[AJD] JD 430U reverser/PTO

[wjohnson]

Don, 
I have a 420 with pto and reverser and yes, it reverses the pto and
believe me, there are some times thats handy.  Get a post hole digger
stuck under a root and what do you do?  With the reverser, back it out!
Merle
-----Original Message-----
From: "Don Shehi" <shehi at commspeed.net>
To: "'Antique John Deere mailing list'"
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Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2005 21:26:04 -0700
Subject: [AJD] JD 430U  reverser/PTO

> 
> 
> I recently purchased a 1959 John Deere 430U.  One of the members in a
> local
> tractor club was telling me that if the 430 series tractor had a
> reverser it
> did not have a PTO.  In looking at mine, it has both from what I can
> tell.
> 
> Since the reverser is between the transmission and the clutch, I can
> see how
> it will totally reverse the direction of the transmission.  The
> question is,
> won't the reverser also change the direction of the PTO.  This does not
> seem
> to be a good feature. Is it common to have a reverser and a PTO?
> 
> Comments
> 
> TIA
> 
> Don Shehi
> Camp Verde, Arizona
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