Agricultural PTO for Defender?

caithnesscrofter · Fri May 04, 2007 11:52 pm

Does anyone here use landrovers and use an agricultural PTO? Would love to be able to run a small plough and topper off the defender. Anyone know anything about it and how I could go about it? Is it as simple as buying the agriPTO drive shaft and hooking up the electrics?

Lord Azrael · Sat May 05, 2007 11:51 pm

Do they still have the PTO for Defenders? We used to have the facility on our old series 3's, but never actually used one, but knew it went through the hole in the rear crossmember of the chassis.

I love the old Landy's, but got a bit disheartened with the newer ones when I worked for Land Rover for a while....half of the new ones had to go back for resprays straight off

caithnesscrofter · Sun May 06, 2007 12:01 am

Well, I know zip zilch nada about cars, trucks, defenders or machines in general!

However, I do have a defender (not a older series) but, I do know you can run power take off implements though I don't know what kind besides things like winches nor do I know how one might go about it either!. So, I do not know if it can run light tractor/agricultural type PTOs. Just thought it might be quite a quick way to top my fields!

AdamW · Post: # 56498Post **AdamW** » Mon May 07, 2007 9:46 am

Like Lord said it was definatly the older series (3 backwards) or the military kind which had PTO's however what kind of plough are you going to use, you dont need a PTO... just hydraulic arms.

If i were you i'd befriend a local farmer and give him a tenner to keep the field down or search a few old barns for a cheap small tractor, plenty hidden around the place.

ohareward · Post: # 56665Post **ohareward** » Tue May 08, 2007 8:46 pm

From my memory in the Army we used to use the PTO only to run a winch. I don't think you need a PTO to run a plough. In your case you are thinking of using the Landrover like a horse. The small tractor with 3 point hydraulic linkage will take most of the implements you need to work your land. In the case of a Landrover or any thing other than a tractor, you would have problems maneuvering the plough and lifting it be able to reverse. The size of tractor would depend on size of land to be cultivated.

Robin.