Found this today and thought it was prettier'n a new plumb bob..it needs no explanation.
Although not survey related, here's an example of native oklahoman art from one of the indigenous tribes around Lexington, OK.
Not An Axle, That Is A PTO (Power Take Off) Shaft
Generally protuding from the midpoint of the rear of the rear axle housing above the hitch. Once a PTO driven implement is hitched up to the tractor a splined hub with universal joints is slid over the shaft. Probably more fingers are lost in that spinning universal joint than anywhere else on the farm. I knew one farmer who was stradding the PTO shaft to a baler, it caught his pants, which it stripped from him along with a masculine body part.
Paul in PA
Not An Axle, That Is A PTO (Power Take Off) Shaft
Good observation..I wondered about the 'keeper' hole (cotter key) visible on the splines. I've seen holes on the threads of auto axles, but never on the splines.
Not An Axle, That Is A PTO (Power Take Off) Shaft
Yippers. That's a common PTO shaft.
The proverbial wagon hub
Yep - something about findin' the old stuff (sniff...sniff) just kinda brings a tear to your eye...
Does anyone know of any documentation related to identifying old axles? Sure would be interesting to read. Another surveyor I know likes to refer to them as "buggy axles" in general. Though I have seen many types of axles, including this PTO style, it makes you think about what mode of transportation they original came from!
I worked for a guy years ago that identified any type of unknown shaft as a buggy axle.
James
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Sorry fellas, but I couldn't resist - This is the collection of old corner markers and other things that I have collected over the years that I keep in my office so I can show the new hires what they look like. Only two of these were actually corners, an old wagon hub and a branding iron. The wagon hub I found on the side of the road after a road grader tore it out and the branding iron was found and given to me by a forester after a skidder had torn it out.
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If I were you I'd avoid asking a Freudian Psychologist to interpret your collection, just sayin' 😉
> Although not survey related, here's an example of native oklahoman art from one of the indigenous tribes around Lexington, OK.
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i thought that was a redneck tree stand? where's the feeder machine?
More accurately it's a 540 rpm...
pto, as opposed to a 1000 pto on larger tractors, of which there are 2 sizes. Just sayin.....
This is a treestand.:-)
More accurately it's a older 540 rpm...
The newer 540s have a groove in the spline so that a spring loaded keeper holds it on rather than the pin plus cotter pin used in the hole. That bugger, especially the cottor pin, was a finger ripper.
The biggest danger was to the person who hooked up the PTO after a second person backed the tractor up to the implement. If the person on the tractor was not paying attention or in a hurry and reduced pressur on the clutch the PTO would engage before the drive wheels turned. That two stage clutch hurt a lot of farmers. What really hurt worse was when it was the farmer's wife on the tractor.
I knew one farmer's wife who was the one who lost fingers.
I was still involved with the farm implement business when the 1000 rpms came out and tractors would have one of each.
Paul in PA