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Originally Posted by tevake
Can you elaborate on the trans differences and how that effect the FEL use?
I'm coming into this with very little experence on tractors.
Thanks, Richard
Ps are y'all noticing the southern twang Im picking up down here?
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My JD 955 has a foot control hydrostatic transmission, which leaves one hand free to operate the power steering, and the other hand to operate the wobble stick (a 4 direction contol for the FEL). When I am speading stone, or dirt, I can roll/lower the bucket to the level I want, while moving forward, and steering into the pile all in one smooth movement, no clutch, no individual FEL controls, or gear shift/clutch to deal with. I hardly ever hit the brakes on the tractor, because just letting off the "forward" pedal will stop the tractor, and a quick move of the foot, will have the tractor moving backwards.
My Dad has a older Cub Cadet garden tractor gear shift, with a 4 control FEL, it just takes extra time, and concentration to operate it efficiently.