Ford 2000 tractor stalled bush hogging (Too slow near the fence line, no engine prob). PTO was engaged, was in 2nd/high. Cant get it out of gear to restart.Cant lift the bush hog up--cant do anything.

Will the pto engauge with out the brushhog hooked up to the pto . Can you turn the drive shaft on the brushhog when it is unhooked from the tractor is any thing bound up around the shaft for blade .if the tractors pto will ingage with out the hog hooked up i would say u may have a bearing locking up or something bound up under neath the hog if not bad bearing mor than l?kely

That's because the PTO is designed to disengage the rest of the gearbox when the PTO is in use.

pto is on the tractor, not on the bush hog, if it won't engage you have pto problems on tractor, needs to be serviced

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Hi Lynn:
The speed of the PTO on every tractor I've owned has been directly related to engine RPM and there has been no other way to change it.
Did your bush hog work with it at one time? If it did, what has changed since then? That might give an indication of a possible fix. It may be that the tractor and bush hog are not compatible.

Dis-engage the PTO lever.
Check the battery

replace the pto solenoid as it has an internal short causing the fuses to blow.

when u engage u have to push in clutch and wait for spinning gears to stop the engage pto and let out clutch, excessive spinning of gears can be caused by low transmission grease also causing grinding

Check and adjust your RIO switch{reverse implement option}near the trans if so equipped.What happens when you press forward pedal then engage blades?Would also check the lower bearing on your pto clutch to see if its seized up.