[AT] OT, old implements and plasma cutters

[Cecil Bearden]

Warren:
I think I understand you need the shaft to collapse into itself to fit 
your tractor.  the shortest distance for a PTO shaft is when the PTO of 
the tractor and the implement are a the same height. An 1x1.25 square 
shaft is good for about 40 hp.  However, the shaft and the female tube i 
slides into will sometimes twist if your implement does not have a slip 
clutch, or the shear pin has been replaced with a hardened bolt.   PTO 
shafts have become very expensive, and the Bondioli and Pavesi shafts 
are not my favorites.
I have a Pakmaster 42 I believe, it is the one that will cut 1/2inch 
steel.   If both little brass pins in the torch are not making contact 
with the brass ring on the cup. it will not fire. Mine does not have any 
readouts, so I have to guess.   I have a Pakmaster 82 that worked fine 
until I changed the torch to a 50ft model and it won't cut soft butter.
Cecil

On 5/17/2020 8:57 PM, Mogrits wrote:
> I have an off brand "bush hog", probably 60" that I have never been 
> happy with. It's flimsy, the three point pins never align etc etc. It 
> has seen some rough service I'm guessing as it came with the 53 
> Jubilee I bought. Anyway, I also have a 53" Hardee rotary cutter, made 
> in Loris SC that has been at pasture for the last 15 yrs (at least). 
> These Hardees are really tough implements so I decided to resurrect it 
> even at loss of the cutting width. The tire was rotted when I parked 
> it so a new one was ordered which arrives tomorrow., The PTO Coupler 
> had been buried in the "mulch" that developed on the deck such that 
> the lock pin wouldn't open without a hammer and it wouldn't fit the 
> splines on the Mahindra. On top of that, the PTO shaft appears to be 
> too long. That's where my questions begin. With some difficulty I got 
> the U-Joint out so I can replace the yoke. I still have about 10" of 
> PTO shaft exposed and more than that of the PTO sleeve but it won't go 
> up in there even with help from a come-a-long. I need about 4" more to 
> get the shaft on the tractor. The shaft is rectangular- 1-1/4" x 1" 
> solid steel. Is it okay to just cut 4" off the shaft with a 
> porta-band? Should I drop a couple hundred for a new shaft? The 
> gearbox has a slip clutch on the the top end so that would involve 
> another u-joint change. I think there is no danger of the shaft coming 
> loose with the implement raised and lowered.
>
> Plasma cutter: I have a Thermal Dynamics cutmaster 42 I bought new. It 
> worked until I gave it to employees to use on a jobsite and they 
> dropped the torch and broke it. I replaced the torch and it still 
> doesn't work. Is anyone familiar with this model? It powers up, 
> releases air, then defaults to an error mode indicating torch parts 
> are not right but I have ascertained they are in fact in place.
>
> Other than that, It's good to read the non-virus chatter on here.
> Warren
>
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