Blue Mule
Gold Member
I tried a 25 HP HST compact. It was miserable. Low range was fine. Medium range was OK for most tasks but the tractor still struggled to climb hills. High range was unusable. So I took it back and got the same tractor with 40 HP and HST. It’s much much better but still not perfect. Can’t climb hills in high range with the loader on the front and a box blade on the back. Medium range is barely enough power to pull the grader up a gravel road that’s hilly. But overall I typically have enough power to do whatever.
Before all this we had a 30 HP gear drive compact that would pull a house down. It NEVER ran out of power.
But with all that being said, the HST is sooooooo nice to use around the property. I love the way it operates and would likely not trade it for gear drive ever again.
Before all this we had a 30 HP gear drive compact that would pull a house down. It NEVER ran out of power.
But with all that being said, the HST is sooooooo nice to use around the property. I love the way it operates and would likely not trade it for gear drive ever again.