In general they are very reliable. They've even been used in race cars (and
worked so well they were banned!).
The only problem is that they only transmit about 75% of the power fed into
them. The rest is turned into heat. Keeping them cool can be a bit of work
if you have lots of power transmitted into the system.
-=-
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bill George" <jangeo@2xtreme.net>
To: "Military Vehicles List" <mil-veh@skylee.com>
Sent: Tuesday, July 18, 2000 23:27
Subject: Re: [MV] Hydrostatic Drive
> Hydrostatic drive is what most skid-steer type loaders (Bobcat) use to
> propell themselves. Don't know much about them, never had to do anything
to
> one in sixteen years of running a skid steer (other than change the
fluid)so
> they must be pretty reliable.
> Bill
> > > Does anyone know anything about Hydrostatic Drive, what it does, what
it
> > > costs, and if it can be used to convert an Amphibious Vehicle such as
a
> > DUKW
> > > to a more modern drive system.
> > >
> > > It appears on quite a few MV refit web pages, but no one appears to
> > mention
> > > what it is or what it costs.
> > >
> > > Any help would be greatly appreciated.
> > >
> > > Thanks in advance.
> > >
> > > Steve
>
>
>
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