<font color="red"> The New Holland won't hold a candle in the wind now to the new Deere loader! </font>
<font color="black"> Just because JD now has a curved arm loader does not mean it is a better (or worse) loader. It just means they put curved arms on the loader.
Now take a seriously objective look at the loaders. The NH loaders, with the bucket down, have the arms so steeply raked down that the vast majority of the bucket is visible to the operator. The arms fall steeply toward the ground behind the bucket and are well below the line of the hood.
Take a look at the JD loader and the curved arms seem to almost follow the hood curve, with the bucket hidden behind the curved arms. The arms are ever so slightly curved, and are actually above the line of the hood instead of well below the line of the hood as on the NH design.
So the visibility advantage goes to the LA loaders from NH. As for capacities, etc, I can honestly say I don't have a clue. The NH loaders are available on their Boomer class machines which start at 18 hp and go up to something around 50hp. I might be wrong, but the JD loaders are designed for the middle & larger end of that scale so it would only be logical to assume when the specs are published the capacity portion of the debate will be settled. But that then beckons a question. What is more important (and I suspect the answer will vary from user to user) to see the object you pick up? or to have the capacity to lift up more of it? </font>
What is the better design? I favor the NH design. What is the better loader? I suppose that depends on the question I pose in the previous paragraph.
In the picture, draw a line from the top of the bucket to the place where you think your head will be. I suspect that for most of us under 6'5" tall, the loader arms will still be blocking the view of the bucket.
