What does PTO stand for and what is its function? I saw this in a 1994 Mack dump truck.
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PTO stands for POWER TAKE OFF. It gives you the ability to connect an optional piece of equipment to your main equipent and use it`s power to operate whatever is attached
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Power Take Off is a mechanical system that allows you to drive a piece of auxiliary equipment from the gearbox of the carrier vehicle. Tractors have PTO shafts out the back to drive machinery. UNIMOG trucks have winches powered by PTO. Some cement trucks drive their mixer barrels with PTO. In a dump truck, I'd say the PTO would drive a hydraulic pump to power the piston that lifts and lowers the tipper.
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PTO stands for power take-off. They are used to run hydraulic pumps to lift beds on dump trucks, to detach necks on heavy haul trailers so that equipment can be loaded, then the neck is re-attached ,trailer raised to ride height level and locked in place all by PTO power. Fuel trucks use their PTO to pump product (such as gas or other fluids), they usually have two PTO's running two product pumps.
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PTO stands for power take-off, PTO functionality is mainly used in TRUCKs & TRACTORs .. PTO is (like shaft in trucks & tractors) which is mainly Responsible for Transfering the Power From on part of Vehicle to The Other Part..(for Example:- gear box , hydrulick pumps,etc) & as the other functionalities explained in earlier answers........
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PTO = Power Train Overdrive and sometimes Power Take Off. When engaged, this system will use the gears and torque of the host vehicle's transmission to power a secondary system. It is frequently seen in construction applications including, but not limited to dump trucks (dump mechanism), cement mixers (rotationals and dump), tow trucks (flat bed mechanism and winches). The Military also have a number of applications as well.
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