New iMatch AutoHitch

[sklunk]

Look what I came across on Deere's website:

John Deere iMatch AutoHitch

I wonder what the price is on that puppy?

 

[Grizz]

I guess it's some thing else to put on our "wish list"

 

[hazmat]

double wow

From the build & price

$385 for tractor side + $244 Imatch (can be retrofitted to exisitIng IMatch) + $165 - $270 for each attachment - so far rotary cutters & tillers.

 

[orlo]

That's slick. Pretty pricey, but slick. The tractor side isn't bad at all, but $165-270 per implement is what would kill you. ;O)

 

[CWP37]

I'd buy that for my MX6 in a second. Where do I sign?

 

[Chris2520]

I ask my dealer about this. and thay said it never came to pass. there was a problem with it. i wanted one. and though it was on the website. deere never shipped them out. and he thought the project was going to be scraped. I guess we will see.

Chris....

 

[megotatractor]

and here I thought I was being lazy using an Imatch...

 

[swines]

I ask my dealer about this. and thay said it never came to pass. there was a problem with it. i wanted one. and though it was on the website. deere never shipped them out. and he thought the project was going to be scraped. I guess we will see.

Chris....

Then neither you nor your dealer watched RFDTV last night (6/18/07) with the Live John Deere hour. That was one of the new products featured on the program.

 

[Taylork]

Looks like the new PTO connector (autohitch), for the moment, only works with certain CUT tractors. They have a compatability chart, and I was surprised to see that the 5000 series are not currently (doesn't mean they won't ever be) compatable. I think even the 990 was not currently comptatble. A quote from their FAQ on the autohitch:

Does iMatch AutoHitch work on 5000 Series tractors?
While a 5000 Series tractor can be set up to work with Category 1 implements, John Deere has not tested the AutoHitch on 5000 Series tractors; therefore, they are not currently compatible.

the link on currently compatable tractors, if I did it right:http://dlrdoc.deere.com/sales/salesmanual/en_NA/material_handling/2007/compatibility_supplemental_info/tractor-implement_compat_ah.html

Edit: and here is the link for an overview of the imatch autohitch:
http://dlrdoc.deere.com/sales/salesmanual/en_NA/material_handling/2007/model/cuts/imatch_autohitch.html

Good luck, I sure was disappointed when the 5103 wasn't (yet) covered. Their web site has some cool explanation of how it works, as well, and check out the demo of loading/unloading 2 impliments in 1.05 minutes. Amazing. But, again, only for a CUT at the moment.

Enjoy,
Taylor

 

[Chris2520]

Then neither you nor your dealer watched RFDTV last night (6/18/07) with the Live John Deere hour. That was one of the new products featured on the program.

Really ? , that cool. i guess thay did come out with it after all.
but the real fact is after someone here gets one..

PS... What is RFDTV.....

Chris....