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[gordon]

He is no poor man just a smart business man!!! Takes care of his regular customers in a stand up way. Thats the main reason I deal with them, you know it's a two sided street and they have made a ton of money off me in the past and will continue to do so in the future as well. So to give alittle back to me and maybe also sell me the loaner tractor---you tell me who the smart one is.

Well I spoke to soon about getting my tractor back I got home from work about 20 minutes ago and the b20 is still here---wonder what is up there sleeve now. Keep the B20 and then ship in the new L series tractor I priced out Hummmmmmm
Guess I'll find out in the morning until then I'm going to get the B20 muddy all over again!!!
Gordon

 

[gordon]

I didn't want to answer the second part of your reply until I got my tractor back. They dropped it off yesterday and I ran it most of the day and compared speed in loader work also overall ease of use.

Now for loader work the hst wins hands down. Ease of use the hst wins but for brake turning loses unless the hst has cruise and doesn't turn off with just one pedal.

To answer your question on what changed my mind about the hst--100 hours of use on one and actually it worked out for the better because I now know what trans my next tractor will have in it. I'm a hard head when it comes to certian things and you must prove it to me or you could tell me until you were blue in the face so this one I proved to myself.
I was out in the woods yesterday with it and the cell phone rings the wife asks are you glad to have your baby back and I told her NO I want a hst.----Guess that says it all
I'm glad to have the old girl back and the leaks are fixed now. So now I must go work the tar out of her because she has had a long vacation!!!
Gordon

 

[MChalkley]

Gordon - Thanks for relating your experiences. I have to agree with you - for work in the woods, I'd prefer to have a better brake turning setup, too. But, on the other hand, I find I rarely miss it. Certainly not enough to make me trade the Kubota's HST for anybody else's just to get left side brake pedals.

So, even with the logging work you do, you didn't feel the HST wasn't powerful enough?

Congrats on getting the old girl back in your own stable...

Mark
"If I had too much traction, how would I know?"

 

[gordon]

As far as my logging goes I'm going to be dropping it as an add on on my insurance it's killing me. There are 4 fly by nights working the area and they are under bidding everyone so bad it's not even funny. They can't be carrying insurance or something I sure haven't figured it out.

So I will be skidding on a very small basis for the next six months at best. Will be pushing dirt and grade work for the summer anyway and will see what happens come fall. If I can't make a decent wage in the woods I won't and can't justify it (logging). Now as far as clean up thats another story but I'll be playing it by ear.

Now I'm considering a small L series for grade work and brush hogging. I will make as much or more than I would if I lowered my bids to the fly by nights prices and alot less sweat as well.

So its great to have the old girl back but today the oil pressure sending unit sprung a leak and the tach cable broke. It's time to trade her sad but true I can't keep breaking down, can't afford to. I love that tractor it sure has been good to me but now its time for part time use at a home or something./w3tcompact/icons/frown.gif

Comparing the power of the B20 and the L3750 isn't fair. But the B20 had a great amount of power for its size. The main thing I found on the hst is driving style compared to the GST. You must pretty much forget how you drive a GST to be a hot cat on a HST. Even if I wasn't going to stop skidding my next tractor would be a---HST hands down!!!
Thats my two cents for the day--This post is starting to get like Mark's so I will close for now /w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif

Gordon

 

[MChalkley]

Yeah, Gordon, you're starting to sound mushy over HST. Nobody will ever respect you again. Take my word for it. /w3tcompact/icons/wink.gif

Mark

 

[W5FL]

Maybe if they ever get HST in the M Series, I will look at it. The sync transmission and dash operated sync shuttle is just so wonderful, I can't visualize anything being any better.

I mowed down the corn and other weeds in the garden and had to back up a couple of times. The sync shuttle worked so well that I didn't even miss the pedal that I don't have. /w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif

 

[richh]

Gorden the HOT CAT. This dosn't sound mushy at all!!!/w3tcompact/icons/cool.gif
Rich

 

[gordon]

The key to your post is--backed up a couple of times the thing about the hst is doing forward-reverse many times in short order thats a real advantage over the shuttle lever on the dash. I have the shuttle shift now on my L-series and like it alot but I like the hst better.

I can now say this fairly after some hours on the hst. Its quicker and will make you spoiled as well.
Gordon

 

[gordon]

See Mark just read Riches post nothing mushy about Hot Cat now if it would have been hottie cattie now thats mushy.
Live and learn I guess is the best way I can put it./w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif
Gordon

 

[MChalkley]

Gordon - My reason for wanting all the details of your experience with the HST transmission is that most of us on this board have got a pretty fair idea of how you use your tractor. You make it work, just like I do. Pretty much everybody has always agreed that HST is a lot quicker, but where the difference of opinion comes in is when you get into discussing power. I've sure laid that issue to rest, and I can demonstrate it for anyone who can see my tractor work, but on the forum here, demonstrations aren't possible. I wanted to hear what you had to say to see if your experience wouldn't confirm mine, both for my own benefit and everyone else's.

Mark