radman1
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Absolutely agree with you on that. I'm no expert on them but from what I understand they are very efficient. Speed is controlled by variably rotating the ring gear of a planetary set with a hydraulic motor. Power input is on the sun pinion and power out is from the carrier of the planet gears. Full power is available directly through the planetarys. They appear to be pretty simple to me. Not sure where the high pressures would be needed. Certainly not for the hydraulic motor as it is only for speed regulation, not power. Don't remember if there are hydraulic clutches involved, but if so they would not need more than a couple hundred PSI. Hopefully someone with more knowledge can shed more light on this subject.
Kim
You have the closest explanation yet for a tractor CVT. Lots of misinformation in the prior posts. Unfortunately, CVT has been used for various types of transmissions. The tractor CVT tranny is not quite like that of a car, combine or atv.
Exploring the rise in sales of tractors equipped with CVT | News | Farmers Guardian
Here is an article that is way over my head.http://asae.frymulti.com/data/pdf/6/cvtt2005/lectureseries29rev.pdf