I ran a gear drive today.

[dodge man]

I’ve got a friend who had some emergency surgery about 12 days ago. I helped him put some food plots in today. He’s got a John Deere 5310, about a 25 year old tractor. It’s a straight manual 3 speed with 3 ranges, so 12 forward and 3 reverse. It’s a nice sized tractor and I got used to it pretty quickly. A picture of me running a disc with it.

 

[Jstpssng]

Nice looking tractor. My next will probably be geared, although after 8 years I finally have stopped stalling my HST.

 

[TerryR]

I love my JD 870, which is around the same vintage and also gear drive. Drove it today, chipping some storm damage from Hurricane Hellene.

 

[BackRoad]

Funny how a 25 year old tractor sounds old...

And saying it's a 1999 or 2000 model doesn't make it seem very old at all!

I have tee shirts that old!!!

 

[5030]

I don't consider either of my M9 Kubota's old either. One is a 2000 and the other is a 2002. Just getting broken in now.

 

[CalG]

The only complaint I have with the 12X12 gearbox on the Hurlimann is that the clutch is a bit grabby. Makes trouble when trying to just move a few inches.

 

[grsthegreat]

I love my JD 870, which is around the same vintage and also gear drive. Drove it today, chipping some storm damage from Hurricane Hellene.

I used to have a 1996 JD870. I sold it when i got my kioti, but i wish i kept it. Many times i could have used a smaller tractor.

 

[LHF2019]

I’ve got a friend who had some emergency surgery about 12 days ago. I helped him put some food plots in today. He’s got a John Deere 5310, about a 25 year old tractor. It’s a straight manual 3 speed with 3 ranges, so 12 forward and 3 reverse. It’s a nice sized tractor and I got used to it pretty quickly. A picture of me running a disc with it.
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9 speed not 12. One reason I don't even look at them. Not enough gears in them. They are nice size and decent styling. Couple low hour ones around here that I would love to get my hands on but the gearing puts a halt on that.

 

[dodge man]

Your correct, 9 forward, bad math on my part.

 

[workinonit]

I had a 2002 5310 exactly like that one. It has a sync shuttle transmission. A bit more complicated than a straight gear drive but essentially the same. I have regretted 1000 times trading that tractor when I got my new one. I did have WR Long 3rd function installed on it new but later had live 3rd function hydraulics installed on it when I got my grapple. I now have a grapple bucket which is 100 times better for me that a grapple attachment.

BTW a sync shuttle is actually 12 forward and 3 reverse. 3 ranges, 4 gears plus reverse. 2nd and reverse are across from each other so those are the commonly used forward and reverse gears.

 

[dodge man]

I’ve sat on big excavators and played for a couple of minutes, same on good sized John Deere dozer. This was the first time I’d done any real work on anything bigger than my JD 2025r. I’m not sure how many hours I was on it, maybe 2 or 3 total.

 

[nyone]

I have a tc40 gear drive with L,M H range then 1-4 gears also forward and reverse in all of them. I actualy wanted a gear drive machine because in 20yrs il be looking for a $250 clutch not a discontinued hyd pump. I dont expect to need/want a different tractor for many decades. If your in a situation that you dont keep a machine for decades then HST is the way to go.

 

[Sawyer Rob]

I just bought a new Kubota with gear drive, I wouldn't have it any other way!

SR