Charliebrn
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Belatedly, I realized that this post was in the wrong forum, so if it looks familiar, I apologize. /w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif
Got to play a bit with a brand new 4110, just briefly after they pulled it out of the shop. I assume it's a lot like the 4010, but they didn't have one of these yet. They gave me the specs from a sheet faxed to them by JD (they didn't have any lit yet..nothing!) the 4010 has a Hydro transmission, 18HP engine, 14 Hp at the PTO. Maybe a bit smaller overall, at least to me, than the 4100. I'm a bit baffled on why they put such a small engine on it on a tractor with a bigger frame than the Kub BX(just 14HP at the PTO, with a lot of the competition coming from the BX with 22 HP and 17 at the PTO. Seems they had a big opportuinity to take the spotlight away from the BX, and they may have blown it. By the time you get equal power (adv HP) you get into a lot more money than the BX.
The 4110: One thing that bothered me was that the top link mount on the rockshaft housing seemed anemic, i cant see any easy way of beefing it up. I wish they had placed the fuel tank in back, where it's easier to refuel (makes no diff to me, but it would to my wife and daughter). They also still have that housing in the middle of the deck, too... right where I put my tool bag. While I'm on the subject of dislikes, I also really didn't like the hood arrangement...no easy way to get off or just open the hood to check things out before running it. Maybe it's just me, but I like popping the hood do make sure no critters have done bad things to my baby and to clean it after I'm done for the day. The salesman couldn't even figger out how to get it open, but it is a new model, maybe we missed something. (it was too cold out to really give it the once-over properly)
Some things I liked: Dash arrangement; the seat; steering cylinder placement; 3 point hitch sizing (Looked bigger than my BX, probably giving more flexibility in some implements)
I like a lot of the layout of the JD, especially the joystick arrangement that always stays with the tractor, making it easier to change implements that need hydraulic control on the front end. ( I realize a lot of this is the way it was on the 4100)
I also got to look at the new 4310 and 4510, very cool. The new electronics package for the tranny has a lot of promise...here's to hoping the bugs are worked out. Neither of these tractors had what I really wanted to see, which was the new quick-attach system for the three point, though!
Don't get me wrong, I sure don't mean to bash JD, I could have easily went with the 4100 and it would have done what I needed just fine.... just geography with the location of dealers worked against them, and the price was quite a bit higher than the BX...about $4500 at the time, similarly equipped. (Besides, it sure would be nice to easily buy all that branded clothing and goodies!
Can't wait to see the 4010.
BTW, if anyone cares, the 4110 is made and assembled in Japan, according to the plate on the side of the frame.
Got to play a bit with a brand new 4110, just briefly after they pulled it out of the shop. I assume it's a lot like the 4010, but they didn't have one of these yet. They gave me the specs from a sheet faxed to them by JD (they didn't have any lit yet..nothing!) the 4010 has a Hydro transmission, 18HP engine, 14 Hp at the PTO. Maybe a bit smaller overall, at least to me, than the 4100. I'm a bit baffled on why they put such a small engine on it on a tractor with a bigger frame than the Kub BX(just 14HP at the PTO, with a lot of the competition coming from the BX with 22 HP and 17 at the PTO. Seems they had a big opportuinity to take the spotlight away from the BX, and they may have blown it. By the time you get equal power (adv HP) you get into a lot more money than the BX.
The 4110: One thing that bothered me was that the top link mount on the rockshaft housing seemed anemic, i cant see any easy way of beefing it up. I wish they had placed the fuel tank in back, where it's easier to refuel (makes no diff to me, but it would to my wife and daughter). They also still have that housing in the middle of the deck, too... right where I put my tool bag. While I'm on the subject of dislikes, I also really didn't like the hood arrangement...no easy way to get off or just open the hood to check things out before running it. Maybe it's just me, but I like popping the hood do make sure no critters have done bad things to my baby and to clean it after I'm done for the day. The salesman couldn't even figger out how to get it open, but it is a new model, maybe we missed something. (it was too cold out to really give it the once-over properly)
Some things I liked: Dash arrangement; the seat; steering cylinder placement; 3 point hitch sizing (Looked bigger than my BX, probably giving more flexibility in some implements)
I like a lot of the layout of the JD, especially the joystick arrangement that always stays with the tractor, making it easier to change implements that need hydraulic control on the front end. ( I realize a lot of this is the way it was on the 4100)
I also got to look at the new 4310 and 4510, very cool. The new electronics package for the tranny has a lot of promise...here's to hoping the bugs are worked out. Neither of these tractors had what I really wanted to see, which was the new quick-attach system for the three point, though!
Don't get me wrong, I sure don't mean to bash JD, I could have easily went with the 4100 and it would have done what I needed just fine.... just geography with the location of dealers worked against them, and the price was quite a bit higher than the BX...about $4500 at the time, similarly equipped. (Besides, it sure would be nice to easily buy all that branded clothing and goodies!
Can't wait to see the 4010.
BTW, if anyone cares, the 4110 is made and assembled in Japan, according to the plate on the side of the frame.
