Adding PTO to 420C

[tobaccofarmer]

Hey guys was wondering on a 420C that has lever already up beside gear selector how much is involved with adding PTO shaft from rear ? Is it just the rear housing swap with hole for shaft and shaft itself or do you have to spit tractor ? Thanks George

[gus]

Just pull the plate off and bolt the pto on.

[Bret4207]

Yup, just realize that the PTO isn't going to run 540 RPM at what I'd call normal crawler speeds. I ran a bush hog off mine and had to gear down and up the engine RPMS by a lot to get effective work done.

[tobaccofarmer]

Was planning on generator so no loss of HP for power train whatsoever . Thanks guys

[tobaccofarmer]

Found a pto shaft but on the end that mates to transmission inside gear housing looks like a cotter pin or bolt goes on that end .wondering if it’s as easy as all going in from rear . I’ll have to pull parts book and see what it shows .

[deeretails]

You have the lower plate off, right?

[tobaccofarmer]

Not yet, was waiting until I knew for sure it all can be installed from rear only.