I ran a gear drive today.

dodge man · Apr 24, 2025

I’ve sat on big excavators and played for a couple of minutes, same on good sized John Deere dozer. This was the first time I’d done any real work on anything bigger than my JD 2025r. I’m not sure how many hours I was on it, maybe 2 or 3 total.

nyone · Apr 24, 2025

I have a tc40 gear drive with L,M H range then 1-4 gears also forward and reverse in all of them. I actualy wanted a gear drive machine because in 20yrs il be looking for a $250 clutch not a discontinued hyd pump. I dont expect to need/want a different tractor for many decades. If your in a situation that you dont keep a machine for decades then HST is the way to go.