TS 254C PTO question

I think forward is the 540 rpm position and rear is the 1000 rpm position.  The KingKutter is intended to use a 540 rpm input speed.

Note that the PTO speed will be approximately as listed when the engine rpm is in the green band on your tach.

Small correction to Rich's post. The two speeds are 540 r/m and 720 r/m at rated engine speed (check with photo tach). The 1,000 r/m PTO's have 20 and 21 splines.

Bob thats not true either, all the Jinma 254/284 tractors have a 6 spline PTO with 540/1000 Speeds

The Jinma 354 tractors have the 540/720 Speeds

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I wish my rhino was that way, it is like a lot of US tractors where you have to remove the 6 spline shaft, replace it with the finer splined shaft that engages a different gear inside the tractor to achieve the higher rotational speed for the implement

Tommy wrote:

Bob thats not true either, all the Jinma 254/284 tractors have a 6 spline PTO with 540/1000 Speeds.

Then how does that work when the 1,000 r/m implements have 20/21 splines? Is there an adapter of some sort included?

Super-T wrote:

the forward position (lever to the rear of tractor) is the 540rpm, right?

I'm sorry man, that just doesn't make sense to me – “forward position …. to the rear?”

I believe on most tractors the 540 r/m range would be pointed towards the engine.

I have seen 21 spline PTO shafts before, but we are talking  Chinese Tractors 101, and they have 6- spline shafts, 540/1000 speed selectors  

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Oh for cripes' sake!  Don't get all tangled up in weird semantics.   Push the lever forward for 540 rpm and yank it back for 1000.   If you still aren't sure, put a tach on the output shaft and see what it says.

Rich wrote:

“Oh for cripes' sake!  Don't get all tangled up in weird semantics.   Push the lever forward for 540 rpm and yank it back for 1000.   If you still aren't sure, put a tach on the output shaft and see what it says.”

No offense Super-T but Rich took the words right out of my mouth. I bought a photo tach from Harbor Freight. Works great!

This is one of those simple things that somehow got complicated.  A person can tell the difference between the two speeds just by watching the PTO spin.   Let it idle, watch the PTO in each selection.  One speed is almost double the other.