What is/are the benefits of hydrostatic transmissions ?

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What is/are the benefits of hydrostatic transmissions ?
Original Message Nov 10, 2010 1:48 pm

FWIW, I bought my 1st 2 stager - Honda unit - without ever demoing a unit that had Hydrostatic Transmission.
Just short of the fact that it's variable infinite speed, can anyone just give me a laymens primer on the benefits of a Hydrostatic Transmission ?

BTW, how often if any do you do a OCI on the hydro transmission.

I was just surprised how much ~harder~ is is to move when not engadged as opposed to ~regular~ geared transmission.
I was at the local orange borg last night and wheeled the Organge buckets around and they wheel so much with ease...

royster

" It is the use of power tools that separates man from animals"

Location: New Brunswick, Canada
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Re: What is/are the benefits of hydrostatic transmissions ?
Reply #59 Mar 10, 2011 4:54 pm

trouts2 wrote:

Royster,

You seem to be a smart guy. Can you go over in detail the advantages of the hydro and explain it's operation? What are the bad points of a friction disk system?

I don't consider myself to be a smart guy, but I guess that is what it seems to you, Thankyou anyway.

You can read my review of the Husqvarna 16530EXL , and in my opinion , the advantages and disadvantages of hydrostatic drive , etc.

under the discussion heading,"Is a hydrostatic drive good for a snowblower"

My message # 77.

This message was modified Mar 10, 2011 by royster

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