ORANGE or GREEN???
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PerryWhite
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Badapple,
My wife (and I) both work at CAT. She works in
the Marine engine marketing division. In February she was
working the Miami Boat show and got to meet Tim Allen.
Tim is buying a new 54 foot Uniesse sport boat with twin
CAT C18 engines with 1015 horsepower each. The marketing
folks worked some deal to have Tim do a press event at the Miami boat show with the emphasis on the more power bit.
My wife is the blonde on the left.
My wife (and I) both work at CAT. She works in
the Marine engine marketing division. In February she was
working the Miami Boat show and got to meet Tim Allen.
Tim is buying a new 54 foot Uniesse sport boat with twin
CAT C18 engines with 1015 horsepower each. The marketing
folks worked some deal to have Tim do a press event at the Miami boat show with the emphasis on the more power bit.
My wife is the blonde on the left.
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JDgreen227
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If you are concerned about cold starting be sure to get a block heater installed on your new tractor. My 4210 starts easily at 5 below zero with no heater but I am concerned about possible engine wear so am going to install a BH later this summer. Funny thing, both our car and SUV have factory installed heaters but I never thought about having one for my JD when I ordered it. Dumb me.
OrangeFloyd
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Although we were looking at smaller tractors, we had a good time on side-by-side comparison day at a dealer that sells both orange and green. With same equipment and performance the green one was less expensive. I did not like the hip-located joystick for FEL. Our main use is loader. It seemed that the mechanical advantage was wrong. Took too long for what I wanted to do to get from the handle of the control to the action of the bucket. Looked like a great idea but ultimately didn't have the right 'feel' for me. It's all about feel.
I sat on the green one first, drove it around, worked the loader, ran it up on a couple curbs, then drove it full speed into an orange one of the same class to see which would sustain the least amount of damage.
OK, I'm kidding about this part.
But after driving it around, I got on the orange one and it was over. Immediately over. The orange won wins.
The new hood style of the JD did not afford me a good view of the FEL. Looking down the side of the JD engine cowling didn't help as the supports go in the way.
I felt (as did the wife) that I was much more in control of the movements of the bucket with the orange unit. The combo of visibilty and controls right in front (where the work is) sold us. The short-stroke feeling of the Kubota joystick for FEL was also more apealing. Both great machines. We got an orange one.
As for the cold start issue. That is of course solved with any number of heating devices set on timers or whatever works for you. I personally prefer the oil-pan type. Heat pad. I'd rather start my engine with hot oil in the lower end than cold oil into a warmed upper end. That heat will also rise to warm the rest of your rig.
good luck, have fun -- OF
I sat on the green one first, drove it around, worked the loader, ran it up on a couple curbs, then drove it full speed into an orange one of the same class to see which would sustain the least amount of damage.
OK, I'm kidding about this part.
But after driving it around, I got on the orange one and it was over. Immediately over. The orange won wins.
The new hood style of the JD did not afford me a good view of the FEL. Looking down the side of the JD engine cowling didn't help as the supports go in the way.
I felt (as did the wife) that I was much more in control of the movements of the bucket with the orange unit. The combo of visibilty and controls right in front (where the work is) sold us. The short-stroke feeling of the Kubota joystick for FEL was also more apealing. Both great machines. We got an orange one.
As for the cold start issue. That is of course solved with any number of heating devices set on timers or whatever works for you. I personally prefer the oil-pan type. Heat pad. I'd rather start my engine with hot oil in the lower end than cold oil into a warmed upper end. That heat will also rise to warm the rest of your rig.
good luck, have fun -- OF
I like the JD long joystick for using the loader, but it gets in the way getting on and off the tractor.
I do agree that the visibility over the JD hoods is poor. Also, even if you could see over the hood or around the supports, the shape of the bucket makes it impossible to see the digging edge.
Maybe its a bad idea to use a low-flat bucket style like a skid-steer on a loader without auto-leveling, but I sure wish I could see the digging edge better on my little 410.
- Rick
I do agree that the visibility over the JD hoods is poor. Also, even if you could see over the hood or around the supports, the shape of the bucket makes it impossible to see the digging edge.
Maybe its a bad idea to use a low-flat bucket style like a skid-steer on a loader without auto-leveling, but I sure wish I could see the digging edge better on my little 410.
- Rick
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Don:
Did you get the wheels on the Kubota at Tireman??
Did you get the wheels on the Kubota at Tireman??
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Daryl,
I'm going to defer that question to Mike Mc.... /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
Don
I'm going to defer that question to Mike Mc.... /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
Don
raynman
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Billy,
I had the same problem as you at first, the emails were going into my bulk mail box and I don't check that on a regular basis.
Maybe it's being blocked by your pop up blocker.
I had the same problem as you at first, the emails were going into my bulk mail box and I don't check that on a regular basis.
Maybe it's being blocked by your pop up blocker.