[AT] history of PTO's on tractors

[Kenneth Gene Waugh]

Dean,  this sounds like my Dad---he wanted OFF THE FARM! Born in 1918,
graduated high school in 1936. His Dad bought their first tractor _after_
Dad left for Purdue. It is surprising how much equipment was bought after
the kids left the farm, isn't it??!!

On Mon, May 24, 2021 at 1:57 AM Dean VP <deanvp at att.net> wrote:

> 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."
> ..Winston Churchill...
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: AT <at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com> On Behalf Of HERBERT METZ
> Sent: Sunday, May 23, 2021 1:28 PM
> To: Antique Tractor Email Discussion Group <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
> Subject: Re: [AT] history of PTO's on tractors
>
> 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
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: szabelski at wildblue.net
> > Sent: Sunday, May 23, 2021 10:56 AM
> > To: Antique Tractor Email Discussion Group
> > Subject: Re: [AT] history of PTO's on tractors
> >
> > 1918. Farmall was the first to Introduced it on their 8-16.
> > Carl
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Dean Vinson <dean at vinsonfarm.net>
> > To: 'Antique Tractor Email Discussion Group'
> > <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
> > Sent: Sun, 23 May 2021 07:48:05 -0400 (EDT)
> > Subject: Re: [AT] history of PTO's on tractors
> >
> > 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
> > Sent: Sunday, May 23, 2021 7:19 AM
> > To: Antique Tractor Email Discussion Group
> > <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
> > Subject: [AT] history of PTO's on tractors
> >
> > 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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-- 
Gene
Kenneth Gene Waugh
Elgin, Illinois
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