<font color="blue"> My coworker (who bought my old JD755 hydro) drove his cousin's 4310 eHydro machine, and he didn't like the lack of direct hydro pedal control; the eHydro electronics always seemed to react artificial and 'second guess' exactly what he wanted to do. MotionMatch sounds interesting, though; I can see where it would be useful, especially for beginners. I'm just a little wary of it, because once I got used to my 755, I could always move fast and smooth, and I didn't need Intel-Inside to figure it out for me </font>
Danali60,
I can offer direct, personal experience in the transition from a JD755 to the 4310 with ehydro. I too was disappointed with the pedal response. I wouldn't characterize it so much as vague. More like delayed. During operation, for instance going forward, the pedal does not feel significantly different on the ehydro vs. the 755. Pedal resistance is similar enough and changes in speed are also similar enough. Where I notice a difference the most is changing directions, or just starting off. Press either pedal and there is a slight delay. This is something you can get use to when starting off in forward or reverse but the transition is more difficult when changing directions. A couple of cases in point:
When mowing with the MMM, I make several direction changes. With the 755, the change in direction is instant and smooth. With the 4310 ehydro there is a delay. When you release pressure on the forward pedal, the tractor comes to a stop smoothly but hit the reverse pedal and there is a slight delay. Same thing going forward again. This is annoying but I'm getting used to it.
Changing directions on a slope is the worse. On the 755, I could creep down a slope and hit the reverse pedal to instantly back out at the exact point intended. I'm not talking a tire spinning reverse here, just creep in, hit the reverse pedal to stop forward motion and back out. This is impossible on the ehydro. You must use the brake to keep from rolling forward further than intended.
I had problems with my ehydro that have been corrected. When the forward pedal was pushed to the end of its travel, the tractor would come to a complete stop after several seconds. It was just as if your foot had slipped off the pedal but it was still pushed full forward. Take your foot off the pedal, wait a couple of seconds and you could resume operation. The dealer replaced a bad potentiometer. When I got the tractor back, the problem was fixed but now the forward pedal needed to be pressed about half way down before movement started. Top speed was slower. Back to the dealer for an adjustment. Everything seems to be acting "normal" now.
Jeff
