Gear or Hydrostatic Transmissions for Compact Utility Tractors?

[Sawyer Rob]

So, add them all in... lol

 

[murphy1244]

My massey gear is a dripper.

 

[Sawyer Rob]

There lies another problem, there's 50 yr old gear tractors, I bet many of them leak, but should they be counted? I don't think so...

A FAIR pole would be VERY hard to do as some hydro tractors are having problems, and it's hard to single out if it was caused my the loader or the hydro??

SR



SR

 

[MossRoad]

There lies another problem, there's 50 yr old gear tractors, I bet many of them leak, but should they be counted? I don't think so...

A FAIR pole would be VERY hard to do as some hydro tractors are having problems, and it's hard to single out if it was caused my the loader or the hydro??

SR



SR

A fair pole is easy to do.
If your tranny ever failed, was it gear or hydro?
What failed, just because we'd like to know.

 

[gladehound]

A fair pole is easy to do.
If your tranny ever failed, was it gear or hydro?
What failed, just because we'd like to know.

We would also need to know the number of tractor years represented in our HST sample and our gear tractor sample. We need equal tractor years in each sample. If not equal we can weight the results. We also need some way to match the tractors selected for each sample to make sure confounding factors do not make our results meaningless.

In short, any poll we do on TBN will be meaningless :laughing:

 

[4570Man]

I've never had issues out of either transmission on a running machine. A gear tractor still has oil, so a leaky hydro doesn't count. I have more hydros than gear.

 

[MossRoad]

We would also need to know the number of tractor years represented in our HST sample and our gear tractor sample. We need equal tractor years in each sample. If not equal we can weight the results. We also need some way to match the tractors selected for each sample to make sure confounding factors do not make our results meaningless.

In short, any poll we do on TBN will be meaningless :laughing:

Sounds like hydro wins by forfeit.

 

[oldpilgrim]

We would also need to know the number of tractor years represented in our HST sample and our gear tractor sample. We need equal tractor years in each sample. If not equal we can weight the results. We also need some way to match the tractors selected for each sample to make sure confounding factors do not make our results meaningless.

In short, any poll we do on TBN will be meaningless :laughing:

just like most other recent polls.

 

[k0ua]

Five tractors over the last 30 years, Two gear, Three hydro. No trouble from any of the transmissions.

 

[ovrszd]

I'll join in this meaningless poll.

I've owned 12 tractors. 5 hydro. 8 gear.

No complete hydro failures. 2 hydros that got so weak I quit using the tractors and gave them to my Sons for parts.

2 clutch replacements on the gear tractors. 1 transmission seal.

Now that I have polled, I get the privilege of declaring my disclaimer. This poll has no relevance because there is no clarity on size and work accomplished with each tractor. For example, my gear drive Kubota has exerted more work energy in it's 1000+ hours than all the rest of my tractors combined with no failures of any kind. Second in line would be my 30 year old Ford which has approximately 4000K hours of field work with a clutch replacement. Whereas my first hydro, a JD 140, only mowed with a 42" deck (I think), and the hydro got so weak it would barely climb a grade in the yard. But since the hydro didn't completely fail and the Ford's clutch did fail this poll is going to chalk one up for the hydro.