</font><font color="blue" class="small">( I use the turning brakes a lot in my restricted spaces, and hydros don't work well with that feature. )</font>
I've read where you said that a couple of times and I'm curious about your source. There should not be any difference between a gear and a hydro model tractor. The rear differential controls how well differential braking works, not the transmission type. I use differential braking all the time on my hydro and the braked wheel locks while the other turns on the outside radius. In my opinion, any difference is only a perception of the operator due to having to press on the hydro pedal and a brake pedal at the same time. That may be the source. Functionally, the hydro tranny drives the output shaft the same as a gear transmission. Actually, on my tractor, there is a two-speed gear transmission after the hydro (hi-lo range). None of the hydro transmission tractors I know of are "pure" hydro drive. Most if not all have two or three gear ranges too. I guess you could make the argument that hydro tractors are more "gear" than they are hydro. /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif