Farmall H PTO Shaft Size

Joe Henry

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I have a pretty simple inquiry. I have a 1942 Farmall H that has a 1 1/8 size PTO shaft. Is this the standard/original size that the tractor would have come off the line with? A few fellows have been telling me that it should have had the standard 1 3/8 size.

On another note, I have been using an increaser adapter (1 1/8 female to 1 3/8 male) to hook-up up to a pull behind bush hog. I have managed to blow apart two of these increasers in the past couple of weeks, but haven’t done any (maybe a little minor) damage to the PTO shaft or the bush hog. Any suggestions? Are there 1 1/8 sizes yokes out there that I could just swap out from the bush hog (which currently has a 1 3/8 size yoke) so there is then no need for an adapter?
 
I'm only 23 years old, so I wasn't around when these things came off the line. However, my grandpa was an implement dealer, and he always told me that the early H's came with the smaller PTO and the later ones came with the bigger one. If I remember right, the larger PTO may have even been an option when ordering the tractors new. I'm not sure.

My 1940 H had already been updated when I got it. It should be pretty easy to find a larger PTO (I may even have one) and also fairly simple to replace. It will be especially nice if you're going to be using it a lot because you won't have to worry about that adapter anymore.

This is only my opinion, I could be wrong.
 
Your H would have had the small shaft from the factory. Either replace the shaft or get the adapter that is 1 1/8 female and 1 3/8 male if you can handle the extended length.
 
You need just the sleeve thats a couple inches long and doesent lengthen the pto shaft. If you can find one i have one.
 

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