John Deere 110

[acbellnj]

Thanks Dan, I think I got the picture.

So how wide x deep x long is this driveway you are working on and how did you like the geo-fabric (also how expensive is the geo-fabric)?

Are you dragging the ABC around with the box blade, or using the loader to scoop and dump?

 

[dmccarty]

acbellnj,

Easy answers first. I'm using the 4n1 in bucket mode as well
as in bull dozer mode to push the ABC into a thin layer. At
the end of the day I use the box blade to make it nice,
smooth and professional looking. I do use the box blade from
time to time when pushing down the pile but 95% of getting
the ABC spread is with the 4n1.

The first phase of the driveway is about 600 feet long. The
fabric is in a roll 12.5 feel wide and 360 feet long. There are
two kinds of fabric, woven and nonwoven. I'm using
nonwoven since its supposed to be more puncture resistent.
Other rolls are 13/14 feet wide and 300 long. Rolls seem to
cost $300. Mine was $295 so its costing me $.82 per linear
foot of driveway.

Where I have a straght line I figure the drive is 13-14 feet
wide but it depends. I put in an S curve and I'm making the
drive wider at those points. There is also a turning circle
I'm working on Friday and its going to be wider than 13 feet.
I'll have to double up on the fabric up there.

I'll post pictures next week I hope....

The fabric works. I certainly don't have a long term view on
the stuff but last Friday it was pouring down rain just prior
to me starting to work. The road and clay was very wet.
Just walking made a mess. I had parked my truck near the
driveway and was making a mess standing at the tailgate so
I dropped some ABC and spread it out so I would be out of
the mud. I parked my tractor in that spot maybe 5-6 times
during the day. That pretty much pushed the ABC into the
mud. The ABC on the fabric did not move. The front
part of the driveway has had a good 10 loads driven onto
it and the empty trucks driven off. The truck with a load are
50,000 to 54,000 pounds. The driveway looks nice and flat
the way the box blade left it. No ruts at all.

I'm out of here for today and likely won't have time on the
computer until Sunday or Monday so if you don't here from
me I'm not being rude. /w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif

Later,
Dan

 

[JATO_RaT]

"So which weighs more, a pound of ABC or a pound of feathers?"

If the ABC is at the equator and the feathers are at the North Pole then the feathers will weigh more!

If you plan to use the tractor after construction for things like mowing, a detachable loader will be an enourmous benefit. I currently have a Kubota L48, while it is considerably more ruggedly built then the standard compact, much like the JD 110, not being able to remove the loader has turned out to be cumbersome for me now that I have moved the bulk of material at my place and do more mowing. I am considering going down in size, perhaps a Kubota L4610 or whatever the equivalent will be this September/October when the new models are due to be introduced. Rat...

 

[acbellnj]

Can any 110 operaters explain how you operate the 4-in-1 loader versus the 4710 which has the seperate lever?

 

[Tags]

Acbellnj,
Sorry I haven't chimed in,haven't had the time lately.From what I've read I believe the 4n1 on the 4700 is run with a seperate lever,so you need to do the two hand shuffle or be mighty tricky with the hand operating the loader,where as on the 110 there is a switch mounted in the loader controll lever,that can be pushed with your thumb,that activates the front hydraulics when pushed either up or down,now having had some time to run it with my 4n1 I have to say it is a very slick setup.This is the first 4n1 bucket I have had and I have to say it's all around great,very handy for final cleanup or picking up the rock that doesn't want to go in the bucket.

As far as breaking or ripping anything off of a 110,I just don't think it's possible unless somebody is really abusin' it,like repeatedly ramming a rock in high gear or senselessly side swiping the hoe at full throttle into an unmoveable object like a 4 foot diameter oak stump.I have 50 or so hours on mine now and have spread 100+ yards of process,a couple hundred yards of soil, dug some 2 foot diameter stumps,some 8+ feet deep test holes in rocky soil,and graded a couple of driveways,and the 110 has done it all extremely well,so as far as using for construction purposes it fills the bill quite nicely.For mowing though if you are bobbing and weaving around alot of obstacles, then as Rat said, a machine with a removeable loader may be the way to go.I'm not really famillar with the way things mount on the 4700's,but the way I look at it is,if its an add on attachment and not integrated into the frame of the machine,as the loader and hoe are on the 110,it is more vulnerable to breakage,and I think you'll also find that the lifting and digging capacities on the 110 are better than on a 4700.What it really boils down to though is what your final needs of the machine will be,you could always buy a 110,use it,sell it,and buy a machine primarily for maintenance and mowing,hope this helps,happy hunting!

 

[Tags]

Just thought I'd do some more 110 promotion since I've had some more seat time /w3tcompact/icons/wink.gif/w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif.Yesterday I had to locate a well for a water pump company,they said it would be about an hour long job.....HAHA....There was no record on file as to where the well was,so we located the water line coming out of the house,dug down to it,and started to follow it.Most of these lines are usually 3 feet deep,this one was at about 4 and kept creeping deeper and deeper,the material was extremely rocky and I was digging with the 2' bucket,I was pulling out rocks that were almost as big as the front bucket and smaller.This was very annoying to dig in,but I have to say the hoe on this machine is fantastic,the power it has is amazing for a compact TLB.About 100' later I finally located the well,it was 9' down,so much for the 1 hour job.It took me 2.5 hours to dig it,which to me seems good ,considering the soil conditons and the depth.Today I went back to backfill the trench and cleanup the site,this is the first machine I have had a 4n1 bucket on and never really thought much of them ,but now after having it and using it for a while I have to say it is a great investment along with being a good frustration eliminator.I ended up backfilling the line with 2' of sand,then proceded to place material in the trench with the hoe and seperate the rocks at the same time,once I got the trench backfilled I used the loader to pick up all the rocks and load them in my truck,just being able to pinch the rocks with the 4n1 was a real time saver,I would have been shoving them all over the place trying to pick them up with the regular bucket.This was the most digging I have done with the hoe,and the hardest I have run the machine since getting it,and I have to say,it really surprised me how well it dug with the 2' bucket in all the rock,the whole machine performs very well for its size,and I continue to be pleased that I bought it.