transmissions??? what are they really?

[fritz 1]

i have a couple wheel horses two hydrostatic drive then 3 gear drive. i hear people talking about 6 speeds 8 speeds 4 speeds and 3 speeds?? do people just not include reverse on the ones with high and low and then the 3 speeds?? sorry if this is a stupid qustion. im young and would like to know the facts. any one that knows any thing please help me.

fritz :hide:

[Teddy da Bear 11]

You hit the nail on the head. Some just don't count reverse.

The first 6 speeds were really 8 speeds....

[Duff 206]

Fritz, not at all a stupid question.

There's a ton to learn about these tractors and how Wheel Horse went about designing, building, numbering and equipping them. That's why we have this forum and a whole lotta guys willing to share what we've learned as we've gone along!

Never, ever hesitate to ask about anything - none of us were born with WH Manuals in our brains!

Oh, and since I didn't catch your earlier posts, !

Looks like you've got a nice little herd started for yourself! :horseplay:

Duff :D

[ol550 830]

sorry if this is a stupid qustion. im young and would like to know the facts. any one that knows any thing please help me.

The only stupid question is the one that isn't asked. I think the 4 speed and the 8 speed was for advertising. You don't say your 5 speed car is a 6 speed just because it has a reverse. Mike

[fritz 1]

thank you all for your help. i have many more qustions but i got to see which ones i needs answered first. thank you all.

fritz

[Teddy da Bear 11]

With the "hi-lo" range on the tranny there were literally 2 different reverse speeds.

A car did not have such a feature. One speed of reverse is all it had.

[ol550 830]

A car did not have such a feature. One speed of reverse is all it had.

Should have said truck. That would be 12 speeds if ya had a 5 speed with a two speed axle. Mike

[Rollerman 290]

Fritz like everyone on here has already said...they are the same trans.

The hi/low transmissions came out in 1967 & were called 6 speeds back then.

I beleive they were called 6 speeds all the way up to 71/72...then they went with the 8 speed moniker untill the last new model...the "Classic" in 2007.

[linen beige 15]

With the "hi-lo" range on the tranny there were literally 2 different reverse speeds.

A car did not have such a feature. One speed of reverse is all it had.

From 1935 to 1948 you could get a Columbia two speed overdrive rear axle on Ford, Mercury and Lincoln.

This turned a three speed (four if you count reverse.) into a six speed (eight if you count reverse in both ranges.)

[Teddy da Bear 11]

I knew these guys would ferret out the exceptions.....

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