Hydrostatic vs shuttle shift

[dieselscout80]

if you're up there in years with questionable knees, before choosing a "shuttle shift" on any model, be sure you can handle clutch depression if required for directional change.

hyd shuttle with gears (on larger Kubota utility models) has been a perfect match for me through the years. I'll be selling my place soon and will miss that machine, tho glad my knees are still good
OP: let us know which way you go

One way around the clutch pedal pushing is a push button clutch.

Kubota’s M4D-071HD12 has a button to push to activate the clutch decoupling to make synchronized shifts.

Maybe other brands have this feature too.

 

[big bubba]

good point. everything's accelerating on new models regarding this subject. don't even think about how AI will enter into the equation.
I started out with a Massey TO35 for 28 yrs to my current M series. At 78 i'll be selling out soon and glad to be walking away with good knees the way i came the place decades ago.

regarding this thread, the current market offers so much more opts and technology than the good old days. saying that, our life span is much longer today, the ol' timers didn't worry about knees or hydrostat, they were gone by then and didn't have to worry about monthly tractor payments with the latest creature comforts...

 

[WM75Guy]

It comes down to personal preference and what tasks are being performed, having one of each is a nice situation. I mowed our 12 acres of pasture for 12 years with the TC40DA and a 6' cutter. Never had an issue with the HST getting hot in the Texas summer temps, just the operator got hot in the open station. You do have to keep the radiator and coolers clean.

My WM75 has a 12 speed with shuttle shift so I have to clutch it to change directions. Since it is used almost exclusively for mowing it is not a big deal. I use the TC40DA and the WM25 for doing dirt work, dragging the dressage arena, and lifting with the pallet forks. Both have HST so they are better suited to those tasks for me.

The CTL does the moving of hay with a 10-bale hay grapple. It also does the brush grapple work. And now it can grind stumps.

 

[Irap]

What tractor do you have? How do you use it? And why do you wish you hadn't bought it?

TYM 454. I have been moving dirt to level the yard. I feel like I could control the gears better and also feel like the shuttle operated better with the front loader. I do have to say that the shuttle caused my knee to hurt.