The Boomer 55 / Cab / BH has finally been delivered

PCABE5 · Nov 22, 2019

This is where I bought my led lights from.

Larsen Lights, LED lights for your equipment !

There are many choices out there. This is just my choice after experiments with other brands.

Dave1953 · Nov 22, 2019

Which particular model did you get?

spitter · Nov 23, 2019

Not doing a side by side comparision it wood by hard to discount the ls backhoe but that thumb mount is just 2 small metal paddeyes where yours is a intragal part of the hoes dipper stick frame. As far as the loader goes the sloped down arms give you a great view of whats in front of you. My vote is for the NH.:drink:

PCABE5 · Nov 23, 2019

Dave1953 said:
Which particular model did you get?

I went with these. Just my opinion, as I said there are many options out there, but Kenny is easy to deal with and has a darn good reputation with ag tractor owners.

The Thomas LED are what John Deere uses on their ag cab tractor, or at least they used to.

Larsen Lights, LED lights for your equipment !. LED S3 Oval. Trapezoid Light

These are definitely brighter than stock.

Dave1953 · Nov 23, 2019

The Boomer 55 with a cab, 260TLA loader and 935GBH backhoe. I special ordered it from the factory so it was whisked from the shipping container to the dealers garage without setting out on the lot for a year or so like my last new one I bought back in 2008.

Dave1953 · Nov 23, 2019

I studied the LS loader & backhoe ans could see that the quality was not equal. I'm sure the LS will probably get the job done and I know I could have probably saved 10K with the LS but I'm a firm believer in you get what you pay for. I learned that from 66 years of attending the school of hard knocks and at my age why skimp only to give greedy sons more to fight over!

spitter · Nov 24, 2019

Amen to that.:drink:

PCABE5 · Dec 11, 2019

Dave1953 said:
You actually have to use the brakes too. When you release the go pedal on the TC34 it stops dead in it's tracks if you abruptly release it. This one will coast when you take your foot off the pedal and if your going downhill it will just keep coasting. D

I'm actually curious if this gets any better with time.

Mine has done this since new and is worse when cold. It's not the pedals hanging up but appears to be the swash plate not wanting to return to center. Once it's hot the pedals are fine. **** near hit my shed when I first got mine because of that.

My old John Deere would stop as soon as you took your foot off. Maybe this one needs a heavier return spring.