TC 40A NH VS L3830 KUBOTA

[duramax1]

I HAVE BEEN LOOKING INTO BOTH OF THESE UNITS. BOTH SEEM TO HAVE THEIR ADVANTAGES. THE ONE THING ABOUT THE NH I LIKE IS THAT IS A 12 SPEED WITH A 4 CYLINDER DIESEL. THE CONS TO ME ARE THE PLASTIC BODY PARTS AND THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE TC 40DA OTHER THAN THE HYDRO TRANSMISSION. FOR THE KUBOTA ALL IS THE SAME NO MATTER WHICH SERIES YOU GO WITH. THE 3 CYLINDER DIESEL WILL NOT PROBABLALY BE AS TORQUEE AS THE NH AND IS ONLY A 8 SPEED. DOES ANY HAVE A FEEL AS FAR AS THESE TWO UNITS GO?

 

[EquipmentJunkie]

For me, I like the plastic hood of the New Holland for two reasons:
* The hood lifts up completely and out of the way when doing any kind of servicing.
* The plastic is quieter. I used a low-hour BX Kubota once and was really frustrated by the rattling of the steel hood at idle.

I prefer the operator's platform of the New Holland. It is simple and straightforward. I also preferred the analog gauges on the New Holland, not Kubota's electronic readout. I also like the high seating position of the New Holland. But did not like the placement of the rear fuel tank on the TC40 at all. It really hampered my rearward vision with 3-point tools.

I ran a TC40 hydro about a year ago. It seemed like the TC40 was a bit doggy and sluggish. It seemed like it needed another 5-hp. I chalked it up to the hydro transmission. But, I've never ran a gear-drive New Holland.

I ran a Kubota L3130 hydro a few days prior to running the New Holland. The hydro seemed fine, but I didn't like the hydraulic PTO. I prefer the ability to push in the clutch to stop the PTO, like on the New Holland. I can react much faster to a slip clutch on an attachment with the clutch pedal. With the Kubota, it always seemed like I was turned in the seat the wrong direction and reacted about a second or two slower to the chattering slip clutch. The PTO switch on the Kubota is located way back behind your right hip...hard to reach. That additional second or two seems like a minute when that nasty racket from the slip clutch is occuring. Over the life of the tractor, those additional seconds add up to reduced slip clutch life on my implements.

The above comments are just my opinions. Buy what suits your needs & preferences.

 

[_RaT_]

The clutch operates the PTO on the L3130 HST as well. I use it frequently on my L3830HST to instantly disengage the PTO.

The difference between the L3830 and NH 35 and NH 40 came down to two main things. I would at least compare the NH 35 and NH 40 to the price of the Kubota L3830. When I bought mine, the NH 40 was a bit more and is more in the ball park of the L4330.

1. I felt the hydrostatic drive to be much smoother and quieter on the Kubota.

2. The 3 cylinder engine on the Kubota is quieter and smoother. In fact it was slightly quieter and smoother then my Kubota L48 with a 4 cylinder. The L3830 is a 111.5 cu in or 1826 cc while the NH 40 is about 122 cu in. If it has more torque it is not due the number of cylinders, it would be the displacement and other engine designs.

I did not find the plastic on the NH to be a drawback.

If going with the gear model, I can only tell you that our NH 2120 with a 12X12 rarely sees much more then 3 or 4 gears. (medium range 1 or 2 and 4 and high range 6) High range is infrequently used and low is almost never used. You can get optional creeper gears for the Kubota GST, what the need for the typical user would be is unknown to me.

Both tractors are very nice and I'll add that what you decide will not be a bad decision.

Rat...

 

[duramax1]

I really appreciate all of you all's comments. I just want to make sure that I am asking all the right questions. I made a grave mistake of tyring to save some money a couple years ago and wound up with a 3505 mahindra boat anchor. I know with these two manufacture's that I'm trying to compare that I'm pretty safe.