Tractor & Machinery

Hydra-Shift

As a manufacturer of gears, David Brown was well versed in the production of transmissions and was keen to innovate wherever possible. In the 1960s, when the 990 Implematic was impressing farmers with its productivity, David Brown developed a revolutionary new transmission that it intended to offer as an option on its popular tractor.

‘Autodrive’ was a fully-automatic transmission that would change gear on

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