It's difficult to make recommendations or offer advice when there's no information regarding how/where you plan to use your tractor. So, all I can do is relate how I came about making my decision.
My current use is to clear trees, stumps on about 9 acres of the 20 we have currently. Then I need to disc, roto-till, level, pack and plant those acres to pasture-hay. Somewhere in those acres, I'm gonna consider a small parcel of U-pick 'em crops. So, a 3pt hitch is essential and the top n tilt is a very helpful feature as well.
I moved up from a 33hp, gear transmission, TLB tractor (JD 970) that had about 13 gpm hydraulic function @ 2,200 psi. The JD 110 is over 26 gpm hydraulic output @ 3,000 psi.
I looked at the Green line of CUT's extensively in my decision -- as well as the comparable Hp range of Orange tractors in 40-60hp.
None of the Ag type machines had FEL's or backhoes that were built as rugged as the 110 and they didn't measure up in the hydraulic capability, either. (No real surprise.)
On a comparable Hp machine with similar options - TLB; the difference in price for a 110 and Ag type CUT was around $3K. (Your results may vary....)
Having a machine that would better stand up to the punishment of clearing land over time -- the additional $3K was a small difference to pay.
That said, I wish the 110 had cruise control. I've had the opportunity to use a JD4320 with cruise and it's a great feature!
And I don't like the float on the FEL. It's too hard to push the lever before it clicks and with all that loader-bucket mass and power -- you can make a mess of things real fast!
However, thus far, I'm satisfied that I made a good decision.
I didn't have a lot of seat time on the
L39 but I think that the differences in transmission and ergonomics and overall dimensions in the two TLB's (the
L39 is low to the ground and kinda "squat"..) -- the 110 is the better machine.
As MACDABS pointed out, trailering the
M59 would be a handful!! I plan to weigh my 110 at the area landfill to find out just how much heavier it is than the advertised weight of 7,600lbs.
I trailered the 110 from Olympia, WA to Alaska -- a bit more than 2,700 miles with a 20' tilt-bed 14K trailer and a Chevy 2500HD DuraMax and Allison tranny.
The truck weighs a shade over 7,000lbs. I stopped in at the landfill on my way home and the truck-tractor combo weighed in at 20,760lbs. Granted, I had a set of forks (Work-Pro 48"), the HD 72" bucket with cutting edge and a monster, root grapple (66") that weighs around 800lbs and the hoe with a 20" HD bucket and thumb plus all the top n tilt, drawbar, etc.
Long and short --- I'd hate to eat all those pounds that the 110 TLB is above 7,600...
And the
M59 is substantially, a bigger machine than the 110; well, I would be happy to take odds against the advertised 8,000 lbs!
AKfish