Lever in the floor

[JD.]

I'm curious about the lever on the floor on the driver's side of the transmission hump. The PO had it hooked up as the shifter for the transmission he had swapped in. I thought that was a neat idea until I started trying to put a bench seat in. It doesn't look like I'll be able to use it but got to wondering what it was originally used for. PTO maybe?

[Pineyguy]

Yep- its for the pto that ran the winch. Some truck also had a rear pto. The selector for that would be on the side of the hump.

[JD.]

I wish I could have got to the truck before the lady hauled off all of the loose "junk" her late husband had laying around this truck. I figured it had a winch on the front as he had welded pipes under the frame and it looks like have been cut by a cable running against them.

Thanks for the info!

JD