The first gasoline traction engines were designed to provide belt power for threshing machines. A drawbar was provided, but was only used to pull the threshing machine between farms or similar light ...

An over running coupler (ORC) is basically a ratchet that attaches to your power take off (PTO) shaft and the drive shaft of your implement attaches to it. In older tractors the PTO shaft (when ...

BERRIEN COUNTY — A Watervliet man was killed when his clothing became wrapped up in a tractor’s power takeoff and he was pulled into the equipment, according to Michigan State Police. This was called ...

White on white, sprawled stark naked in a cut cornfield atop 1’ of snow, Tim Vander Zwaag stared into a clear night sky of stars and moon. Alone and violently shuddering in subzero temperatures, ...

We’re all taught from an early age about the dangers of living and working on farms, yet the accident statistics remain horrifying. Agriculture accounts for some 16% of all workplace deaths despite ...

A hydraulic motor which replaces the mechanical PTO drive on slurry tankers has been put on the market by Noel and Ger Hickey from Kilmacthomas, Co Waterford. The main selling point is safety, but ...