Given the expence of hygard which is recommended for JD crawlers Hydraulic and hydrostatics ,i wonder if using agri trans oils would be as good a thing here. I bought 180 litres of agritrans for $480 ,from Super Cheap http://www.supercheapauto.com.au/online-store/products/Gulf-Western-AgriTrans-Tranmission-Fluid-20-Litre-10W-20.aspx?pid=288126&menuFrom=60201#Cross Hygard is what i put into my hydostatic trans and it cost $136.00 per 20 litres,i need 150 lires for teh hydraulics which become expensive.. around $1100.00 Has anyone got some hindsight to share about agri trans for a hydraulic system ?It says on the labelling it will work for hydraulic systems and it is 10W-20 where as the Hygard is 10W30 ,but iv'e learnt that Tractor fluids like Hygard are actually better than conventional oils...It sounds like i have already found my answer,but since ive already bought the stuff,opinions would be nice...Or experience as well.. Thanks
The Gulf Western product says it meets the JD specs, no reason to believe they dont. Any decent universal tractor fluid should be fine.