Reference this recent post by JohnCig3. The first five posters offered responses. None of them mentioned buying a $20 1000 to 540 PTO adapter. There may be good reason for this! I am not necessarily suggesting it as it may not be a good idea with a brushog. Running the tractor at half throttle when encountering heavy grass could bog the engine down thus eliminating the benefit. However, on a closely related note- how about using an adapter while operating an implement that does not take as much energy/torque, such as a small rotary rake or a two or four basket tedder? I've chewed on this idea to save some diesel fuel but dont know what the downsides are other than turning one's brain off, going beyond half throttle and running the implement significantly above 540 rpm.
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You are pretty brilliant except the $20.00 adapter you mentioned only changes the splines on the shaft, does not speed up his shaft. I see folks all the time go off to an auction drag home an old 15 ft cutter that has fine splines (ie 1000 rpm boxes) they go buy the adapter to 540 and stick it on their old tractor. Sure will gut that tractor trying to turn the cutter fast enough to do a decent job. His only solution is slow down or gear down but like you said he has never answered, who knows he may not even know the tractor has gears.
BarnyardEngineering
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It's very simple: The 656 does NOT have a 1000 RPM PTO!
The adapter won't even fit on the tractor.
The adapter won't even fit on the tractor.
Sorry all, I'll re-phase my question as I guess I screwed up by tying it to the IH656 brushog query: What do you think or know the downsides to be of using a 1000 to 540 adapter on "light" implements, specifically a 10 foot rotary rake and a two or four basket tedder? This would be on 50 to 70 PTO HP tractors. Dont mention the obvious please ("tearing up" the implement running it above its rated speed). The tractor would be operating at half throttle, approximating 540 rpm. P.S. - I do not have an IH656, but TractorData shows them to have 540/1000. Maybe thats their mistake, maybe not.
I ran my 567 baler with 540 pto on a tractor that has 1000 pto only. Down side was going up hill tractor ran out of power with bale full. on the flat ground worked great. My hay bine is still 540 and do the same with it but have the same issues. Only thing is it cost a lot more to get a 1000pto pump so I stick with 540. It has been done for years if you have the HP on the tractor it saves a lot of fuel.
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