John Deere 110 vs Kubota M59

[dsgsr]

Be careful, If you are going to be trailering that much weight on a trailer that will be legal on the interstate, you want to make sure you have the proper license. Cargo + Chains and binders+ trailer weight cannot exceed 10,000 lbs unless you have a Class A drivers lic.

I have never rented a trailer so I cannot guess-ta-met a price. But If I was hired to haul I would charge $2.50 a loaded mile, That might give you an Idea what a rented trailer might be.


David

 

[Martian]

Be careful, If you are going to be trailering that much weight on a trailer that will be legal on the interstate, you want to make sure you have the proper license. Cargo + Chains and binders+ trailer weight cannot exceed 10,000 lbs unless you have a Class A drivers lic.

I have never rented a trailer so I cannot guess-ta-met a price. But If I was hired to haul I would charge $2.50 a loaded mile, That might give you an Idea what a rented trailer might be.


David

As you can see from my Avatar I have plenty of tow power. GMC 4500 and is plated at 24000. I'm sure the 110 wouldn't weigh over 10000. If they want to give me a ticket so be it. I'm more concerned about safety and not driving a 110 on my trailer and then making it a drop deck trailer if you know what I mean!

 

[DK35vince]

As you can see from my Avatar I have plenty of tow power. GMC 4500 and is plated at 24000. I'm sure the 110 wouldn't weigh over 10000. If they want to give me a ticket so be it.

Don't forget you have to add the weight of the trailer.
My 10,000 lb trailer weighs 3000 lbs empty.
3000lb trailer plus a 7000lb TLB max out my allowable 10,000lb

 

[dsgsr]

As you can see from my Avatar I have plenty of tow power. GMC 4500 and is plated at 24000. I'm sure the 110 wouldn't weigh over 10000. If they want to give me a ticket so be it. I'm more concerned about safety and not driving a 110 on my trailer and then making it a drop deck trailer if you know what I mean!

Where towers get into trouble in my State. The weigh police take into count the Gross Vehicle weight Rating (GVWR) plus the Gross trailer weight rating and add the two together. Take My truck as an example. The Gross vehicle weight rating (GVWR) of my Ford 550 is 17,950 lbs. If I have a trailer attached that has a GVWR of 10,000 lbs, weather it actually weighs that or not I am over the 26,000 lbs of a Class-C lic. so I must have a Class-B lic. If the trailers GVWR is 10,001 lbs or more, I must have a Class-A lic. It doesn't matter if you actually weigh less, if that vehicle is tagged from the company that built it as 10,001 lbs or more that is what the Law Enforcement officers go buy. It's what you could possibly weigh that they are concerned with.


David

 

[jenkinsph]

First a 110tlb weighs about 7600 lbs with the backhoe configuration, I weighed mine about a week ago with 72hd loader bucket 18" rear bucket, cab and 1/2 tank of fuel was 8080 lbs without operator.

The configuration on Deere's website with loader and rear boxblade is 7200 lbs. That puts the tractor fel and 3ph close to 6000 lbs. If I take the front bucket off it is very close to the weight of my 4520 cab with weights.

I would attempt to sell the trailer and tractor you have if possible and buy a 12,000 lb bumper pull 20' which would weigh about 2600-2800 lbs. That would allow you to take a grapple and or additional implement with you. If I had it to do again I would go with a 14,000 lb trailer same configuration, these weigh close to 3,000 lbs and have an 11,000 lb payload for a few bucks more.

You might sell the 7k trailer outright or trade it in on a newer larger trailer. Either way you need a larger trailer as the 7k trailer won't cut it.

 

[two_bit_score]

Yep... very nice TLB! :thumbsup:

If Deere doesn't come out with a replacement machine for the 110 - I might be looking very seriously at the M59 in a few years.

AKfish

Who knows what will be available in a few years? I'd like to see the 110stay the same basic size but just get more power.

 

[jenkinsph]

While I am running an F550 with a rating of 19,000 lbs and often pull my dump trailer with a rating of 14,000 lbs for a total of 33,000 lbs rating which matches the trucks gcwr of 33,000 I have never been stopped and driven past a many dot officer. Now some states are different and crossing state lines would open a can of worms but worst case scenario you would get a class A license.

Driving what looks like a pickup of sorts and a compact tlb shouldn't be an issue in most states. Last year when I hauled my 110 to Durango CO for a months work I used my F250 for that trip that was legal where the safer F550 was not. Sounds stupid but that is the law.

 

[Martian]

Thanks for all the input. I definitely won't be pulling it with my trailer. Whether I get a new trailer I'm not as sure about. I still have stuff that I tote around on it but I don't do this for a living so I don't "need" my own trailer. If I can't rent for a lot less the 5 times a year I need it then I think that may be the way I go. That is still to be determined. If I did I would go for a new trailer I would go with the 14k just to be safe. I know the feeling of buying to small and having to upgrade!

Although the "right" thing to do in this situation would be to get my CDL but what all is to that? Is it just a test or do I need to take an actual class? For the couple times a year I'm going to tote this around I'll take a ticket if they want me that bad but I don't have the time to go take a class.

 

[dsgsr]

In My state you don't have too take a class. I went to my local DMV, (Department of Motor Vehicle) got the CDL study manual. Read it at least 3-times (I don't remember well) Sent in for the written test, got my permit. Read the manual some more, sent in for my Road test. got my Brother (who is a CDL-A) too go with me, this is a must. Took the road test with my 550 and 6-ton trailer (trailer, which by the way is for sale), passed. Now I have a CDL-A. The one thing I did also was too set up the trailer backing test (it shows you in the manual how to) and practice a few times.


David

 

[MessickFarmEqu]

For your fact finding, we just traded an L45 with 75 hours on it. Priced at 32k. Was a hobby user, moved up to an M59.