What's a simple crashbox tranny mean Dfkrug..??? is this good or bad....
A crashbox is an unsynchronized transmission. In their simplest incarnation,
they use straight cut gears and require the input and output shafts to be
stationary in order to mesh. This means your tractor has to be at full stop
before engaging any gear, including all fwd and reverse gears. I had one,
a 99 Kubota L2500DT. Ugh.
These seem to be going away for the newest of compact tractors, but there
are many of them still around, even on recently made budget CUTs.
Nowadays, even gear tractors usually have at least a synchronized shuttle
for easily switching from FWD to REV. Some have fully synchro-ed trannies,
and the best gear trannies are shifted with servos and wet clutches. Unless
some think the new CVTs (New Holland) are the best.