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1. I recently attempted to make a few holes with my auger and tractor. I noticed that the tractor does not provide downward force into the ground to help with auger work. Is this normal is it gravity that helps with the digging? Help!
2. seems similar to truck transmission except that you shift gears while moving lol.. top gear doing 100km/h not possible to clutch from stationary
3. oliver in the 70's was supposed to have a cvt before white killed the idea off after the prototype was in a wreck
4. Hi, I've just bought a john Deere 2140 with a loader. It's in good working order but I don't know what transmission it has and how to operate it correctly as it has not yet been delivered and I am new to tractors. I have found your videos really helpful, so thank you! Have you got any other advice about the 2140's transmission? Thanks in advance
5. I must reveal my ignorance.  My dad passed away last year.  He has a Case JX 60 tractor.  I cannot figure out how to check the transmission.  Can you please help?
6. A Deere 5105/5205 have 9 spd with synchronized 1st and Reverse. Yes you have to clutch but you get the best of both worlds at a reasonable price. Deere does this on several models. Some of the older Deere Dubuque tractors had a hydraulic reverser that gave you both directions in each gear and has been around since the late 50s. Hydrostatic transmissions are fine but soak horsepower and generate heat, not my choice for hours of loader work or field work. CVTs are the best at both without the heat and horsepower waste but expensive. The other 2 criteria I think of is repair and resale value.
7. does a yanmar 1300d have high and low gear?
8. Thank you for the informative video. Even though I am not a farmer and do not own any tractor, I've been learning more about agriculture and this video just gave me a lot more understanding of how the different transmissions differ
9. Mike you are a legend!
   Open library in tractors!
   I prefer hst as clutching all the time in areas like fields with trees always easier stop and go forward or reverse with hydro,even in my area they do not know at all for hydrostatic transmission in tractors.everybody use gear transmission:)
   But tell me something:
   If you have two same tractors in power -frame even brand,one with hydro and another same with gear transmission and climb to a hill upward perhaps the hydro will stop? And gear tractor will continue till clutch die?or this is a myth?
   I never done it to see but i know when a hydro is pushing too hard just stops.
   Perhaps plowing hard soil make hst stops also but my small experience showed me that hst do same work in plow even plowing heavy clay soil if you put in slow range and 4 wheels drive option , same job as a gear tractors.
   Keep good educating people with your knowledge you have!
   Best regards from Greece
10. Hey Mike......you may not recall what my situation is so briefly, I am in NH....we have 123 acres, mostly woods but about 5 acres open. The majority of what I will be doing is with a back hoe and loader.....but the loader stuff I don't expect will be 'a lot'....the rest of what I expect for use, will be pulling stumps, and dragging log wood to the 'farm' area for processing, as fire wood or, cut for lumber. I'm not really sure, given that, which would be the best transmission for my application. My thought was the 8&2 or 9&2 but I wanted your thoughts. I understand service and repair is pretty much equal.
11. Thank you so much for sharing this valuable knowledge.  I am so much better off now that I saw your Video.   I finally learned  what Shuttle shift and Shuttle power shift are.  The fact that you don't have too use the clutch to go from forward to reverse is a big deal in power shuttle.  It's also a good choice if it costs substantially less than the hydro tractors.   Thanks a million
12. Hey my 1981 F-1500 2 cycle diesel tractor has 12 forward and 4 reverse gears. Whats need about this tranny is that reverse and 2nd gear are directly opposite of each other.
13. First off, your videos are very informative and I greatly appreciate your site. Question: I've rented a mid-40hp hydrostat multiple times over the last several years for brush hogging and light loader work. It has done everything I have asked of it. I'm to the point now of purchasing. My rental company will not rent their HST with a disc plow. Since I plan on discing a 5 acre pasture twice a year, should I opt for a shuttle tranny, or will the HST suffice? I don't want to buy an HST and ruin it by discing. Thoughts?
14. Audio is in one channel only!
15. Are the CVTs out with enough market exposure to do a video update, Mike?
    
    From what I've found so far:  Case IH/ Farmall has been running a couple in their line up and one of the New Holland Boomer options has it available.  JD has introduced it even on their lawn and garden line (at least 1 tractor).
    
    Thoughts?
16. Most informative video I have seen thus far. Thanks much.
17. Interesting video. I learned several things about transmissions.
18. I have a JD 790 tractor (2002) model and it has High and Low range with 4 wheel drive. The transmission has 5 speeds forward with 1 speed reverse in either range. I don't know what type of transmission is in it and really never thought about it. I see that the newer models don't require the clutching like I have to do with mine. My tractor don't get used that much and used mostly with the bush hog attached. Thanks for explaining the types of transmissions used in tractors.
19. fantastic and straighforward video, still trying to decide is my 40hp I am getting with a loader is going to be shuttle or hydro (more money).  I heard your thought regarding a loader, but do you think the price point will be worth it if I am putting a small 3point backhoe on it? ?