fattyfat1
Silver Member
started with a 4010 18hp which had pitifully weak hydraulics, stepped up to the 4310 to do tractor work as a side biz, great hyd. system, plenty of power, but unfortunately it turned into too much work, and with a 40hr gig already + being an instructor for my unions apprenticeship program, time for my kids and sanity was at a premium. sold the 4310 to a friend, and with equity bought a 06 2305. absolutely wonderful machine! smaller than the 4010 in stature, but waaayyy more powerful, and i don't have to work it so i feel like it is paying for itself! heres my gripe. the lighting systems on all three of these machines is horrible. with a FEL, forget seeing anything unless the bucket is so low, it drags every bump you hit. i can't mount lights to ROPS because i removed it. orchard trees + ROPS = impossible! also, why in the heck can you activate the lights w/out the key. tractor crazy 2 & 4 year olds love to push buttons and turn dials while daddy's at work, so he can come home to a dead tractor. no tool box! i had to mount ammo boxes using the holes where my ROPS was. why don't the buckets come w/hooks? how come Deere doesn't have a clamshell bucket option or offer a grapple of some sort, a toothbar? just down the road i could have bought a Tytan int. for almost half the price of the Deere. the tranny's drop out after 12 hrs, and the wiring harnesses melt down at twenty, but at least they come w/ clamshell bucket on the FEL!