LATEST ON THE NEW COMPACT TRACTOR

spencer200 · Oct 1, 2003

There is no listing for a cab offering at this time.

yellowsocks93 · Oct 1, 2003

There is quite a difference in hood styles between new and old. I would have to say I like the old hoods more. If I did not buy a JD I would go New Holland. Will the new Case compacts look the the New Hollands also? Also in the pics you posted it looks as if all the fender mounted controls are gone. Did they move them.

jcollins · Oct 1, 2003

The fender mounted controls are still there on all but the TC55DA from looking at the pictures. I am going to Sacramento next week for a school on the new TSA's; if they have any of the new TC's there I will snap some shots and post.

blackjack · Oct 1, 2003

As far as I know, the CaseIH DX will look similar to the New Hollands with the exception of the lights/grille. The lights in the grille will drop down one level (compared to the old model) & the tag name Farmall will be attached above it.

The new loader for the Class II DX series is the LX114.

Trouser Bark · Oct 2, 2003

AAHHHhhh!!!

My eyes! /forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif

Egon · Oct 2, 2003

Legion; are you by chance related to Marlon Brando ??

Egon

bobnewjersey · Oct 2, 2003

Thanks Spencer. I really think NH is missing the boat with the no cab/ac approach. I saw a post last year that showed NH compacts in Europe (maybe Italy) that had a/c cabs. I believe this is one of the reasons for orange's popularity.

Robert_in_NY · Oct 2, 2003

I wonder if they did the research and concluded that the market can not support them to design a cab for the US machines. Would most CUT buyers be willing to shell out around $5k for a cab. If so what will they be giving up to get it as it is a expensive item. Maybe skip the hydro and loader? But then what will they use the tractor for? Cabs on compacts are a limited market and while it will be nice to see them, they might just concede the cabs to Kubotas larger compacts then to sink money in a project for a few sales. However, there are aftermarket cabs that might work for you if interested. I have a Curtis on my 1920, I didn't put it there as it was there when I bought it and it does a nice job in the cold. Don't know if it can have AC but who knows. Which reminds me, how many people have looked under the hood of a TNF or TNV with cab and AC. These tractors have more room then the compacts engine compartments and they still had trouble fitting the piping under there for the AC. I would never want to work on a TNV as there is no room under that hood.

timb · Oct 2, 2003

The bizarre thing is that both NH and JD have cabs on their compacts sold in Europe.

JD 4000 Ten Cabs

The cabs already exist, the tooling is already there. I can only wonder if these cabs replace the ROPS and are non-ROPS cabs themselves - or there is some U.S. regulation that a cab is automatically assumed to be a 4-post ROPS and that these cabs at best surround the existing ROPS. Otherwise it's a really peculiar marketing decision!

Tim