Misplaced Passion?
Fair enough Artguy you did start out by stating that it was your opinion but you went on to say "You don't spend the kind of money it takes to farm hundreds of acres on equipment that breaks down or needs a lot of attention."
You can have no evidence for making such a statement.
I am not on this board to promote Torotrak but it would seem that Torotrak are a kind of itch here that every now and again someone cannot resist scratching. That's fine by me but as I know so much about the company you can't expect me to fail to respond when false or misleading statements are made about Torotrak.
I am "lurking" here for two reasons. Firstly I am sufficiently worried about the possible challenge from Torvec to keep in touch with what is happening with them. If Torvec beats Torotrak to the auto market I could lose a lot of money if I don't react quickly enough.
Secondly I genuinely would like to find out just what it is about Torvec's IVT that enables it to perform so efficiently.
I have read back posts here back to post #1 to try and discover any technical details of the Torvec IVT but have not found what I am looking for. How does it work? I know only that it is a hydrostatic drive. The engine drives a hydraulic pump which in turn drives a hydraulic motor which in turn drives the road wheels. This, as I understand it, is how all other hydrostatic drives work, such the ones John Deere use.
The John Deere ones however make no claim to be fuel efficient in the way that Torvec do. How does it do it? I really would like to know, and don't please repeat to me how a big lazy engine running at 700 rpm doesn't use much gas. I can see all that. What nobody seems ever to have described is how the Torvec IVT actually works. Can anyone please point me to a link showing drawings, schematics etc. of the Torvec IVT?
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