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This is great input I really appreciate it. Can you explain more why you are having to use the shifter? This is a hole in my thinking process. I had envisioned that the activity would dictate the gear and so once selected would not need changed until the activity changed like you're finished...

That was a very good explanation of Hydro transmissions, Thank you. I hadn't thought about skid steers being hydro but it makes sense for them given their joystick controls and constant back and forth. If I had to pull a lever 400 times a day I would probably feel differently but then again as...

To me the whole point is ease. If the GST is pulling the same load and working 70-90% less that is considerable. There was a comment above saying to just buy more HP and go HST but to me that is the point. Neil showed the gear had 300% or so (can't remember) more pulling power so to buy the same...

I would like to hear more of this. I am same. I operated a MF gear drive doing loader work and when my uncle got the hydro it was night and day. loader work with gear drive is brutal at best. But that to me is why GST is superior in all ways. with hyrdo, you fwd/rev with your foot whereas GST...

IMO he explained in the video he needed to "limit" power so as not to cause slip so he could get some consistent measure on the gauge. I got the impression if he did it in low the wheels would have just slipped due to the available power and would not have yielded a measurable result. Just my .02

Thanks Paul, I get that HST is preferred over gear but I do not understand for the life of me why HST is preferred over GST. IMO GST is best of both worlds. When I was growing up hydro was laughed at as inferior due to the hydraulic pressure needed

All, I've seen a video from Messicks comparing gear drive and hydrostatic and in the video the gear drive kicked the hydro's but with pulling power. My question is if anyone knows with regard to pulling power if a GST would be more akin to to gear drive which I would expect or hydrostatic