Graduate work primarily deals with hydraulic motors and hydraulic pumps used in hydraulic load systems. The basic difference between the hydraulic pump and the motor is that the pump generates (produces) the hydraulic energy, and the engine is the consumer of hydraulic energy. With the hydraulic pumps and motors in operation, the hydraulics basics are described and hydraulic fluids with their properties are described. A great emphasis in this paper is given to hydraulic fluids since their properties are essential for the proper functioning of hydraulic pumps and motors and at the end of functioning of the entire hydraulic system.