When that drive was used by Case and many others it was state of the art. Naturally as time and technology progressed Hydrostatic drives were introduced and were a vast improvement. The gearboxes were not a weak point, in fact the variable hydraulic sheaves gave much more problems than did the gearboxes. I was there when they came out new and have done every conceivable repair on them. I do not view them as a poor design, and if checking the oil level is special training as you describe it then you should hire a mechanic!...
I sat in amazement as I read your comments about hooking the pump direct to the engine and even thinking it would function as the gearbox and sheaves are the traction drive. I understand completely where Loren is coming from as it was obvious that you had no concept of how the drive operated. Loren has many years in the sales and service business with Case as I do and our reactions were pretty well the same.
Please do not be hard on us as your original post showed you complete lack of understanding of the mechanical operation of the skidsteer.
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