What’s At Stake

A power take-off or power takeoff (PTO) is any of several methods for taking power from a power source, such as a running engine, and transmitting it to an application such as an attached implement or separate machine.

What’s the Danger

PTO HAZARDS – POWER TAKE-OFF (PTO) STUB The tractor's stub shaft, often called the PTO, transfers power from the tractor to the PTO-driven machine or implement. Power transfer is accomplished by connecting a drive shaft from the machinery to the tractor's PTO stub shaft. Most incidents involving PTO stubs result from clothing caught by an engaged but unguarded PTO stub. The […]