My I-5, a CA version, also has the 6-bolt PTO contactor. Just a guess -- perhaps they figured no one would turn off the PTO when heavy work was being done, like running the snowthrower. And no one would turn it on with the snowthrower auger locked. Maybe...
Larry Chace, Ithaca, NY I-5 and E15
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