190XT PTO use questions

You sound as if you have it figured out. Being that you don't have a hydraulic pto clutch, you are correct in the fact that you have to depress the clutch pedal before engaging the pto. I think of it now as the foot clutch being my pto clutch.
Then with the foot clutch still depressed, select the gear you are going to be using. Then with the power director in neutral, let the foot clutch out. Pto will start up. Now, where it gets a little "gray area", is how much drag your power director clutch has. I'll tell you of my own experience with my XT. When everything is still cold, the tractor would want to move, but could easily be held with the foot brakes. After everything was good and warmed up, having the power director in neutral was no different than stepping on the clutch as far as drag. I used the PD for all of the "stop and go" ground speed. I even changed gears from forward gear to reverse just by having the PD in neutral, foot clutch out with the pto spinning. You'll want to shift very quickly. I had no gear clash whatsoever as long as I shifted fast. I've baled probably 15,000 bales with this XT over the course of 15-20 years using it like that with no ill effects. Example, new Holland baler I used to have, had auto wrap, and occasionally, if facing down hill when the bale got full, I'd have to back up before kicking the bale out, then drive ahead before closing the tailgate. Procedure went like this; full bale alarm goes off, throw pd in neutral, tractor stops (add braking if on a hill),bale starts wrapping, while bale is wrapping, quickly shift from 3rd to reverse, feather the pd towards the low side to back up 10-15 feet, put shifter back to 3rd, when bale finished wrapping, open the end gate kick bale out, feather the pd back to pull away from the bale, then back to neutral with pd, close end gate, pull the pd back to start making the next bale, and if baling was good, move the pd to high side without missing a beat. The whole procedure without once touching the foot clutch.
If baling was good and no breakdowns, I could bale for hours, and have only used the foot clutch to initially get started, wouldn't need to even touch it after that. Doing it that way for years, and still am. Just upgraded balers, no longer have to back up before kicking bale out
Darrel

Yes Darrel gave good procedure advice

I would rather bale with my XT than any other tractor we have on the farm. I’ve never tried the clutch less shift Darrel from forward to reverse, interesting, may have to try that.

Darrel is spot on. I've been using my 200 the exact same way for 48 yrs. now with zero issues. Now, if you have an older baler that required you shut off the PTO to eject the bale and your tractor had manual PTO, then that's a whole different deal.