NX4510 HSTC Pricing

[holeycow]

Comparing otherwise like machines... I prefer gear tractors with shuttle reversers mostly because I like to drive. I enjoy blipping the throttle, double clutching and the feeling of that direct connection to the engine. I also find the mushiness of HST to be unsatisfying.

However, there is another side to it. You can get a much larger, heavier and more powerful power reverser for the price of a smaller, lighter less powerful HST. With a bigger bucket, more lift, more weight - there are many loader task that a larger power reverser will do faster than a smaller but same price HST.

Why NX not RX you ask? For me I'd take an RX over an NX all day long (as long as it was only me driving it!).

Excuse my hack of your post please, but you have addressed the topic well. I have highlighted my feelings out of your post. I have gained an understanding now. Thank you.

 

[ksbrdmkr]

I like both the shuttle shift on my NH TN55 and the HST on the DK 45 but many jobs the HST is much better, like today when tree shearing. Being able to jog back and forth, ease very slow and still have the rpm up enough for proper hyd flow without burning the clutch.

 

[MinnesotaEric]

I need to try it I guess. Though I have no trouble whatsoever putting my loaders within a mm of where I want them. With a clutch and gears. Quickly. Precisely. Hmm mm.

Neither do I, and yet gears stink because HST is easier, faster, and more precise. Moreover, HST is less jarring allowing old bones the ability to work all day without pain.

 

[MinnesotaEric]

Very little. I have been driving stuff with a clutch for a long time though. How many large loader tractors are available with hydrostatic tranny's I wonder? Is wanting an hst simply a matter of skill set, or is it really somehow better than say, a no - clutch reverser.

Except with a power reverser transmission you'll still use the clutch going from forward to reverse unless you're in a gear so low that you aren't getting anything done and have nothing to do and all day to do it.

 

[DK35vince]

Neither do I, and yet gears stink because HST is easier, faster, and more precise. Moreover, HST is less jarring allowing old bones the ability to work all day without pain.

HST is easier, but it costs more and sucks power.

 

[RockyNY]

HST is easier, but it costs more and sucks power.

That's right, well I guess it's a good thing I bought a 60hp (gross) when I originally went shopping for a 45hp. And it will be doing the same work that I'm currently doing with a 40hp. lol.

 

[MinnesotaEric]

HST is easier, but it costs more and sucks power.

Yeah? Use a gear tractor with a power rake, rotary cutter, snow blower, or any PTO driven attachment that can go to max load in an instant using a gear tractor and then try it out using an HST. You'll find the HST handles the load better than the gear tractor and then so with less power and drama. For reference, I think the HST robs a whooping 3 hp of PTO power over the now apparently discontinued gear version of my 60hp tractor. Shucks, I have 48.3 PTO hp instead of 51 PTO hp, a 5.5% loss. Oh, the shame! Oh, the terrible weight of the shame of my inefficient hydrostatic!

Wait, I bet I'm more than 5% faster operating the HST machine!

I am redeemed! :laughing:

 

[DK35vince]

Yeah? Use a gear tractor with a power rake, rotary cutter, snow blower, or any PTO driven attachment that can go to max load in an instant using a gear tractor and then try it out using an HST. You'll find the HST handles the load better than the gear tractor and then so with less power and drama.

Guess I better sell my snow blower, 6' rotary cutter, 7' rear finish mower, and 6' tiller I've been running with no problem on my 34 HP gear drive tractor for the past 13 years.
Apparently there's to much drama

 

[murphy1244]

Guess I better sell my snow blower, 6' rotary cutter, 7' rear finish mower, and 6' tiller I've been running with no problem on my 34 HP gear drive tractor for the past 13 years.
Apparently there's to much drama

Dibs on the finish mower..

 

[MinnesotaEric]

Guess I better sell my snow blower, 6' rotary cutter, 7' rear finish mower, and 6' tiller I've been running with no problem on my 34 HP gear drive tractor for the past 13 years.
Apparently there's to much drama

Imagine your 34 hp tractor with even more HST goodness power!