John Deere to release articulated tractor

[jcmseven]

I was looking on the dealer site at my friend's dealership today and saw that JD is going to release an articulated tractor soon. It will have a 21 hp air cooled Lombardini diesel and four wheel drive. In its narrowest configuration, it will be just 40" wide, but will likely have a spacer kit and dual wheel options if needed. The promotion stated it would be good for hill work also, so I wonder if it will compete directly with Steiner and Ventrac and Powertrac for this market. Our local hospital has two Steiners and they spend a lot of shop time getting belts done, etc. Supposedly this machine from JD will have shaft drive to all attachments. It looked pretty neat. I am sorry I cannot download the picture.

John M

 

[jcmseven]

I found them!!! They are Goldoni's. Just look at the Base 20, paint it JD green and that is the machine.

John M

 

[aesanders]

Gotta link?

 

[SnowRidge]

Gotta link?

Bottom of the page.

Special Purpose Tractors

 

[sklunk]

I'm not sure if they will be Goldoni (I honestly don't know so jcmseven may be right). Here is the official Goldoni site:

GOLDONI Tractors

 

[jcmseven]

sklunk,

The tractor I saw on the dealer website is EXACTLY like the Goldoni machine, from the look to the specs.

John M

 

[jcmseven]

Please look at the last page on the Goldoni brochure. It says "supplier to John Deere since 1986." Kind of gives it away. I am curious, though, where are the attachments??? Surely, one would not buy one of these machines just to pull a little tiller around, or would one???

John M

 

[candersen10]

Tractores John Deere : Tractores Milenio

 

[RalphVa]

One of the local dealers (not JD) had a (think it was) Ventrac like this on the showroom floor. Looks very nice: 3ph & FEL, flex in the middle, low in height. Its minimum engine size for diesel was about 35. Nice to see that JD is making a smaller engine one (for fuel economy, and most of us don't need more hp).

Ralph

 

[sklunk]

Definitely Goldoni -- here is candersen10's page translated (click on "Specifications" to see the Goldoni model numbers):

Translated Version