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Re: Fw: tractor rec's

To: Elton Clark <lotus.tony@airmail.net>
Subject: Re: Fw: tractor rec's
From: Eric Murray <ericm@lne.com>
Date: Sun, 17 Mar 2002 09:22:48 -0800
On Sun, Mar 17, 2002 at 12:35:51AM -0600, Elton Clark wrote:
> 
>  AFAIK, only on the Cub and maybe two semi-rare Japanese units.  The 6
> spline
>  1 1/8" or 1 3/8" PTO running at approximately 540 rpm was a pretty
> universal
>  standard for decades on all sizes of serious tractors.    To lower the
>  u-joint and driveline stress,  a 1000 rpm standard was adopted in the
>  sixties for larger tractors . .  like 70 HP  and up. 


My '91 16hp Kubota has a two-speed PTO.  540 and 1000.

Evidently the Japanese use some 1000 rpm implements on their
compact tractors.  

The chipper I bought expects 850 rpm!  So I
run it on the 1000 rpm PTO at slightly less than full revs.

Eric

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