Is there any 'industry standard' for PTO shafts?
I went to use the PHD this weekend to drill holes for some new bushes. (I share the implement with my neighbor, we both paid for part of it) But when I went over there, the part of the PTO shaft that connects to the tractor was missing. And he wasn't home so I couldn't ask him about it, even after searcihng his garage!
So I went to another neighbor and wondered if he borrowed it.
Then I went back home and looked at my other PTO shafts.
I needed a female end that looked like a tube with 3 inverted "V" notches sticking out from the tube. I had a couple squares. I had a couple rectangles. But nothing close to what I needed.
So why the heck do manufacturers make such odd proprietary shafts? Can it be certain designs are used for certain applications that require specific amounts or torque? Or do they make them that way 'just because' that is the way they always did it?
I went to use the PHD this weekend to drill holes for some new bushes. (I share the implement with my neighbor, we both paid for part of it) But when I went over there, the part of the PTO shaft that connects to the tractor was missing. And he wasn't home so I couldn't ask him about it, even after searcihng his garage!
So I went to another neighbor and wondered if he borrowed it.
Then I went back home and looked at my other PTO shafts.
I needed a female end that looked like a tube with 3 inverted "V" notches sticking out from the tube. I had a couple squares. I had a couple rectangles. But nothing close to what I needed.
So why the heck do manufacturers make such odd proprietary shafts? Can it be certain designs are used for certain applications that require specific amounts or torque? Or do they make them that way 'just because' that is the way they always did it?