Hydrostatic transmissions, or HST, have been available in the construction marketplace for quite a while on crawler dozers with similar designs on excavators. But it’s only within the past decade that ...

Question: What does a Cal Poly-educated design engineer do in his free time? Answer: If his name is Jeff Friesen, he designs and builds this incredible hydrostatic-powered machine, which he calls the ...

There are many types of different transmission designs which have been developed to offer advantages for certain types of vehicles. A hydrostatic transmission is a unique setup which utilizes ...

If you've been following our Heavy Metal Mudder project vehicle (Apr. and May '09), then you will recall that last month we unveiled our plans for running a fully hydraulic steering system. Using a ...