Hydrostatic drive on a tractor ?'s

[Fan of the 1911]

My first post here, Hello to all.

I think I'm about to pull the trigger on a Mahindra 4035 or a 5035 with hst. The 4035 is big enough for the work I have to do right now, just don't want to wish I had a little more tractor down the road. I don't have a bailer right now, but I hope to get a smaller round bailer or square baler at a later date.
My problem is this I have 13 acres of hills and I'm constantly needing to change direction, so hydrostatic drive is something I have been looking at. My wife also could use the tractor on the 5 or so easy use (not flat, but nearly flat) acres. I would like to use the box blade and loader to do some light to medium shaping of the hills to make them more bush hog-tractor useable.

My questions are is the hydrostatic drive the way to go? Is it durable enough to get long service out of it without high repair cost?
Do you think this would be the way to go for use on hills? I have a gear tractor right now 2 wheel drive it has been an ok tractor it only gives me fits on days that end in y. looking for a serious upgrade.

 

[WilliamBos]

Look at a powershuttle. Running a baler, you need all the HP you can get.

 

[MtnViewRanch]

Look at a powershuttle. Running a baler, you need all the HP you can get.

Power shuttle is the way to go. No loss of power, don't have to use the clutch to stop, or to go from forward-reverse.

 

[DT86]

Power shuttle is the way to go.

X3!!!!

 

[Fan of the 1911]

How will the power shuttle affect me on a hill? I have never used the power shuttle, I have watched some videos on it. It is always being used on level ground. I see how it would be useful for loader work, Will it be able to be used for instance if I were bush hogging up a hill in high grass and suddenly find a large downed tree limb. The pucker factor on the tractor I have now goes thru the roof. Brakes, clutch, reverse, brakes, clutch, forward, repeat as necessary. On level ground it's an inconvenience on a hill its dangerous, and it seems to happen more than I care for.

 

[WilliamBos]

How will the power shuttle affect me on a hill? I have never used the power shuttle, I have watched some videos on it. It is always being used on level ground. I see how it would be useful for loader work, Will it be able to be used for instance if I were bush hogging up a hill in high grass and suddenly find a large downed tree limb. The pucker factor on the tractor I have now goes thru the roof. Brakes, clutch, reverse, brakes, clutch, forward, repeat as necessary. On level ground it's an inconvenience on a hill its dangerous, and it seems to happen more than I care for.

Powershuttle will shine in those situations. Leave the tractor on gear, shuttle to neutral and brake on, back on tractor, shift shuttle forward while releasing brake, throttle ip and away you go.

 

[MtnViewRanch]

How will the power shuttle affect me on a hill? I have never used the power shuttle, I have watched some videos on it. It is always being used on level ground. I see how it would be useful for loader work, Will it be able to be used for instance if I were bush hogging up a hill in high grass and suddenly find a large downed tree limb. The pucker factor on the tractor I have now goes thru the roof. Brakes, clutch, reverse, brakes, clutch, forward, repeat as necessary. On level ground it's an inconvenience on a hill its dangerous, and it seems to happen more than I care for.

All you do is step on the brake to stop. No clutching required. The ONLY time you have to use the clutch is to shift between gears. No clutching required to start, stop, go from forward to reverse.

 

[WilliamBos]

All you do is step on the brake to stop. No clutching required. The ONLY time you have to use the clutch is to shift between gears. No clutching required to start, stop, go from forward to reverse.

And if you were to buy an MF DynaQPS, no clutch needed at all!!

 

[bigbull338]

ive got the 7040 hydro shuttle an i learned something with a buddy of mine about shifting gears.he told me that as long as i had the shuttle in nutreal.that i could change gears up or down without clutching.an when i have it in the gear i want just push the shuttle farward an go.

 

[jinman]

I know where these guys are coming from, and while I agree that the power shuttle is ideal for baling, I would say you need to buy the tractor for what you'll do with it 80%-90% of the time. For 13 hilly acres, you can't be doing much baling and you said a small baler. I think the Mahindra 5035 will work for your small baling projects and you'll be very happy with it the rest of the time when you need those quick direction changes and variable speeds.