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[patrician12]

On ebay under simplicity a guy has a pto.What type is this and what can you do with it?

[SmilinSam]

Post a link to the auction so we can evaluate..

[Les]

AC/Simplicity did offer a 540 PTO attachment, basically offered so farmers could operate a grain auger by using their garden tractor and free up a farm tractor.

[thedaddycat]

This was another neat option, not the same thing as a 540 RPM PTO though... http://www.simpletractors.com/attachments/speed_jack.htm

[Les]

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Originally posted by thedaddycat
This was another neat option, not the same thing as a 540 RPM PTO though... http://www.simpletractors.com/attachments/speed_jack.htm

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Yea, I said grain auger, but the ad says elevator, which used to be used for ear corn(to put the ears into the corn crib). They were also used for hay bales. I just didnt think elevator because they have not been made for over 35 years. It could also be that I dont have a lot of pleasant memories about hay bales or ear corn, in fact I dont care if I ever see a hay bale again.

[patrician12]

Thanks!I got a little excited I thought it turned the tractor into a 3 point category 0 setup.Well I can always dream.

[JoeJ]

:DLes:D I think some here mabey never had the "joy" of working in hay. Perhaps a couple hours stacking in that lovely, climate controled, second floor storage area would give them some insite in your words!! ;) [img]http://www.simpletractors.com/club2/uploaded/JoeJ/joej_sig2.gif[/img]

[tractormike]

I grew up on a farm and I'm glad that I did years before they came up with heat indexes and wind chill factors. If I knew how hot it was in the barn stacking hay bales with their heat index figured in, or how cold it was spreading manure and doing chores in the winter with their wind chill factor I probably would not have survived!!!!!

[MPH]

Les and Mike, hear what your saying about them 'good ole days'. Hay loft, mid July, and Nebr. humididity, probaly why I live in Alaska..Les, we also used the grain elevator for small grains, sure beat the hell outta that steel grain shovel. Wish I had some pics of the cushman engine, belt to 3 speed tranny, and the 6 or 8 ft jack shafts with open u-joint knuckles and the cable driven wagon hoist. Must have taken half a day to move that set-up from one bin to another. Only dreamed of having an elevator for hay bales...MPH

[Les]

We even used the old block & tackle hay forks system to move bales, didnt work too bad. Even wore out(in fact, we BROKE) several of the small bale conveyors, was really glad when we got to use the electric motor instead of the gas engine. I think our peak year back when I was in high school we billed out just over 35,000 bales moved. My best day baling was 2774 bales of wheat straw using a John Deere 336 wire tye baler, which was one awsome machine. Once I was baling for a semi-retired guy who decided that he would come out and bale beside me with his New Holland baler, after the second time I lapped him he just pulled out of the field. In good conditions I could turn out 7 bales per minute. Good old days??? I dont think so. Lot easier to do big round bales.

[roneil]

Two words that still inspire fear. Kick Baler

[rokon2813]

Remember stacking a flat wagon with no sides behind a kick baler??? Dont take too long stacking with your back turned before the next one kicked....Stack it perfect the first time or drop it and turn around..... The biggest thing I do miss about those "good old days" is the physical condition we were all in.

[Agricola]

I recently bought a 700 with the shaft option. There is a tube that runs from front to back and a shaft that goes in the tube. That connects with the front engine pulley. It seems very simple and I have not yet had a chance to try it.