ls tractor hst vs Fully Synchronized trans
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mcfarmall
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- Kubota M5660, Farmall C, JD 260 lawn tractor
HST=clutchless forward and reverse motion. "infinite" speeds, can be driven by anyone with a pulse.
16x16=cool running for long periods of time, low noise under heavy load, lower initial cost.
See any thread with 'HST vs. Shuttle' in it.
16x16=cool running for long periods of time, low noise under heavy load, lower initial cost.
See any thread with 'HST vs. Shuttle' in it.
George2615
Super Member
Most people with HST do repetitive forward and backward loader work, gravel, dirt, snow plowing, etc. Gear tractors you usually see doing a lot of farm work like pulling a bottom plow, rototiller, and other ground engagement work. Either will work for you. Just depends on how much you like to shift and use the clutch. I owned and / or ran gear tractors all my life until I got my first HST in 2004. I've never gone back to a gear tractor for all the work I do with it. Just a matter of preference.
downs807
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I have the shuttle xr4155 I’ve used it quite a bit for loader work and it isn’t that bad at all. I also do a lot of bush hogging in the summer sometimes on pretty hilly terrain which is why i went with the shuttle. No way i would want HST on step hills.
flingwing1969
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Another value of an HST vs SS is if you do work where you have to approach the edge of a canyon - I had a mountainside road, a mile long, that I has to maintain and ditch. We frequently had rock/dirt slides during the winter that had to be cleared. Much of the road had a steep cliff on one side and a deep canyon on the other. The fallen debris was always dumped over the edge and that edge had to be approached with great care. I had a B-21 TLB/HST and would never have enjoyed having to clutch and brake as my front tires came within an inch of the canyon-side edge of the roadway to make the dump. The HST made it a piece of cake.
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Peter 315
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How many hours on your tractor ? I stopped at the dealer today . I don't know if I like LS a lot of plastic( rear fenders )I saw rust on the loader mount welds bleeding through the paint
downs807
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117hrs I’ve owned it little less then a year. I’ve had some little silly problems. Clutch sensor plate rubbing the wire harness (dealer put a whole new harness on it) and a seal leaking where the front drive shaft comes out but other then that it’s a been a good tractor. I’ve yet to find anything i can get a bucket full of that it won’t lift or weeds/grass tall enough to bog it down pulling my 6ft bush hog. When i say tall I’m talking 6’ plus fields.
Sawyer Rob
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Gear drive puts more power to the ground and pto, it also uses less fuel... AND puts out waaaay less heat and noise.
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robertsa
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Doesn't JD & Kubota both use plastic fenders as well now? We demo'd both (and others) before settling on the LS. It's been a little while but would have sworn that they both used plastic fenders and hoods on the new ones we played with.