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Re: practical uses for a PTO

Posted: 28 Feb 2013, 17:01
by xriss
if it were that easy to get a lower taxation braket im sure we would all be slapping on pto's:) alass......ahh well venezuela might be a nice option near as damit free fuel & i hear they have some nice beaches too :D

Re: practical uses for a PTO

Posted: 03 Mar 2013, 19:19
by max and caddy
v-lux wrote:What about compressing air with it? Have an onboard tank for tyre inflation, air tools, etc. that could prove very useful!

Air con pumps can be adapted to provide compressed air....some bloke did it on a landrover.


Could be a good thing to have as when not needed will use zero energy...the PTO setup however is more spinning things to go wrong inside the gearbox and those need to be avoided in my opinion..having said that I will pay £50 for it.. :ok

Re: practical uses for a PTO

Posted: 17 Mar 2013, 18:00
by lsidir
I have a novice question. Where is exactly this PTO? In other words, how can I see if I have it? Is it sticking out of the gearbox?

A picture would be great if I am not asking too much:)

cheers

Re: practical uses for a PTO

Posted: 17 Mar 2013, 18:26
by xriss
located on the snout of your gearbox :D

Re: practical uses for a PTO

Posted: 17 Mar 2013, 21:07
by lsidir
xriss wrote:located on the snout of your gearbox :D

I will continue making a fool of myself:) By snout I understand the front pointy part. That is where the take off for the main shaft is located, and to be honest I thought that this is exactly the PTO, but from this thread I got the impression that there is another indepentend takeoff somewhere else. Which also is less powerful? What was the purpose of that originaly?

Re: practical uses for a PTO

Posted: 17 Mar 2013, 22:42
by Simon Baxter
They are used for all sorts of things, most obvious one is a hydraulic pump to run things like recovery truck beds, tipper bodies and hydraulic winches.
My old teacher at college had a landy with a generator on his so he could do outdoor pa.
They usually also come with some method for raising the idle speed, like a choke cable or something.
As far as I'm aware only T3s destined for Finland ever had them fitted.

Re: practical uses for a PTO

Posted: 17 Mar 2013, 22:43
by Simon Baxter
They are used for all sorts of things, most obvious one is a hydraulic pump to run things like recovery truck beds, tipper bodies and hydraulic winches.
My old teacher at college had a landy with a generator on his so he could do outdoor pa.
They usually also come with some method for raising the idle speed, like a choke cable or something.
As far as I'm aware only T3s destined for Finland ever had them fitted.

Re: practical uses for a PTO

Posted: 17 Mar 2013, 23:28
by ELVIS
Mine did have a PTO, injection pump has a factory fitted twin cable set up with obviously twin 'throttle' arms, and as clopper bloke says, has got what is basically a choke cable that locks at differing increments/steps to raise idle speed. still got these bits fitted on it.

Re: practical uses for a PTO

Posted: 18 Mar 2013, 08:40
by orcecaveman
I knew of a LR that had a compressor fitted and because of this it was on a lower tax due to it being 'agricultural plant' So yes, it could have been right then, dont know about now.