Patent ID: 8387727

Claim:
A vehicle front drive assembly, comprising: an auxiliary drive housing supporting at least one belt driven component paving a drive pulley; an input pulley; a belt engaging the input pulley and the drive pulley; a first longer driveshaft having a first end and having second end adapted for coupling directly to the input pulley; a front PTO drive having a PTO drive housing rotatably supporting an input member, an auxiliary drive member and a PTO driveshaft, the auxillary drive member being adapted for coupling with the input pulley; and a second shorter driveshaft having a first end and having a second end adapted for coupling to the input member, the first driveshaft being removed from the assembly when the second driveshaft and the front PTO drive are connected to the input pulley wherein the second driveshaft is coupled to the input pulley by the input member and the auxiliary drive member, and the second driveshaft and the front PTO drive being removed from the assembly when the first driveshaft is connected to the input pulley, the first end of the first driveshaft being adapted to be coupled to an engine of a vehicle when the first driveshaft is inserted into the assembly, and the first end of the second driveshaft being adapted to be coupled to the engine of the vehicle when the second driveshaft is inserted into the assembly.