It's been an incredibly dry / hot Summer here in the north east, however, I did have to do some mowing with the new TC40DA to propagate new pature growth for my cattle. I mowed for about 10hr or so the other day, swapping out my Woods 6' finish mower for my 7' King Kutter finish mower. The NH tractor is really a great mowing machine in general; but especially for some of the softer areas as it is tantamount to a 'hovercraft' compared to my larger JD tractors~ As mentioned earlier, the 3pt control arms are superior, allowing VERY little lateral drift - esp. when mowing in reverse.
On bumpy or uneven terrain, obviously, the relatively small-ish front tires 'OD' makes for a more painstaking slower & bumpier ride (comparatively speaking to much larger tractors), however, being a hydro one can sort of adjust speed extemporaneously w/o shifting gears (A big +). Visibility on these TC series is - bar none - phenomenal! Just take that big 6' bucket off w/ the skid steer disconnect & you're off, w/o much need to ever thinking about removing the loader arms (imho)... I have to admit that even after 10 + hours of mowing with a 7' deck behind me, the 'cut swath' of my mower is sort of an art of judgement (esp. on turns) - as to how far one is over in the 'unmowed lane'... not as simple as gauging based on front wheel width etc.
W/ the caveat of being a first time 'hydro' tractor owner, in an Ideal world, where I could engineer this tractor to suit my specific operational inclinations & muscle memory - I would create a foot throttle for this hydro tractor, lol...
Even if it were on the left side (antithetical I know), just having some ability to throttle up momentarily w/o using the right hand leaver would be awesome. Undoubtedly, the more I get used to driving this new addition to the JD gear driven 'fleet', I'm sure that this inclination will diminish... By all means, for any perspective TC series buyers - I would suggest you buy now & don't hesitate to buy this series of tractor (I know that I'm way more happy w/ this purchase of a 2007 TC than I ever would have been with a spate of the newer NH / LS series of tractors) - but then again, that's just me... (& btw, when it's all said & done, - I didn't exactly save any appreciable $ by buying older & used in the 40hp category ~ personal preference I suppose in a upfront cash tansaction)
My tractor mechanic just installed a single rear remote yesterday, haven't tried it yet, but am optimistic that it will handle the conveyor belt / splitter on my Balfor firewood processor & that the PTO hp will handle the circular saw blade... - will keep y'all posted
P.S. - Also remains to be seen what this tractor can handle as far as snow blowing, plowing & round bale lifting... (w/ R4 tires I know that I'm going to have to start looking around for front & rear studded tractor chains)
P.S. - The recent dumping of TRILLIONS of fabricated 'funny money' into the US economy is only going to diminish our ability to get the same 'bang for our buck' in buying tractors etc... (imho, of course) Inflation is a Bi_ch!
