Only Cub Cadets - Hy-Tran vs. Competitor

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Got any JD dealers near you? Buy Hy-Guard. Same thing as Hy-Tran. :beerchug:

I Agree,
but you will catch heck for saying that, Ha,LOL!

OK for me Hy-Tran is good stuff. Is it worth the $$$ no. I change my oil and filter every year. We are talking maybe 50 hour of run time. I used to run a concrete operation and we used Mobile 1310 in our Sundstrand pumps and got 20,000 hours out of them but we changed the oil and filters every year. Hy-Tran is worth it if you are going to neglect servicing your stuff. Not many of us on this forum do that. Just my 2 cents.

I am pretty OCD about service, I do my oil annually and plan on also doing my hydro at least every other year (my cubs don't do much work, they really have an easy life) MAYBE 20 hours a year.... and that has to be a year with ALOT of snow since both of my mower decks make alot of noise and dont use them. :beerchug: Thank you for your input!

Hey Cory

I know it's a bit of a haul for you but when I lived in tax you to death CT New Town Power Equipment was a good Cub dealer.

Mac

Thank Mac, I will check them out. They are about 45 minutes away from my school. :beerchug:

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Originally Posted by Matt G. (Post 158891)

If I had a dollar for any time I heard 'so and so has 40 years of experience...blah blah blah and they know what they are talking about' I could probably quit my job. Experience is meaningless if he hasn't seen what the generic fluids do and don't do. I have had several tractors that I have drained several quarts of WATER out of, and there was no rust in the transmission because the HyTran clung to the gears and inside of the transmission. I have yet to see any other transmission fluid do this. You can use what you want, but there is no substitute.

Well, I consider the fact that he's got a high clientel of farmers in a 100 mile radius easy that personally ask for him when they need something repaired, call him up at home on his days off because they don't trust just anyone working on his stuff, AND I've seen first hand for 28 years the success he's had because he knows what he's talking about, but blah blah blah I'm not going to use his advice when it comes to a 40 year old Cub Cadet.

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Originally Posted by mrcubcadet (Post 158910)

Got any JD dealers near you? Buy Hy-Guard. Same thing as Hy-Tran. :beerchug:

Seriously? Thats cool but would think if its green it worth more lol jk but I have a great price on 5 gal hytran near me from a dealer.

I use the HyTran spec fluid from Tractor Supply. Usually get a 5 gallon bucket for $35-$40 when it's on sale. I've not had any issues. I'll agree that if you are using your machine daily or in a commercial environment, it makes sense to use HyTran for the properties that Matt stated, but for the homeowner usage and maintenance the 'Generic' stuff does fine. My mid-80's 1862 is still going strong (knock on wood!) and I haven't seen any negative effects when I open her up for a change or in operation.

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Originally Posted by toyman (Post 159148)

That was exactly my point.