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    Claas Lexion 600 Terra-Trac combine

    The Claas product is sold as Cat there in the states. The rubber tracked principle was developed in conjunction with Cat by Claas, it is quite popular here in the uk for it narrow transport width making it suitable for our somewhat more compact highways. On the downside, 1) the last two...
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    Hydrostatic<Hydraulic

    hydrostatic uses oil alone to control the steering. Hydraulic, I would of thought refers to "power steering"? ie a mechanical steering system with hydraulic assistance hydrostatic systems use a form of rotary control valve to supply oil to hydraulic ram/s on the vehicles steering with no...
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    Sanderson SB55 "TC"? TC means what exactly?

    Whoaa, steady on there, part correct, Power Shuttle would be a better term, the 4 gear ratios are usually what you chaps call a stick shift??, ie conventional manual gear change (no synchromesh!:crying) ff :cool:
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    Sanderson SB55 "TC"? TC means what exactly?

    Had more dealings with Sanderson Teleporters rather than their fixed mast RTFL's, but 99.9% sure that what you were looking at will have the same Ford 4 speed shuttle shift with Torque Converter. Commonly used the Ford 4000 size rear axle with their own transmission, also used in 4555 and...
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