Four good reasons to cap your PTO gear

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Posted by Ed Gooding (VA) on December 03, 2007 at 06:33:35 [URL] [DELETE] :

The typical PTO shaft can:

(1) Wrap up over 6 feet of shoe lace per second. How long is your shoe lace?
(2) Wrap your arm or leg around the PTO shaft nine times in a second? How flexible are you?
(3) Produce second degree burns on your skin when caused by synthetic cloth movement at high speeds.
(4) A very strong man can generate about three-fourths of one horsepower. What is your tractor HP?

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