On Mon, 13 Sep 2004 12:49:42 -0400, willshak
wrote:

===S. M. Henning wrote:
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(Roy) wrote:
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===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.....
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===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."
===
===
===Wrong. My Murray hydrostatic drive will go into a braking mode when I
===lift my foot off the pedal going downhill.
===
===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.
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As does my GX335 as soon as I let off the go pedal it slows and
stops...........but just think if you had a manual you cold keep on
coasting and save fuel!
I sure don;t know where S.M H, gets his info or how he cyphers out
what he reads but he needs to put a brighter light bulb in his reading
lamp.............and get up to date on hydrostatic drives and garden
tractors.

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