Well it's been a good Winter for the machine. It starts, runs well and has been there for me every time I needed it to blow the 140 inches we had this Winter. I should stop bitching right? My good friend down the road bought a new 2013 Deere 4320 cab last Fall. It has 25 hours on it. Last weekend he brought it by my place because he was unable to connect the 3rd function hoses to his new Frost-Bite grapple (nice product by the way). It has a super funky line setup (all Deere) that uses an electric solenoid at the rear of the tractor, then hoses going forward to the loader frame. It turns out he couldn't release line pressure. I turned the key on engine off then cycled the 3rd function buttons but still no clickety click of the solenoid at the rear, Turns out you must have the engine running to get power to that solenoid making it useless to try that method of removing hose pressure. Finally found the manual bleed off valve in the rear so we were able to connect the hoses. Also the door stays (stops if I may) are wimpy cables and not gas cylinders like the Botas have. He said one day he got home from work and one door laid on the ground after a wind storm, both hinges were broken clean off as was the flimsy cable. Dealer came and collected over-priced ($43K) machine and warrantied the hinges. He tells me this is the smallest USA tractor Deere makes, I wasn't too impressed with some of the machine although he likes it. Rear wheels welded not bolted so making fine adjustments to the width is not possible. The only width adjustment is done by swapping wheels left and right. Fred, always bitchin' about something.
