Bushhog to JD40

[Byron Roberts]

I've never had any pto driven implements for my 40..Dad sold the farm a couple yrs back and i put my 40 in my cousin's barn ..no storage here ..to many hit-miss..LOL...He's been useing it off and on..back blade and such..he called this morning wanting to know if i had a pto shaft 30-32" long..guess his son in law brought us a 48" 3 point bushhog up from ky..I'm wondering if it don't need a override clutch..then figure out pto shaft lenght?? any ideas??...B,

[Craig A]

Overrunning clutches are expensive.
Unless you are working in tight quarters and can't think ahead....... .......you can get along with one.
A four footer won't have the inertia a five footer would have.

[HBurk]

Pay attention to where you're going and ALWAYS have a place to go.

[K D Redd]

I do know if a 40 has "Live Power" I know the 50's and the 60's did. If the tractor has live power you do not need the over running clutch. We have one on my Father-in-Law's MT.

Kent

[smgussey]

Spend the money on the over-running clutch. It will be the SAFEST way to operate the machine.

[Joseph Cissell]

Byron, Spend the money on and over ride clutch. You won't be sorry you did. It will be he best money you ever spent. As H Burk said. always watch where you are going and ALWAYS LEAVE YOURSELF A PLACE TO GOOD. More people has ben killed on a small tractor with a bushhog than any other equipment. I have a 2000 Ford tractor and I use a oride clutch with it. My 2 cents worth. Joe

[Jon Muck]

Like the others said, no need for an overrunning clutch if you have a live pto. If you don't have a live pto another advantage to an overrunning clutch is being able to shift from forward to reverse without waiting for the blades to completely stop. My Farmall H doesn't have overrunning clutch, so to shift gears you must wait for the mower to stop spinning as it is also turning the trans. My Allis C has a overrunning clutch that also converts a 1 1/8 pto shaft to standard 1 3/8 shaft. On the Allis I can stop and change gears while the clutch just freewheels and resume mowing. Not a big thing but definitely a convienice.
Jon