zipp669
Bronze Member
- Joined
- Oct 26, 2004
- Messages
- 62
- Location
- IOWA
- Tractor
- 4100 jd, 4500 jd, 4720jd, tc48nh, all fwa, all have a loader
Read my bio first please, you will then no a little about what I have and my dilema. YOu will all think I am NUTS!
I got a new 5205 (60 hrs on it now) in Sept. Nice tractor but just too big for what I do (tires especially needs 24's & has 28's on it, will cost a min of $2000 to go down to 24's) and am going to sell it and if that dont work trade it. Will be in the DSM register this wkend along with my Kubota(1200 hrs).
Anyway, I have debated on the 4320 or 4720, today I had to give the go ahead to the salesman or lose rebates & good financing(as we dont no yet what they will offer for NOV).
I am sitting here tonight now debating on whether I need the 4720 hydro or do I want the 4320 ro 4520 for less & not get hydro or get either 4520 or 4320 with Hydro.
By now you are all going what the heck???
Well I seed & grade & aerate and spray & bushhog & install silt fence and blow straw and move big bales & go on really steep ground. I do have duals on the kubota. I do not move much snow with them.
My bigger tractors are not hydro. also now that we have EHYDRO, how much BETTER is that than the old time hydro?
My powr rvrsr's are nice, stick them in F or R & go. I still clutch even though you do not have to as they through you & are jerky if you do not clutch(imo).
I no you cannot all answer & make my decision for me. Just any input would help.
My actual plans would call for me to get rid of my current big tractors and get a 4720 JD, a TC45DA and a D45 Case. The case will have bar tires.
Why different tractors? Well, I do not think that any tractors are bad, really.
People ask me which I prefer, my 4500 or my 3710. My reply is neither. Each has its pros & cons. I prefer the 4500 for this job & the 3710 for this job, but neither is the ideal tractor. The Kubota has broke down WAY more than the JD. And dont ever say that the foreign tractors take too long for parts. The KUBOTA fits this bill also.
Would I buy another Kubota, No way.
I love the 30 series Deere & the NH with supersteer. I drove the Case today & it was nice & basic as it was a d series.
But does that Cruise control ehydrro work that well if you were mowing 5 acres and you just flipped the switch or if you were putting an 8 foot field cultivator on the 3 point and flip the switch. or any other things that you could FLIP the SWITCH and the cruise control was there so you dont have to hold your foot on the pedal.
I worked on seeding about 2 acres this past July with my 4100, oh boy, was my foot tired after holding down that pedal all day. granted the 4100 is a 1999 model & the hydro is probably a little tighter to push. But I dont want to run into that again.
It is not like I can take the Hydro tractor home & use it for a month and decide I want a power reverser back.
We did get to use a 4320 hydro when my 5205 had a hydralic problem and was nice and alot quicker in the smaller areas going F & R.
I think I may end this now. Thanks for reading & listening.
I may have even put this in the wrong forum as it discussed other tractors also.
Tell me if I am wrong.
Thanks for the help!!
ZIPP
I got a new 5205 (60 hrs on it now) in Sept. Nice tractor but just too big for what I do (tires especially needs 24's & has 28's on it, will cost a min of $2000 to go down to 24's) and am going to sell it and if that dont work trade it. Will be in the DSM register this wkend along with my Kubota(1200 hrs).
Anyway, I have debated on the 4320 or 4720, today I had to give the go ahead to the salesman or lose rebates & good financing(as we dont no yet what they will offer for NOV).
I am sitting here tonight now debating on whether I need the 4720 hydro or do I want the 4320 ro 4520 for less & not get hydro or get either 4520 or 4320 with Hydro.
By now you are all going what the heck???
Well I seed & grade & aerate and spray & bushhog & install silt fence and blow straw and move big bales & go on really steep ground. I do have duals on the kubota. I do not move much snow with them.
My bigger tractors are not hydro. also now that we have EHYDRO, how much BETTER is that than the old time hydro?
My powr rvrsr's are nice, stick them in F or R & go. I still clutch even though you do not have to as they through you & are jerky if you do not clutch(imo).
I no you cannot all answer & make my decision for me. Just any input would help.
My actual plans would call for me to get rid of my current big tractors and get a 4720 JD, a TC45DA and a D45 Case. The case will have bar tires.
Why different tractors? Well, I do not think that any tractors are bad, really.
People ask me which I prefer, my 4500 or my 3710. My reply is neither. Each has its pros & cons. I prefer the 4500 for this job & the 3710 for this job, but neither is the ideal tractor. The Kubota has broke down WAY more than the JD. And dont ever say that the foreign tractors take too long for parts. The KUBOTA fits this bill also.
Would I buy another Kubota, No way.
I love the 30 series Deere & the NH with supersteer. I drove the Case today & it was nice & basic as it was a d series.
But does that Cruise control ehydrro work that well if you were mowing 5 acres and you just flipped the switch or if you were putting an 8 foot field cultivator on the 3 point and flip the switch. or any other things that you could FLIP the SWITCH and the cruise control was there so you dont have to hold your foot on the pedal.
I worked on seeding about 2 acres this past July with my 4100, oh boy, was my foot tired after holding down that pedal all day. granted the 4100 is a 1999 model & the hydro is probably a little tighter to push. But I dont want to run into that again.
It is not like I can take the Hydro tractor home & use it for a month and decide I want a power reverser back.
We did get to use a 4320 hydro when my 5205 had a hydralic problem and was nice and alot quicker in the smaller areas going F & R.
I think I may end this now. Thanks for reading & listening.
I may have even put this in the wrong forum as it discussed other tractors also.
Tell me if I am wrong.
Thanks for the help!!
ZIPP