Patent ID: 8577559

Claim:
A drive arrangement for driving an operating implement, the drive arrangement having: a drive engine that is brought into driving connection over a separable power take-off shaft clutch with a power take-off shaft output; a drive line of the operating implement connected to the power take-off shaft output, the drive line including an overload clutch that disengages the drive line if a cut-off torque is exceeded; and, a control arrangement connected with and operated by a sensor at the power take-off shaft output, in order to induce an actuator to disengage the power take-off shaft clutch as soon as a torque detected by the sensor one of: reaches and exceeds a predetermined threshold value; wherein the control arrangement utilizes a first threshold torque value that corresponds to a torque that is less than the cut-off torque of the overload clutch, and the control arrangement, after exceeding the first threshold torque value and a disengagement of the power take-off shaft clutch occasioned thereby, induces the actuator to engage the power take-off shaft clutch and when the power take-off shaft clutch is engaged permits a torque at the power take-off shaft output that is larger than the cut-off torque of the overload clutch.