Price Check John Deere 400x and 400cx Loader Pricing

[AKfish]

Been pricing new machines and attachments for a number of months, now. Quotes from WI, MN, WA, GA and of course, Alaska.

Package deals were better, of course. Ranged from around 5% (you can guess what state, that came from..) to 17.5%.

Attachments that weren't part of a tractor package (I looked for tillers, hyd. rear blade, hyd. box blade, and various Work-Pro grapples etc.) were in the 10%-13% range.

Wanted the CX with the HD bucket. Heavier materials -- 6mm -- and all the capabilities; rollback, breakout, etc. were significantly more with the CX.

Priced the skid-steer option and the 3rd function FEL for a grapple; so the extra lift made a difference for me and the extra $500 wasn't a big hurdle - moneywise.

Lookin' to pick up stumps and logs and some rock to establish hay fields and pastures. Don't know what your uses are gonna be exactly; but if I was pickin' up rocks, etc. every little advantage I could get - I'd get it!!

Which ever FEL you decide on -- the HD bucket is good advice.

AKfish

 

[dfkrug]

As for the 400x/cx decision, I'm still on the fence. Looking at the attached spec. sheet, it seems like the extra lift capacity only comes into play when you're lifting to full height. The capacities are the same at max height at the bucket pivot pin, but then the cx beats the x by about 800 lbs if you look at the capacity to full height at the lip of the bucket. So, I don't understand what the point of the cx is, aside from the self-leveling feature.

ZINNO:
I looked at the 400X/CX comparison and I don't get it either. I can see a
different curl link geometry and cyl size giving better breakout force, but
the increased lift cap over the lift cap at the pivot pin does not make
sense. Have you also considered any aftermkt loaders? (Woods, Koyker,
Westerdorf, etc?)

CIDERTOM:
Is the self-leveling feature really a benefit for you? Have you tried the
FEL after disconnecting it? I have my first self-leveling FEL with 4n1 and
I am having a hard time seeing the benefit.

I am looking at some quotations right now as I help someone buy either
a JD4720 or a Kubota L5740. Seems the Kubota LA854 has higher lift
cap at pivot and breakout force, but has no spec for lift cap at bkt edge.

 

[cwilson]

You need the heavy duty bucket most def.....but the cx is much beter for the tractor

 

[Cidertom]

ZINNO:

CIDERTOM:
Is the self-leveling feature really a benefit for you? Have you tried the
FEL after disconnecting it? I have my first self-leveling FEL with 4n1 and
I am having a hard time seeing the benefit.
.

For me yes, the self level is good. I do a lot of pallet style moving. I store a lot of stuff on racks and not having to try to feather it all the time is good. I also did it for the lift cap'y. I have lifted a few large loads, and the original lift specs were upheld. My FEL won't allow it to be disconnected as it is the bell crank style.