[Yosemite Sam]

Hydro vs Gear Drive... A debate that will never be settled.

I think there is no correct answer to your question, both are work horses to be sure.

Gear Drive or Hydro, they will both pull the toung out of a wagon, providing you don't run out of traction.

If you get one, in a very short time, you will wish that you had gotten the other as well. My best advice is to go ahead and get them both now while they are still available and avoid all the issues involved with that whole "hind sight" thing.

For what its worth, if I were going to drag logs out of a damp slick floored wooded area, I would probably reach for a hydro first. If the ground were to be dry and pretty solid, I might just try a gear drive though.