On Mon, 13 Sep 2004 11:22:03 -0400, "S. M. Henning"
wrote:

(Roy) wrote:
===
=== There is absolutely no
=== advantage a gear drive in a L & G tractor has over a hydro
=== drive.........hands down its the better , no, BEST way to go.....
===
===In the manual for the John Deere OMM149664, Issue L3 Lawn Tractors
===LX280, LX280AWS, and LX289 PIN, automatic transmission tractors it
===specifically says:
===
==="Do not use cruise control when going down hills. Machine speed will
===increase."
===
===That means you have to keep your foot on the "forward pedal" like a
===throttle when going down hills.
===
===With a gear-shift transmission you go up and down hill without touching
===any levers or pedals. Their speed doesn't increase going down hills.
===They are much safer.


What the hell does cruise control have to do with a hydrostatic being
worse or better than a gear model......seems like your grabing staws
that are totally irrevelant to the original posts concerning the
hydrostatic drives............

And I suppose a manual shift tranny with cruise will not gain any
additional speed either.....duh!
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