[AT] Now: PTO to Trailer

[Ronald L. Cook]

Paul,
	He would have had to go above idle to even gain any speed over the 
original 4-5 mph of the tractor.  It all depends, of course, on the gear 
ratio to the ground.  If you used a modern, (60's,70's)pickup based 
trailer and its original rear gears, how fast would it go turning the 
drive shaft at 500rpm?  Around 10 mph, I think.  I find it hard to 
believe that 30's engineering would get anything going much faster.  It 
would, however, seem like "going like the wind" compared to the road 
gears of any tractors at the time.  I see no danger at all.  Sounds 
practical and interesting.  It would also not be very tough to shift the 
pto in or out on the go.  I don't think a trailer would have much 
flywheel effect.  It wouldn't be much different than shifting a Behlen 
road gear on an F-20.

Ron Cook

Paul Waugh wrote:
> Hi
> As I said earlier, I had a great uncle that drove an F?? back from Wisconsin 
> during the 30's using this method .. I am sure he would have to wait until 
> some good 'sand' roads before going much above an idle ...I had heard him 
> tell about it when I was a teenager, by the time I was really interested, he 
> had passed, so the particular are lost to me. ... better have that front end 
> aligned haha
> 
> Paul Waugh
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Tim Bivens" <bivenshill at yahoo.com>
> To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
> Sent: Thursday, January 03, 2008 11:59 AM
> Subject: [AT] Was: Croatian heritage? Now: PTO to Trailer
> 
> 
>> Am I the only one that thinks this might be extremely
>> dangerous? As far as releasing the PTO on an M all you
>> would need to do is push in on the clutch, But this
>> still seems dangerous to me. Has anyone on the list
>> actually tried this?
>>
>> Tim
>>
>> --- oldiron62 at gmail.com wrote:
>>
>>> Dean If you can rig a pto shaft to an old pickup
>>> trailer.
>>> You should be able to get 40 mph or better.
>>> They are some mennonites amish around here that have
>>> done the same
>>> . I think it would need live PTO, I can see trying
>>> to get the M pto in gear
>>> or out on the fly :-)
>>> Hope yall have a Happy New Years
>>> Kevin
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