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Re: (ET) How many speeds?

From Lee:
I think maybe part of the problem is the fact that, as most of us know, but not all, some tractors don't have 'high' speeds. I have owned two E15's, one of which had 7 throttle speeds, the other had 4. On the E-15 with 4 speeds, the top speed was the efficient, resistor-free, speed. There were no higher speeds. Of course, on that tractor it would be very foolish to try to lop off the top speed. And if that's the tractor you are familiar with you may not understand just what the discussion is about. 


At 08:32 AM 01/17/2002 +0000, diggerdave bigfoot com wrote:
I think some in this discussion may be confusing the use of gears with the use of the speed control?? I didn't take any of the previous msgs to advocate not 
using all the gears but rather cautioning against using the lower speed
settings which are achieved by sending current to the resistors generating heat 
and wasting battery power.




> Wish we could send pictures to the club so I could show my 15 or 20
> hauling 3 carts and an 8' wagon all loaded with firewood and all
> attached at the same time (in a row). (Close to a cord on 1 tractor) I
> would be lost for sure without LL gear on the hills and I run to the
> woodlot in HH gear and use all 4 all the time so this discussion leaves
> me saying HUH!!?? Try moving a 22 foot cruiser without LL and talk about
> wasting juice, why stay in 3rd with the motor wound out tight when going
> any distance. Am I missing something here. I can't be the only one
> peforming such a wide range of tasks with my ETs. I could go on, but I
> won't.
>
> Jim
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