</font><font color="blue" class="small">( In my opinion the curved hood and curved loader arms make it much easier to see what is happening in front of the tractor. My son has a Kubota 3130 with a Woods 1012 loader (straight arm loader, straight hood) and it is (to me) very difficult to see the quick attach points when attaching the bucket or pallet arms on his 3103. My TC-33Da with curved hood and curved arms is very easy to see the quick attach points and to pick up stuff with either the bucket or pallet arms.)</font>
Yup, the difference is dramatic. And that difference is why the curved arm, sloped hood tractors are much easier to use.
The photo pretty much tells the story. My daughter is sitting 24" in front of the bucket lip. All the pictures were taken from the drivers seat, by me, with the seats adjusted as I would normally sit. I did my best to provide close to the same frame of reference in all the photos. The tractors were lined up so the bucket front edges were sitting side by side. Notice how much of the bucket you can see on the NH and how little you can see on the Kubota.
The farthest mark on the driveway is 6' in front of the lip of the bucket, on the Kubota your view is obstructed to 5'9" over the hood or 6'8" over the grill guard. You cannot see the top corners of the bucket on the Kubota.
On the New Holland you can see the ground at 2'10" over the hood. You can see the top corners of the bucket on the NH. The ground is visible 24" in front of the bucket on either side of the New Holland hood over the top of the bucket.
I am 5'11" tall, so someone taller would have a slightly better view, someone shorter would have a worse view.
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