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Old 08-18-2012, 07:36 AM
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Is it fine to use 80/90 weight gear oil in the rear end of my cub its not going to be used for mowing or anything like that just a pulling tractor.I know you guys will say oh use hy-trans well i dont want to just it just want to know if it will be fine in there with the gear oil and i know some of you will say thats to heavy of a weight of oil for pulling just a yes or no answer thanks
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Old 08-18-2012, 07:52 AM
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My Son has Hy-Tran in the rear end of his Cub Cadet. 80/90 weight oil in trans robs horsepower. Some of the high horsepower garden tractor pullers in my area (50 plus hp) use Hy-Tran, automatic transmission, or straight 30 weight oil.
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Old 08-18-2012, 09:21 AM
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all i want to know if its fine in there im not running a nqs tractor i know about the oil if to thick robbing horsepower i use to run racecars im just making sure its fine to run it and im not buying or running the hy-trans because i think its just over priced and im sure if you did a chemical anylisis with Hy-trans and something else im sure it will come out compariable to something else on the market everything like that is made by someone else and there name put on it just my 2 cents worth
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Old 08-18-2012, 09:21 AM
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A couple of years ago I would have said yes as I have it in one of my 102s and it seems to work ok. Now I would say if you are going to use it at all in the cooler weather use something a bit thinner. I just looked up in my Original "0" operators manual and they recommend Hytran or straight 30 weight motor oil. Seems that IH has been recommending HyTran from day one.
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Old 08-18-2012, 09:23 AM
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Of course they recommend its has on it its like buying a ford and in the manual it say works best with genuine motorcraft parts or gm with genuine gm parts
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Old 08-18-2012, 09:37 AM
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It's your tractor, if you don't want to use Hytran then go for it.
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Old 08-18-2012, 10:45 AM
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Of course they recommend its has on it its like buying a ford and in the manual it say works best with genuine motorcraft parts or gm with genuine gm parts
You can buy non ih hytran but its your tractor so do what you want to.
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Tractor Supply Co. has a "Travellers" brand substitute for Hytran. Can you buy 2 gallons of oil for less than $22?



http://www.tractorsupply.com/hydraul...2-gal--0806383
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Old 08-18-2012, 04:23 PM
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Does anyone have a review of the Tractor Supply brand, in either gear or hydro Cubs?

I used SAE 30 in my 72, but I have no idea if it is good or bad. It is in the Cub Cadet manual for the 72, and it works, so I'm happy.
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Like the others said, it is your tractor, so you can do as you feel the best for your situation. As for me, I will be sticking to Hy-Tran.
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