HST vs. Geared

[johno2000]

Looking at buying my first compact tractor for use on 20 acre to bush hog primarily. Looking at tractors from Kubota and JD in the 30 hp range.

My father in law keeps telling me to get a geared tractor over a HST. Just curious what people thought the pros and cons are.

 

[Egon]

There are lot's of threads discussing :laughing: the pro's and con's of either type transmission on TBN. A search should reveal them and provide quite a bit of enjoyable reading.

Myself, I'd go for HST on a small tractor.

 

[jenkinsph]

Here we go again for 10 pages.

 

[MikeInEburg]

I've spent the last two days moving gravel with my B7800. And I appreciated the HST every minute. If ALL you're going to do is mow, gear is good. If a wider variety of activities, HST is the only way to go.
Mike

 

[TripleR]

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO.

As mentioned a quick search will yield hours of reading. I run geared and HST and for a CUT, my choice will always be an HST.

 

[71bronco]

I've spent the last two days moving gravel with my B7800. And I appreciated the HST every minute. If ALL you're going to do is mow, gear is good. If a wider variety of activities, HST is the only way to go.
Mike

I appreciate not listening to the whine of a hydro, more PTO HP, being able to use my split brakes and foot throttle. Gear is the only way to go.:thumbsup::thumbsup:

Jeff

 

[k0ua]

Looking at buying my first compact tractor for use on 20 acre to bush hog primarily. Looking at tractors from Kubota and JD in the 30 hp range.

My father in law keeps telling me to get a geared tractor over a HST. Just curious what people thought the pros and cons are.

Welcome to TBN
Please don't think us unfriendly, but this particular topic has many thousands of pages on here. If you would like to read some of them there is the search facility at the top of the page.. I have a saying that I think fits. If you don't know, and have to ask, then there is only one choice: Hydrostat.
There are some downsides to a Hydro,, but the upsides far outweigh it for the average user. Again welcome, and happy reading, and hopefully soon happy tractoring:thumbsup:

James K0UA

 

[oldtoyboyd]

I appreciate not listening to the whine of a hydro, more PTO HP, being able to use my split brakes and foot throttle. Gear is the only way to go.:thumbsup::thumbsup:

Jeff

Couldn't have said it better myself. My best advice is to try both before you buy. I was able to borrow an old gear drive, new gear drive shuttle shift, and a hydro trans. I hated the whine from the hydro, and having to stop all the way to shift the old style gear. I bought a shuttle shift and love it.

 

[rsewill]

Real men use geared.

Having said that, I love my hydrostatic Deere CUT. I use it primarily for snow blowing short driveways and gear would not be as quick or convenient.

 

[Deere Dude]

If a HST whines, is it a female HST:laughing:

Deere's don't whine. Love them. I like the idea that if something goes bad, just take the foot and the hands off everything and the tractor stops.

The gears I drove, if something started going south, I still had to have the wherewithal to get on the clutch and the brakes. And that might be difficult at times, especially in close quarters.