Karl2
Gold Member
It may have also been to keep fumes out of the cab, so they didn't get sucked into the cab intake.
Could be, although the cab intake is located at the rear. In any case IMHO horizontal exhaust on 3 and 4 series tractors is just not a good idea and JD should have designed these with a fixed vertical pipe like the 5000 series. Running the pipe through the hood is a little awkward, although not really a big deal. It looks great though.