Buying Advice Powerstar T4.75

[farmerwanttobe]

Enjoying this post on the T4.75. ljohnson778 or others, have you pushed the 40kph/24mph limit. What is the true max speed? How does it handle on the road? Does it feel secure or it it a bit of a wild ride. Nice that some tractors manufacturers are increasing their road speeds. After living in Holland the last two years and seeing the NH, JD, Fendts doing 30mph, to have a tractor with top speed of 15 mph seems too slow.

 

[ljohnson778]

Enjoying this post on the T4.75. ljohnson778 or others, have you pushed the 40kph/24mph limit. What is the true max speed? How does it handle on the road? Does it feel secure or it it a bit of a wild ride. Nice that some tractors manufacturers are increasing their road speeds. After living in Holland the last two years and seeing the NH, JD, Fendts doing 30mph, to have a tractor with top speed of 15 mph seems too slow.

I've traded in the T4, needed a bigger tractor. But I will say, it was perfectly stable at 24 mph.

 

[Piston]

This has been an interesting thread for sure! Just for mental comparison of size, is the 4.75 similar in frame size to the M7040, or M8540/9540?

Also, in that link posted for the comparison of the Kubota, Deere, Case, and NH, it showed the Case only has a dry clutch with no wet clutch available, however, the NH had a wet clutch available? It my just be a mistake, as I thought if you had a hydraulic power shuttle transmission it had to be a wet clutch, and I believe the case C75 has the power shuttle option right?
Anyone know what equivalent HP the 540E setting gives on the 4.75 or C75?

You guys with new 4.75's owe it to the rest of us to post more pictures when your tractors get dirty!

 

[Piston]

I've traded in the T4, needed a bigger tractor. But I will say, it was perfectly stable at 24 mph.

Are you saying you traded in the 4.75 that you tried so hard to find?

 

[foreman Etexas]

Yeah when I looked at the powerstar it was the same size as M7040 and the case 75"C"is same exact tractor as powerstar just red and the grille. I also like that they had the 12x12...

 

[ljohnson778]

Are you saying you traded in the 4.75 that you tried so hard to find?

Yeah, afraid so. With one spring/summer under its belt, it performed great. I knew I wanted to go bigger eventually, but the Tier IV stuff pushed me to move sooner.

 

[Piston]

Yeah when I looked at the powerstar it was the same size as M7040 and the case 75"C"is same exact tractor as powerstar just red and the grille. I also like that they had the 12x12...

Good to know. Going off the pictures alone it seems much larger to me. Any idea if a 78" wide box blade would be too narrow for one of these?

 

[foreman Etexas]

Good to know. Going off the pictures alone it seems much larger to me. Any idea if a 78" wide box blade would be too narrow for one of these?

I believe it would be okay,I run a 74in.tiller and it covers my tracks with the tires widened out some on my M7040.I drove the 75C and I liked the interior alot but somethings I didnt like was going to be trying to service it with the location of the oil filter and stuff. The red was several thousand cheaper than the blue,why could never get a straight answer but red dealers were further away from me,I guess just went back to orange cause they have always served me well. From what I saw of the 2 tractors both really good and they have the buddy seat,thats a great option I wish all would have. Good luck Piston on whatever you deside...

 

[inane2]

Good to know. Going off the pictures alone it seems much larger to me. Any idea if a 78" wide box blade would be too narrow for one of these?

Piston,

Here is a pic of my T4.75 with a 84" Tennessee River HD box blade. It measures 85" overall. As you can tell, each side does stick out slightly from the outer edges of the tires. I do have my rears at the narrow setting.

 

[inane2]

This has been an interesting thread for sure! Just for mental comparison of size, is the 4.75 similar in frame size to the M7040, or M8540/9540?

Also, in that link posted for the comparison of the Kubota, Deere, Case, and NH, it showed the Case only has a dry clutch with no wet clutch available, however, the NH had a wet clutch available? It my just be a mistake, as I thought if you had a hydraulic power shuttle transmission it had to be a wet clutch, and I believe the case C75 has the power shuttle option right?
Anyone know what equivalent HP the 540E setting gives on the 4.75 or C75?

You guys with new 4.75's owe it to the rest of us to post more pictures when your tractors get dirty!

Hey Piston,

I sold my TT75A (great tractor) and had narrowed my new one down to a T4.75 or a M7040. I almost pulled the trigger on the orange several times because I was having a heck of a time finding a T4. Barlow's had several M7040's and he priced them right. Plus the Kubota had a better warranty, 0% for 60 (vs 0% for 48) and was cheaper. However, I kept thinking about how nice the cab was on the NH and how nice it was laid out.

I finally got a T4 specd' out the way I wanted it and have been very happy with it. As foreman mentioned, the tractors are the same size. The Kubota is a hair taller and the Kubota has 9.5-24's on the front where the NH has 11-24's.

Concerning the 540E, I pull my Bush Hog Squealer SQ840 (7' rotary cutter) on the 540E setting and it runs out just fine. I didn't get around to my first cutting until July so the stuff was thick. It rocked on with no problems. Your throttle is also "governed" in this setting, you can't push it past somewhere around 1700 rpm or so. Used a Land Pride 15' batwing (RCRM3515) to take care of the bigger fields but use it in the regular 540 mode.

The chart I had posted from Kubota showing the comparisons was a bit inaccurate. Some of the T4 and C75 info was premature or simply unavailable. The Case should have shown a wet clutch was available with the shuttle shift.

Dirtiest pic so far :

And I do realize it's not even that dirty. I was bushhogging behind the dam of an old pond that has a decent leak. She sunk down pretty good (especially with 4,000lbs of dead weight - batwing), but with the flick of a switch, she backed out just fine.

jdbnh, ljohnson778 and foreman eTexas were all very big help to me during my tractor research / purchase phase. I certainly appreciate all of their help as they are a great source of info.