Can I use tooth count on roller chain sprockets to determine reduction (like teeth in gear sets)?
If so check my logic…
I can’t use a drive shaft w/o moving my air tanks and I have no desire to move them, so I plan to use ANSI 60 roller chain & sprockets instead. I want to keep the chain speed down and since I can use engine RPM combined with transmission to determine PTO speed, here is what I have come up with.
2nd gear @ 1250RPM (actually 1251 RPM) will result transfer PTO output shaft spinning at 450RPM
26 tooth sprocket on the pto (spinning@ 450RM connected to 13 tooth sprocket on the pump will result in the pump’s input shaft turning at 900RPM
or
2nd gear at 1400RPM (actually 1390) ->500RPM->1000RPM
or
2nd gear at 1550RPM (actually 1530) ->550RPM->1100RPM