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<p>Warren:<br>
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. <br>
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. <br>
Cecil<br>
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<div dir="ltr">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.
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<div>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.</div>
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<div>Other than that, It's good to read the non-virus chatter on
here.</div>
<div>Warren</div>
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