New CVT transmissions. Any experience?
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Comments (5)I have an 'antique' early 90s Murray Hydrostatic with a 17HP twin cylender briggs. Bot it used, non running. After firing it up w/o the exhaust sytem on it- i couldnt hear any whines - if it did or didnt! Possibly the same goes for power steering in cars, when it whines till the air is bled out. Kidd...See MoreYardman transmission question...slowww!
Comments (10)tomplum, I appreciate your reply. To my knowledge the belts are not the issue......new OEM were used. The other variables open up a new can of worms.I do not think the belts are getting hot but the mower has gotten progressively slower the last four or five times I have used it to the point it is futile to even attempt to use it. It could very well be a tension spring not functioning correctly. The brake does not stick. From your post I would be prone to believe it is a worn drive pulley.........I feel like taking a fire-ax to it and put it out of it's misery but it runs too well [ when it runs well ] Thanks Much !...See MoreManual versus Automatic/Hydrostatic Transmission
Comments (11)tetonper, I have a DSG 6500 with the 6 spd. manual. I'm a newbie compared to most of the guys on this forum but I LOVE my little tractor! To my mind the 6 spd is more rugged. A lot depends on what you use it for. Is your property hilly or flat? Do you use a lot of ground engaging implements or mostly just mowing? Hilly and ground engaging I would go with the manual. Hydro's tend to die on the hills. Relatively flat and just mowing the hydro should be fine. Regardless, if you get the hydro don't believe the "no maintainence required" propaganda. If I had purchased a more expensive tractor like a JD or Kubota I would not be as worried about the hydro but with Craftsman I needed to be as bullet proof as I could. I have a sleeve hitch and a moldboard plow, a JBJr on the front and multiple other attachments so mowing is only a small part of the jobs I do with my tractor. Have fun in your search! There are also some good used deals out there if you know what you are doing. I didn't when I bought so I went new....See MoreHelp choosing right transmission type
Comments (15)Yes, if you have a gear which gives you the ground speed you want/need at full throttle, then the gear drive is perfect . . . . until you run into some heavier cutting and need to slow down a bit. On my old gear drive, I did that by slipping the clutch until I was through the heavy stuff and could again go at the ground speed to match the gear I was in . . . . or, you can shift to a lower gear and probably go slower than you really want, but no need to slip the clutch With a hydro, you set the engine for max torque and then you have infinitely variable gound speed to match whatever the operation you're doing calls for - A real time saver, plus you have maximum torque at the exact correct ground speed I wore out 3 different gear drive tractors, used about 90% of the time for mowing. Now that I have a good hydro and know what I would be missing, I wouldn't consider another gear drive and would hate to be forced into one because I was worried about breaking the transmission in it Kubota (and others) have been manufacturing small diesel (and gas) garden tractors designed for ground engaging work with hydro transmissions for more than 20 years and you don't find many threads here about any of those models with broken or ailing transmissions. True, they are more expensive than 'box store' lawn mowers, but I've ridden (and worn out) enough junk that when I go looking for a good machine, it's NOT at one of the box stores - I would rather buy a used tried and true macine with 1,000 hours on it than a new box store model . . . . for the same money If you have a fixed budget at say $2K or less to buy your 'lawn mower' and you are dead set on a new machine, then you do have a tough choice to make because no doubt the gear drive tractors in that price range are probably less prone to transmission failures than many of the hydros are - It's just another one of those 'you can pay me now or pay me later' deals Don...See Moregrasscatcher
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