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Old 04-01-2014, 08:17 PM   #50 (permalink)
Cobb
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All the more reason you should have a cvt, so you have an infinite number of "gears".

I wished I had a slider like on the dash or something to push in or pull out that varied the ratio.

I use to play with tractors back in the day and it was a trade off between setting the engine speed for load and any pto attachments, then the gearing for the right speed.

I have a troy bilt bronco lawn tractor with cvt. I for the most part set the engine to slow and work the petal for fast or slow. I am really adjusting the governor for the throttle, so if it starts to load or bog up it throttles up to maintain rpms. When it comes to cutting grass I throttle up a quarter, engage the deck and give it less petal to go slower.
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