The operational advantages of this arrangement can now be achieved by electronic control of hydrostatic drives, which for size and other considerations is becoming standard.
Joao switched on the lights, engaged hydrostatic drive.
The hydrostatic drive may have been a contributing factor in abandoning the project.
Some combines have hydrostatic drives, no gearshifts, he says.
A hydrostatic drive consists of a hydraulic pump and a hydraulic motor.
To allow slow speed control the MPVs were fitted with hydrostatic drives.
In addition to ordinary transmission equipped with gears, such equipment makes extensive use of the hydrostatic drive and electrical adjustable-speed drives.
The system is similar to that of a hydrostatic gear box, and at 'inching speeds' relies entirely on hydrostatic drive.
Because of this, this tractor is often mistaken for having a hydrostatic drive.
Most if not all modern combines are equipped with hydrostatic drives.