.
Mechanical PTO'S will require several rebuilds, constant adjustment, many thrust buttons (unless you buy an expensive brass button), and if you forget to replace the thrust button you will be replacing a lot of other parts. If you don't have the later model mechanical PTO with the brake you have a major Safety issue.
Price wise you can buy a good used Electrical PTO for about the same price as a used Mechanical PTO which you will probably need to rebuild before using.
Removing an Electrical PTO is a simple unbolt while a Mechanical PTO removal can turn into a wrestling match or dynamite.
If you look back through the archives you will probably see 50 problems with Mechanical PTO's to one problem with an electrical PTO (Which is normally easily fixed with the brake flange adjustment), probably the most posted picture on this Forum is Steve Blunier's picture on how to install the anti rattle springs, which are probably missing on 50 percent of all Mechanical PTO's.
As for slipping the PTO clutch, just idle the engine, engage the PTO and give her full throttle and go. I can't see anybody engaging a PTO with the tiller in the ground, the snow blower full into a snow bank, the chipper fully loaded, or the mower deck already in foot high grass.
As for Starter Generators and their expensive voltage regulators, you don't see them on many new products do you????
Come on now were supposed to be helping people into the 21'st century not back into prehistoric times.
If Mechanical PTO's were any good they would be on all the new Cubs.
Electrical PTO's properly installed will normally outlast the engine with probably only a simple brake flange adjustment in your lifetime. The have a good positive brake.
Mechanical PTO'S will require several rebuilds, constant adjustment, many thrust buttons (unless you buy an expensive brass button), and if you forget to replace the thrust button you will be replacing a lot of other parts. If you don't have the later model mechanical PTO with the brake you have a major Safety issue.
Price wise you can buy a good used Electrical PTO for about the same price as a used Mechanical PTO which you will probably need to rebuild before using.
Removing an Electrical PTO is a simple unbolt while a Mechanical PTO removal can turn into a wrestling match or dynamite.
If you look back through the archives you will probably see 50 problems with Mechanical PTO's to one problem with an electrical PTO (Which is normally easily fixed with the brake flange adjustment), probably the most posted picture on this Forum is Steve Blunier's picture on how to install the anti rattle springs, which are probably missing on 50 percent of all Mechanical PTO's.
As for slipping the PTO clutch, just idle the engine, engage the PTO and give her full throttle and go. I can't see anybody engaging a PTO with the tiller in the ground, the snow blower full into a snow bank, the chipper fully loaded, or the mower deck already in foot high grass.
As for Starter Generators and their expensive voltage regulators, you don't see them on many new products do you????
Come on now were supposed to be helping people into the 21'st century not back into prehistoric times.