Pto ?
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From: Pineville PA
Pto ?
I've been looking at the Ford build-your-own site for the SD and
one of the options is "Power Take Off provision". I know what
a PTO on my Kubota is for, but has anyone ever used this function
on their truck?
one of the options is "Power Take Off provision". I know what
a PTO on my Kubota is for, but has anyone ever used this function
on their truck?
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From: Calgary Canada
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It's not an actual PTO, merely a "provision", aka a plate on the transmission that allows you to install a PTO.
Unless you have need for a PTO - ie a hydraulic pump, to run a winch, hoist, etc... it won't be of much use to you, but it's a $100 option on a $30,000 truck, so for my money, you might as well have it. You never know.
I know contractors that use them daily, it may be a selling feature down the road.
Waxy
Unless you have need for a PTO - ie a hydraulic pump, to run a winch, hoist, etc... it won't be of much use to you, but it's a $100 option on a $30,000 truck, so for my money, you might as well have it. You never know.
I know contractors that use them daily, it may be a selling feature down the road.
Waxy
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The PTO option is a bargain, and here's why: although Ford lists one order code for any particular transmission, there are actually several versions of any one transmission, depending on its application. When you order the PTO provision, you actually get the strongest transmission in that group; they have to beef it up for PTO use, and the hole in the side has to be overcome with a stronger case. If you plan on using the truck for heavy work, or you're going to keep the truck a long time, get the PTO option- you'll never regret it.
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I don't know that mine has a PTO how would you know? I have a plate on my trans, drivers side that looks brass with maybe 8 fasteners. That would be my guess where it is. However, a PTO from a light truck transmission would have to be fairly weak wouldn't it?
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It seems to me that all the stick shift transmissions I have seen, on the F series trucks using the 435, T18, T19, and the ZF S5-42 had the PTO plate on them, and the book lists them all as having the PTO capability standard.
The M50D-R2 5 speed, the SROD 4 speed, the TOD 4 speed and the "4-speed manual overdrive transmission" (that's all that the book calls it) do not list the PTO capability.
But the book is 10 years old and I'm sure there are some new ones out there by now.
The M50D-R2 5 speed, the SROD 4 speed, the TOD 4 speed and the "4-speed manual overdrive transmission" (that's all that the book calls it) do not list the PTO capability.
But the book is 10 years old and I'm sure there are some new ones out there by now.
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