My Hawk-Bilt groundsaw uses the rear Cub Cadet PTO to drive the tractor when it's digging. You disengage the clutch, and there's a hydraulic motor that turns the rear PTO. With the tractor in gear, it will move the Cub Cadet forward while it's digging. It's a pretty neat setup. If you don't keep the clutch disengaged, the hydraulic motor "fights" the tractor motor.
And, when I bought a Massey 1528 a couple years ago, I was told it had what was called a "live" PTO because you could shove down the clutch to stop forward motion of the tractor and the PTO would still turn, i.e., it was still live. If you depress the clutch all the way down it stops the tractor motion and the PTO. On the other hand, my 300 International has an "independent" PTO. The lever that controls the PTO has no effect on the motion of the tractor and doesn't require using the clutch. I don't know if that's correct for the terminology, but that's what I've awalys been told.
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