Is the PTO assembly for an OC-4 the same as the OC-3?

[mleves]

I've got an OC-4 and I found an aux. PTO
assembly for OC-3 for sale.

Maybe it would help to just know if the differential case is the same on both
models?  

thanks
mike.

[andy b.]

what would you use the PTO for?  just wondering.

i have the PTO attachment on my OC-46 and am not sure i would use it.  i don't have the driveshaft for it though (the shaft that goes from the PTO housing into the regular tranny housing).  i do know the PTO housing also has the belt pulley shaft sticking out of it and the frame for the loader counterweight had a small arc cut into it so the belt pulley shaft would clear it.  this makes me think the PTO really isn't supposed to be on a loader crawler and the only reason i didn't leave it off when i pulled it off to check the differential was because i didn't have the cover plate and pipe plug to cap the holes that would've been in the rear tranny cover without the PTO assembly on it (whew, that was a sentence and a half).

email me if you want and maybe we could work something out.  i'm in southeastern PA.

andy b.

[mleves]

Have no idea what I'd do with it, but
it's $25 so I figured what the heck...

Can you send me a photo when you've
got a chance?

thanks
mike.

[Bill Seal]

It's a handy step for getting up onto the seat, and the lever's good for hanging a crescent wrench from.

[andy b.]

Mike,

i'll try to get a pic tomorrow, if i get home before dark.  otherwise in the next day or two.  i'll look to see if there are any casting numbers on the housing as well.

i'd say for $25 i'd get it.  like Bill said, the lever is a good place to hang a Crescent wrench.  i can't use mine as a step because the loader counterweights are in the way.

andy b.

[Blake Malkamaki]

These tractors are great for pulling single row corn pickers when the fields are wet. That's one good use for your PTO. Pull type brush hogs, manure spreaders are just a couple implements that come to mind.