i've been watching you

[txdon]

I was told the HST looses power after about 6-8 years. and i just feel better about direct gears instead of hydrolic motors.

Who told you that?

I have had my Kubota HST for 12 years and it has just as much power as when new. Now you have a new source to quote.

 

[smokin aces]

there was a guy on utube a sales rep. for Mahindra i think he was doing a side by side comparison of two identicle tractors one with HST and one gear. he said it. thats one you could see for yourself. but all things being equill i'll take go with the gear. and that will leave more HST for you.

 

[txdon]

there was a guy on utube a sales rep. for Mahindra i think he was doing a side by side comparison of two identicle tractors one with HST and one gear. he said it. thats one you could see for yourself. but all things being equill i'll take go with the gear. and that will leave more HST for you.

I have all the HST I need for a lifetime, but thanks anyway. Seriously - if you plan on doing a lot of FEL or grapple work you need it. If Mahindras don't hold up look around a bit. HST is the BEST decision I ever made when it comes to the tractor.

 

[k0ua]

I have all the HST I need for a lifetime, but thanks anyway. Seriously - if you plan on doing a lot of FEL or grapple work you need it. If Mahindras don't hold up look around a bit. HST is the BEST decision I ever made when it comes to the tractor.

+1 on the above. I have owned 2 gear and 3 hydrostatic transmissions. Current one is a hydro. But to each his own. I have no problem if you want a gear tranny. Since I do FEL work and grading a fork and grapple work, I wouldn't have anything but a hydro. If I was plowing fields all the time, I would want a gear.

 

[txdon]

been wishing for a tractor for 30 years.

What do you hope to be able to do with the tractor that you cannot do now?

 

[smokin aces]

well let me see, now i have a spade shovel and a wheelbarrow. since i bought this place in 1981 i've had back surgery, mild heart attack, total shoulder replacement. I have 1,700 ft of water line. for the past 25years i've only 3 water bills that didn't have a water leak on it. yesterday after two days of digging got to another leak. and another 245dollar water bill. my drive way goes down hill across a 15ft bridge straight up. the gravel gone for years rutted my Z71 is the only thing that will go up it. my septic line got roots grown in it, starting to back up. i'm digging a footing for a cabin, witch i started with my spade shovel till it got to hot. my nearest neighbor has a huge stand of bull pine that i can have for the taking. remember the cabin. so i built me a bandsaw mill to cut those tree's in to thousands of dollars of free lumber. but i'ts pretty hard to move 24-30 " logs with a wheelbarrow. anymore ****** questions!

 

[smokin aces]

Im thanking God as i type this that i don't have to take your advice. im aready married to your sister. one's enough. count the digits use your imagination.

 

[TJP89]

I was told the HST looses power after about 6-8 years. and i just feel better about direct gears instead of hydrolic motors.

???????????? WTH?

I've heard a lot of nasty attacks against HST, but never that one. People complain it doesn't have as much power from the beginning as a straight gear (I have not found that to be true BTW), but HST is not none for losing power over its lifetime (which is pretty long for the most part).

May is a long time away, don't burn yourself up tractor searching a year in advance.

 

[Texasmark]

:welcome: to TBN! Hope your plans don't get derailed. Avoid the dentist office. That's what hit me this year. It's always something. Went in in March for a root canal and crown (canine tooth). Dentist puts crown on and it's 3 shades whiter than all my other, old teeth. So they talked me into getting them all done whiter, and straighter, and more rounded and younger looking. $1600 went to $10k. Oh well, at least I'll look happy.:laughing:

It's done and dentists are a dime a dozen around here, buttttt....I'm North of you just about in shouting distance. I'd have told them to take it out and do a better job of matching. Had 2 done this year in Farmersville, the doc next to Pinkies and his assistant matched them perfectly.

Mark

 

[Fawken]

It's done and dentists are a dime a dozen around here, buttttt....I'm North of you just about in shouting distance. I'd have told them to take it out and do a better job of matching. Had 2 done this year in Farmersville, the doc next to Pinkies and his assistant matched them perfectly.

Mark

I would have, and they offered that, but that one was a root canal and I was really, really tired of being in the chair. Also, I was amazed at how stained these old teeth were after only 62 years, so I figured....what the hey.