John Deere 110 TLB Technical Manual

[rScotty]

Thanks @rScotty !

You're welcome. Enjoy the reading.... For anyone interested, that official JD 110TLB design and specification history is attached to message #19 in this thread.

Reading through it again today makes me wonder how a product designed so well could end up being cut out of the lineup so quickly. The 110TLB really was special. It was designed to be a real construction machine equally useful on the farm or for the small acreage homeowner.

rScotty

 

[joecdeere]

We sold a lot of them to golf courses and small towns, I think the mini-ex explosion beat them out. Our biggest selling point was the travel speed for moving between locations. It did have some design problems, but most were worked out. It's a shame it wasn't build with the regular hydro transmission instead of the E-Hydro. Ive never been a fan of that much electronics in a tractor.

 

[rScotty]

We sold a lot of them to golf courses and small towns, I think the mini-ex explosion beat them out. Our biggest selling point was the travel speed for moving between locations. It did have some design problems, but most were worked out. It's a shame it wasn't build with the regular hydro transmission instead of the E-Hydro. Ive never been a fan of that much electronics in a tractor.

Yes, I realize there were some design problems. In fact, more than I would have expected.
Maybe it was a case of too much, too new, and too electonic.
But I like to think the 110 could have been fixed if JD had stuck with it.
Kubota has sure done well on their similar size TLBs.

I look at JD 310 series. It took 20 years of refining the first 310 before they got to the model 310D - which I think is about when they finally became popular. Now they are everywhere.

 

[MountainMover299]

New 110 owner here. Thank you for the design history document, there is a lot of interesting and useful information in there!

Is anyone here able to point me to a user manual or technical handbook?
Thanks!

 

[two_bit_score]

New 110 owner here. Thank you for the design history document, there is a lot of interesting and useful information in there!

Is anyone here able to point me to a user manual or technical handbook?
Thanks!

Welcome to TBN. I'm sure somebody will be able to help!

 

[kx137]

Hey everyone! We just bought and pulled our new to us 2008 110 TLB home and hoping someone can help us find some manuals. Appreciate any guidance on the best way to get them. Thanks

 

[rScotty]

Hey everyone! We just bought and pulled our new to us 2008 110 TLB home and hoping someone can help us find some manuals. Appreciate any guidance on the best way to get them. Thanks

Well congratulations! Those sure are lovely tractors. We almost bought one & I wish JD still made them. JD sure offered an awesome amount of options for the 110.

JD has always been famous for their well-written shop manuals. I don't know about the 110, but on our 310, there are basic operators, shop, and parts manuals - those we have in hardcopy and use often. But there are is also an additional whole library of specialized binder-style system manuals available for the 310, and maybe for the 110 as well.
Those I buy on Ebay when the price is right.

Searching old threads right here on TBN is also a good source of information. It's probably worth starting your own library of those old threads.
The 110 was much discussed back when it first appeared. Nnow some of those threads so old that the accompanying photos are no longer available. Get them while you can.
rScotty