Asking for your opinions and advise

bertsmobile1 said:
CVT is a fancy name for a vari drive or sliding sheave if you like. Everything that was old is new again.
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Ok now I can give my opinion on it. Thank you.
Mtd been using them for years. I love them Once you understand how the variable speed pulley works it's easy to work on.
What I like the most is you can put it in high speed and when you need to slow down you can just push the clutch pedal down a little. As the Pedal is attached to the pulley.
Have never had a transaxle break.
 
They have been fitting them to cars for a while but had to find a swanky name lest you think it was the same as what was in your lawnmower only 10 times as expensive :laughing:
 
I did a reply, but must have done something wrong as I do not see it. Here's the deal. I was looking at the Husqvarna with the cvt. This type of transmission sounded pretty simple but have not heard much about them as for durability. I did read somewhere that the cvt does not like to pull. That does not overly concern me, but I would like to push some snow. So not sure whether the cvt is up for it or should I just stick with the hydrastat transmission?
 
deriter said:
I did a reply, but must have done something wrong as I do not see it. Here's the deal. I was looking at the Husqvarna with the cvt. This type of transmission sounded pretty simple but have not heard much about them as for durability. I did read somewhere that the cvt does not like to pull. That does not overly concern me, but I would like to push some snow. So not sure whether the cvt is up for it or should I just stick with the hydrastat transmission?
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If you want to push snow the you need a GT mower. Gears are the best. Hydrostats are designed to only carry their own weight and then half as much. So if the mower is 500 lbs the most it will handle with out breaking is 750 lbs including you.
 
Thanks BlazNT for you information. It seems as though the hydro-stat transmission may not be all that wonderful of a deal. Using the example of a 500 lb mower, a 200 lb operator, that would leave like 50 lbs to push or pull. Not very impressive. How would the cvt compare in the same example? Or is it even worse?

I was interested in the Husqvarna mowers, but I don't think they even have a gear type mower. I am thinking they only have the hydro-stat and cvt.
 
Any of the GT line will work they have a ground engaging rear end. Yes it is hydro but built to handle much more towing.
 
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