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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mike10" data-source="post: 45011" data-attributes="member: 5461">The hydro motors are two completely different designs between the LX485 and LS160.  The motors on the LS160 are similar to the motors on the L553 and L555 and you better not let them sit on a hill without engaging the parking brake.  I know a guy who stopped the engine on a hill to talk to someone and the loader started down the hill.  He tried to apply the parking brake but on the L553 with the rod and sprocket design the rod would only jump over the teeth of the sprocket.  I took it that it was an exhillarating ride, though that was not his description. Both the LX485 and LS160 use gear reductions from the motors to the axles.  The LX485 uses a chain and two sprockets and the LS160 uses a gearbox.</blockquote>