Patent ID: 6267163
Filing Date: 2001-07-31
Classification: A01G

Abstract:
A method of operating a feller-buncher having (i) a first hydraulic motor operable to rotate a first axle having a number of first wheels attached thereto, (ii) a second hydraulic motor operable to rotate a second axle having a number of second wheels attached thereto, (iii) a first hydraulic pump operable to supply pressurized hydraulic fluid, and (iv) a first flow sharing valve operable to receive pressurized hydraulic fluid from said first hydraulic pump, comprising the steps of:advancing said pressurized hydraulic fluid from said first hydraulic pump to said first flow sharing valve; anddistributing said pressurized hydraulic fluid from said first hydraulic pump evenly between said first hydraulic motor and said second hydraulic motor with said first flow sharing valve such that said first axle and said second axle are driven at a substantially equal speed relative to one another.