4570Man
Super Star Member
- Joined
- Apr 7, 2015
- Messages
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- Location
- Crossville, TN
- Tractor
- Kubota M59, Kubota L3800, Grasshopper 428D, Topkick dump truck, 3500 dump truck, 10 ton trailer, more lighter trailers.
I wouldn't own an HST machine that size. What a waste of HP.
What do you do with that machine that needs the HP? Pulling a plow is the only job you’d win at and nobody buys a 2700 pound tractor to plow with. A HST only robs power at peak pulling effort. It looses very little power driving across a field pulling a bushhog. And I guarantee the HST tractor would outperform your 4x2 transmission mowing. You don’t have the gears to match the conditions and have to compromise on the slower speed when realistically you could go a little bit faster. And you’re wasting time reversing around obstacles. Also the HST can briefly slow down when you’re about to hit a bump while still maintaining PTO speed. An ability the gear tractor can’t easily do.