Just the fact that the engine can breathe easily again makes a ton of difference. Plus a little bit of mild tuning and it behaves a lot nicer.
That is interesting. It seems to have gained a lot more horsepower than I would have thought it would. I'd like to see more info on this sort of testing.
Eddie, I don't think it is any different than some of the JD tractors that share the same engine and frame, I was told by the JD mechanic that my pre-def 2011 JD 5093E could be turned up to get the same HP as the 101E as well as any model in that line that shared the same engine and frame, I have a friend who purchased the same tractor that you purchased and was told by the dealer that when the warranty was up that for about $ 1,500.00 it could be increased to around 100 hp, doing so before the warranty expires would void it.
Those little “HP tuning boxes” are awfully tempting.
People turn their tractors up all the time over here and put thousands and thousands of trouble free hours. I feel that tractors have a lot of margin to play with in that regard so it wouldn't concern me too much.
I am still amazed at the difference going from my old MF1250 34hp/27pto to my DK4510 45hp/42pto. My 1250 with a 60" brush hog struggled in certain places to where I had to downshift. My DK breezes through the same areas at same or higher ground speed with an 84" cutter without even much of a note change. I mow the same area in less than half time using less than half the fuel.
So does New Holland and even the new Kubota BV series (can be operated with under 70 pto). It all has to do with how the infeed is set up. NH uses a set od convex steel discs that keep the bale from rubbing the side sheets (where the frictional loss is and the power requirements come into play). So does Kubota (Kenverland) BV bailers. In fact they are standard equipment on them. Most round baler fires can be attributed to 2 things. either a locked bearing on one of the rolls or the friction created between the side sheets and the bale as it rotates and grows in the bale chamber. I believe Vermeer and JD also use them.
If you even thought about doing something like that an open forum on the Internet is the last place in the world to discuss such activity.
I thought we were talking about a homeowners compact tractor that stays in his own yard. But as usual everyone went off about pickups and commercial on road trucks.
Neither is our sitting president but like you state, not a discussion to have here. More like a discussion to have on 'Top News Talk. There, you can discuss and dissect it all you want to.
