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PTO safety

There have been a few enquiries at T&M lately concerning the use of power take-off shafts, particularly regarding their safe use, as more people are using their tractors for their intended use. This brings with it the greater risk to users, so we thought it useful to bring you some tips and information to make the use of PTO shafts as safe as possible.

There are two standard speeds for PTO shafts, the lower and more common speed being 540rpm, whilst the higher speed used on large, power-demanding implements is 1,000rpm. With shaft

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