[AT] history of PTO's on tractors

[Dean VP]

Herb,  Been there done that. In NW IA the silage would freeze on the outside edge of the silo.  First we used a pick axe.   The Dad bought a chipper that was about 2 feet wide that was powered by an electric motor.   Still really hard work. Then after I left home a silo unloader was installed.  I was the man powered silo unloader, pick axe operator and chipper operator.  The low cost labor left the farm.   I distinctly remember throwing freeze dried silage down the chute and have the wind blow it all back in my face.   I now remember again why I left the farm.  The milk cows played and even larger role in me wanting to get off the farm.  I never regretted my decision. I did really like the machinery and field work.  But the yard work drove me away big time.   However, that is the way farms were run in the 40's and 50's. Today I could be a farmer IF... I had the money to start. Very little yard work.

Dean VP
Snohomish, WA 98290
"Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery."
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We had a corn binder(pulled by our two mules) and used it until mid 1940's when we accumulated enough money for a 14' x 40' silo. Bundles of corn were hard to access when frozen to wet ground or snow and ice, and cattle ate the leaves but not the dry stalks. No waste to silage, however sometimes hard to pitch down the open chute when strong winds seem to blow back more silage than what had been thrown down the chute. Herb(GA)

> On 05/23/2021 1:22 PM Jim Becker <mr.jebecker at gmail.com> wrote:
>  
> Yes, the International 8-16 was the first with an available PTO.  The 
> tractor was introduced in 1917 with full production the next year.  
> The first with PTO installed were in 1919.  The first PTO driven 
> implement was probably a binder and a mower was probably second.
> Jim Becker
> 
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> 1918. Farmall was the first to Introduced it on their 8-16. 
> Carl
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> I think PTOs were there from the start, at least in terms of general purpose 
> gasoline-powered tractors.    My dad grew up with a Farmall F-20 that had 
> rear PTO and a belt pulley, so I assume the original Farmall (later 
> known as the “Regular”) had them also.

> Dean Vinson
>  
> From: AT <at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com> On Behalf Of HERBERT 
> METZ
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> When did PTO's  first appear on tractors? I assume sickle bar mowers 
> was one of the first implements that PTO's appeared on?
> I use an Allis Chalmers  PTO powered four foot tiller behind my AC720 
> large lawn tractor; sure is a nice way to till our large vegetable garden.
> 
> Herb(GA)
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