[AT] Fun with mowing

[Mike Sloane]

When I worked for a New Holland dealer, we would not sell a three point 
mower of any kind to be used on a Ford N unless the customer also bought 
or had an overrunning clutch. The boss didn't care about a lot of safety 
issues, but that was one he was firm about (maybe from his own bad 
experience?).

But not all tractors have the same arrangement of a PTO that is directly 
run off the final drive or transmission. A lot of tractors have a 
separate PTO drive shaft and clutch that runs off the engine. Those 
tractors don't need an overrunning coupler. To see what you have, with 
the engine off, jack up one rear tire, put the transmission in neutral, 
engage the PTO, and spin the tire that is off the ground. If spinning 
the tire also turns the PTO shaft, you need an overrunning coupler!

Mike

william.neff.powell at comcast.net wrote:
> I am a big fan of the overunning clutch.... We had an 8n with a bush
> hog squealer before we knew about the overunning clutch... I started
> cutting paths in between tight trees one day and got a little close
> to one... Back wheel got caught on the tree... The front end started
> coming up... I held on to the wheel and stomped on the brakes and the
> clutch... Front end kept coming up then finally stopped... Front
> wheels were about a yard off of the ground... As soon as I learned
> about the over running clutch we bought one...
> 
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Will Powell
> 
> -------------- Original message ---------------------- From: "charlie
> hill" <chill8 at suddenlink.net>
> 
>> George,  I've used that method too.  The only drawback, at least
>> with my Allis tractors, is that you have to sit and wait for the
>> pto to stop freewheeling before you can get the transmission back
>> in gear (no clutch brake).  Another method that works for me is
>> stepping on the clutch pedal and both brake pedals at the same
>> time.  If you have fair to good brakes that will bring it to a stop
>> in a couple of feet.
>> 
>> The over running clutch is a good idea and I recommend it but to be
>> honest I don't use one.  Why?  Well I ran an Allis with that
>> problem for 30 years or more without knowing there was such a thing
>> as an over running clutch.  By that time I was well used to dealing
>> with the problem.   I had one for a while and it broke.  I never
>> got around to getting another one.
>> 
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