looking for pto shaft 450c

[willen]

I'm looking at buying a 450c that's nearby but in order to make good use of it it needs pto. Anyone know where I might get a used one?

[JWB Contracting]

If you want to do PTO work, the crawler needs to be equipped with the PTO drive option. I have never seen one in a 450. I guessing there should be an engagement lever for the PTO on top of the HLR as that is where you'd find the lever on a 350.

They are all capable of accepting a winch drive shaft but a winch drive is only suitable for running a winch.

[willen]

Thanks. I guess I'll back off on this one then. I want something to run a scrub cutter and not worry about wrecking tires. The 450 would be quite underpowered for my cutter anyway. But oh so handy.

[Tigerhaze]

Willen, the PTO on crawlers does not run at same speed as PTO on tractors and is mainly meant for running winches. It's not to say it can't be done (Gus on here did it with a 420 crawler) but generally isn't in sync. Take a look at these threads:

http://www.jdcrawlers.com/messageboard/ ... hlight=pto

http://www.jdcrawlers.com/messageboard/ ... hlight=pto


Here was Gus's thread on mowing with a 420:

http://www.jdcrawlers.com/messageboard/ ... ight=mower