Boomer 4060/JD 4720?

[WilliamBos]

Why?

Andy

MF has an awesome cab in the 1600 series, and the Boomers are also awesome. The JD cabs seem a little cramped, IMHO.

 

[Spudland_Dave]

John

I read that statement and I have exactly the opposite opinion. I think the early Deere compacts when they were detuned Yanmar's were no comparison to the early Kubota and Ford compacts. I think Deere has been playing catchup for years and in the past few years have finally achieved it.

Andy

There might be a little truth to that...it depends on what you mean by no comparison...
Those 7/8/955's are bulletproof machines. Nothing wrong with them IMO, Quality & performace wise, they were and still are hard to beat. Around here those 55's outnumber all other brands of similar vintage 3:1, still bazillions of them cutting grass and blowing snow.
Seriously, I think the 7/8/955 tractor series were the machines that put CUT's on the map.
All that being said I do think Deere held on to that design/model series a little too long. Towards the end of the run the Kubota machines WERE superior in the size & options available. The original Grand L series came out at precisely the time when guys were looking to upgrade their 55's...Deere didnt have the machine and Kubota had built up a name...right place, right time, right machine...
When my dad got his L2900 Kubota (yes WilliamsBos, it had the Glide Shift ) the Deere option was the 955, which was physically smaller...I would say that putting the 2 side by side isnt fair..the Kubota is way more machine.

 

[jenkinsph]

Why?

Andy

I prefer the ehydro for close in manuevering, doesn't get any easier than that. The Deere cab has great visibility for rearward vision.

I like New Holland though, I don't consider my self a John Deere maniac either.

 

[AndyMA]

Seriously, I think the 7/8/955 tractor series were the machines that put CUT's on the map.

The CUT's were on the map with Kubota & Ford models long before the Deere 7/8/955 tractor series.

Andy

 

[flyingcow]

Topic rambled a lot. But here's what i got,

 

[Spudland_Dave]

Beautiful Machine!

 

[CinderSchnauzer]

Congratulations. That's a serious looking machine. Not that familiar with NH, but it in the pic, it looks looks like you upsized considerably from the original 4060/4720 size.

Have fun!

 

[WilliamBos]

Beautiful Machine!

Is the BH removed easy??

 

[flyingcow]

Beautiful Machine!

Is the BH removed easy??

5 minutes. easy

 

[sawtooth]

Well you just got alot more tractor. I've had the old school Fords, Masseys, and have used the newer compact Boomers, Deere's and one Kubota MX5100. After using all these i would not own any compact. All of them are light machines and use high reving motors with no low end grunt. The Boomer is a little heavier but still has no balls unless you wind it up like a sewing machine. The tractor you just purchased has some *** to it and will be much more useful and last much longer. Congrats!

 

[WilliamBos]

Well you just got alot more tractor. I've had the old school Fords, Masseys, and have used the newer compact Boomers, Deere's and one Kubota MX5100. After using all these i would not own any compact. All of them are light machines and use high reving motors with no low end grunt. The Boomer is a little heavier but still has no balls unless you wind it up like a sewing machine. The tractor you just purchased has some *** to it and will be much more useful and last much longer. Congrats!

3500 pounds is not light. Our 1635 weighs the same as our MF 35, so the weight issue cannot be argued.

 

[flyingcow]

3500 pounds is not light. Our 1635 weighs the same as our MF 35, so the weight issue cannot be argued.

My 2 tractors i just sold were a MF1135(125hp,dyno'd at 140hp), weighed in at 14,000lbs, this one had a 9ft snowblower behind it. The other tractor MF180, 74hp, with a 7ft bush hog. I liked both of these machines, but needed to update. The units i started this thread with, are good machines, and price wise was about what i wanted. BUT this unit(frame size/horse power/etc.) was what i really wanted, but couldn't justify/afford the payments. Until i found this deal.
Got lucky. So i've gone down is size, but gained a much more versitile machine. If i would have bought the 2 tractors i asked about in this thread, I would have had an easier machine to move with my p/up. That ease I lost, but not complaining.

 

[airportdude]

I owned the nh and now i own the kubota 5740, and i can tell you that the nh does not have enough power for the cvt trans. It is terribly underpowered. I hated it only owned it for 3 weeks then the dealer took it back and i purchased the bota. I group up on a nh farm and thought that was the only one to buy man was i wrong. All nh's now come out of italy and they are terrible.

just my two cents