Noticed your tractor is a larger compact. I also have a Kubota L4330 that the HST is quiet. It's more of a small tractor HST issue. I had a 27 HP LS J2030H (NH Boomer 25), just traded in, that also made more HST noise than the larger tractor. Maybe the larger mass dampens the noise better.
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Noticed your tractor is a larger compact. I also have a Kubota L4330 that the HST is quiet. It's more of a small tractor HST issue. I had a 27 HP LS J2030H (NH Boomer 25), just traded in, that also made more HST noise than the larger tractor. Maybe the larger mass dampens the noise better.
k0ua
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Yes, that is been my experience as well. The larger the tractor, the quieter the hydro. I think it may have something to do with the size of the passages that the oil flows thru. But I can't prove that. I run SUDT2 in my tractor as well.
old and tired
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Now that's funny
:cool2...and true!) I fit in 4 out of 5 and the one I don't fit in, my wife really wanted to be able to use the tractor every now and then... (so glad she spoke up, I was aiming to get a gear transmission).Now that's funny
It is for sure. I had never used a hydro, until about 15 years ago, when my brother in law gave me his old Ingersol Lawn-mower tractor. After using that, I could never go back to a gear tractor for that regular usage. I do keep a gear lawnmower around, for when the grass gets too thick and I can't afford to loose the efficiency, but 95 % of the time I cut my acre of grass with a hydro. I blew the engine in the Ingersol after a couple years and have had (2) more hydros since then. The John Deere LT150 that I use now and was given to me by another brother in law, is still going strong.
As far as the loader work goes, I don't do a whole lot of it, and I get by ok with a "power-reverser" JD 4120 at home. That is basically a gear transmission that you don't need to clutch. The Case 580C hydro TLB, that I used at work, was much nicer for that. Landscaping is about half loader work and half lawn mowing, so the hydro is definitely better there. Some day, I might try and get our 16 year old girls to help with the lawn mowing, but I would never attempt it with a gear-drive. There is certainly more physical effort involved in using that.
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I see this is an older debate. I知 not brand loyal or transmission loyal. Doubt I get the hours on any compared to many on here. But I. I壇 work in logging industry for a while. The equipment takes as much or more abuse than a farm tractor and most of that equipment was hst. I壇 haul 5 cords of wood over stumps on mountainsides and the hst was never an issue .