shafts below the operator 39 s or cab platform 12 and extend into the cab each side of the loader is driven through a separate flow controlled variable speed swash plate motor 30 a and 30 b the speed of motors 30 a and 30 b is dependent upon the position of the respective steering levers as can be seen motor 30 a drives both of the wheels 9 a simultaneously and motor 30 b drives both wheels 9 b simultaneously in a neutral position of the levers 16 a and 16 b the loader is stopped moving the levers 16 a and 16 b forward results in forward movement with the speed of the controlled motor being proportional to the lever movement when the levers 16 a and 16 b are both fully forward maximum forward speed is achieved the speed of the motors 30 a and 30 b should match each other to keep the loader traveling straight the schematic showing of fig2 is a fragmentary side view of a portion of the skid steer loader frame 10 that shows a front portion of platform 12 forming part of the frame with an operator seat area 14 to the rear of the front portion of the platform control lever 16 b is shown schematically and it extends into the operator 39 s cab and is moved forward and rearward from a neutral position in order to drive the controlled motor to propel the loader forward or rearward the neutral position of lever 16 b is substantially as shown in solid lines in fig2 the levers 16 a and 16 b also control the speed of the drive wheels on each side of the loader and when going.