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Re: pic: ABS-110, lightweight 2-speed PTO gearbox

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Originally Posted by tickspe15 View Post
Most teams that run PTO's do not disengage the drivetrain when the PTO is engaged. You can get around disengaging the drive by either lifting the wheels off the ground before engaging the PTO(see 254 or 118 2013), or using the drivetrain to assist the action being performed by the PTO(see 254 or 1114 in 2010)
Interesting. Personally I feel like that's a little sketchy, as you need an extra mechanism to lift yourself to synchronize the two, but I guess if it works, it works.
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