2WD or 4WD??

[unreconstructed]

Read about a fella who went to a shoot with a Model 92 Winchester in 44-40. Competition had all the black plastic high tech shooters and he came in at the top. Sometimes, its just what you like. I'll take gears. Dunno why, and don't care.

 

[madpogue]

I'll take gears. Dunno why, and don't care.

A lot less to go wrong? A considerably lower price of admission?

 

[xlr82v2]

I'll take gears too.

If you're doing light duty (as it relates to the transmission) stuff like mowing, bushhogging, even loader work, the Hydrostatic is just dandy.

But if you're doing a lot of heavy pulling, really putting the horsepower to the ground for extended periods of time, like plowing, tillage work, even skidding logs (at least where I'm at... lots of steep hills to climb) you do NOT want a hydrostatic. They get HOT... and they don't like to get hot. Gears are what you want when you have to pull stuff.

Give me gears.

 

[Bob_Young]

The simple solution to both the gear/HST and the 2WD/4WD argument is that we should each have one of each. A gear tractor for when gears work best; an HST for when that's the answer. A 4WD for when we might get stuck; a 2WD for that high & dry hayfield. Debating this over and over accomplishes nothing. Instead, let's put the same effort and thought into obtaining MORE TRACTORS!

Now there are some things that remain to be settled. Does the 4WD get the HST or the 2WD? ....oops, pardon me, silly mistake. One.Of.Each

They are tools, after all, and a guy needs the right tool to get the job done.
Bob

 

[Simpleman922]

Get the 4wd!!!!! Its the only way to go....

 

[LBrown59]

Get the 4wd!!!!! Its the only way to go....

That's cause MA BELL's no longer into hand cranked wall hung phones.

 

[Soundguy]

That's a ringer voltage issue and different switchboard / switching technology issue.. not because the old phones becamesuddenly obsolete when someone came up with a new idea. You can't compair a change in a utility infrastructure that mandatorilly changes out older different pattern hardware with newer compatible hardware to a trans that is equally viable depending on the application.

Soundguy

 

[VA_Joe]

But, just keep in mind...

4WD is NO GUARANTEE THAT YOU WILL NOT GET STUCK!!!

Many times, it can be a guarantee that you will get stuck EVEN WORSE, because it will take you in deeper into a situation that you shouldn't have gotten yourself into in the first place. That false confidence has humbled many... whether they will admit to it or not.

I agree. However having a couple of extra wheels to work with greatly helps in getting out (along with an FEL to lift the front wheels to get something under them). Don't ask me how I know this. Given a choice - I would still go 4WD (although I tend to keep it in 2WD until I need the extra traction).

Joe