What is user UNFRIENDLY on your tractor?

countrybumpkin · Jul 16, 2018

CMV said:
Wish I'd have seen this sooner - just got home from working with the tractor... Will get next time I'm at the land... But it's the "ears" that guide you onto bucket - those get in the way of the zerks. One on each side.

Found this pic of a bucket on the net , they have defiantly changed the depth of the side supports.

TnAndy · Jul 16, 2018

countrybumpkin said:
Sounds like you need to adjust the brake then.

Really ? What is to adjust ? The brake is doing it's job, keeping the tractor from moving on a steep slope....it's the brake RELEASE that seems to be the problem.....or was. You simply could not release it by hand as designed. Hence I got to using my foot, which bent the handle due to thinness of the metal. Now it works fine.

Utopia Texas · Jul 16, 2018

Turbys_1700 said:
Nothing really unfriendly to operate just a few gripes...
Wish the rear wiper was installed...
Not crazy about the latch on the hood and how it operates...
Stereo is a little weak...
Trying to figure out how to mount a fire extinguisher...
Too small a tool box...
Overall great tractor...
I actually look forward to bush hogging in August now...

If you look in the back of your manual I think you will find that the radio in your T4.75 actually has a jack to plug in head phones. The wire and jack is hidden in the plastic housing below the radio. Why NH does not install the jack in the wall is a mystery to me. I found the wire and jack, drilled the correct hole in the plastic housing and then attached the jack. I use the head phones all the time and the music at a decent volume is much better on your hearing than the engine noise.

Turbys_1700 · Jul 16, 2018

Utopia Texas said:
If you look in the back of your manual I think you will find that the radio in your T4.75 actually has a jack to plug in head phones. The wire and jack is hidden in the plastic housing below the radio. Why NH does not install the jack in the wall is a mystery to me. I found the wire and jack, drilled the correct hole in the plastic housing and then attached the jack. I use the head phones all the time and the music at a decent volume is much better on your hearing than the engine noise.

Thanks so much for the help.

Doofy · Jul 16, 2018

LS XR3135HC: Right Hand Door is useless because of the fel joystick. Don't need the RH step either. Needs a place for a toolbox/chainbox and a good spot for a fire extinguisher.

Utopia Texas · Jul 17, 2018

Doofy said:
LS XR3135HC: Right Hand Door is useless because of the fel joystick. Don't need the RH step either. Needs a place for a toolbox/chainbox and a good spot for a fire extinguisher.

I realize the right hand door on most cabs is useless due to the FEL controls in the way but because of that one in a million chance I turn my tractor over on its side I sure would hate to have the one door to exit on the bottom.

I mow around some pretty large lakes/ ponds and want two exits in case I do something stupid and end up in the water....

PA hayseed · Jul 17, 2018

gripes
1) i have to stand up out of the seat to see if the forks are going into the pallet because the hood obstructs my view
2) The headlights are obstructed by the front end loader and grill bars
3) putting zerks in places that require gymnastics
4) making the hydraulic fluid fill too narrow (requires a material pump)
5) putting the fuel cap on top of the hood (I have a pump and hose now, but in the beginning gettting 5 gal cans up there was a PITA)

mine came with a toolbox, but the new one on order doesn't - SO I am already complaining about a tractor on order that I haven't used yet.

Doofy · Jul 17, 2018

Having 2 doors for egress would certainly be a good thing.

Doofy · Jul 17, 2018

And having plated chain hooks on the fel and bh from the factory would certainly be nice. I'd much rather have hooks than multiple cubbies and cupholders.