T451 and T603 cab tractors test drives

[elkun1]

Just bought a 603 but haven't used it enough yet to know much about it. have logged about 6 hrs so far but have about a mile of driveway to grade tomorrow if the frost comes out after lunch. that should add a couple of hours and hopefully will work it some. fuel consumption seem good so far but will have a more accurate view tomorrow. 3pt. lifts more than advertised, before i bought it we hooked a great plains 6ft. notill drill along with some extra weight, just above idle and it easily lifted it. tires definetly need weight added, will be adding rimguard shortly.
can't complain about anything yet, still not sure if the fan blower puts out enough air, will know after it snows and use the snowblower, sure blows out hot air though. I really like the cab layout except for the tach speedometer, that's really a screwy way to do it as far as i'm concerned. i'm always looking at the speedo side instead of the tack. guess i'll get used to it someday. It came with a nice panasonic radio, nice speakers. The seat so far is very comfortable, and the doors are easy to get in and out of. Haven't figured out where to mount a tool box yet. The cab is very quiet.
This winter it will have a 74" buhler 3pt. snowblower on it. will use it commercialy if we get any snow. Rest of the year it will have a 6.5' disk and harrow, probably a 6' no till drill, and mainly be used with a 7' rotary cutter.
Compaired it to a jd4520 cab, kubota 6040cab and a montana 5740cab. I really felt it was as good or maybe even better than the others, time will tell.
enough ramblin, Ron in sw.mt.
almost forgot about the 6' fhm grader that i pull for driveways.

 

[ropinghorns]

My 603 has really tested my patients [sp], sence I do tractor work full time. It decides not to run the pto every once in a while. We and the dealer have tried several things and it still likes to not work. But that is not my main problem. The fins are so closed together on the radiator and ac condensor that the thing over heats every day unless you blow it out daily. I have over 40 years of working around tractors [www.lantermantractor] and never had this kind of problem. My Massey 563 has never been cleaned out at the radiator and it is one year older than this 2007 TYM. What am I going to do? They replaced the radiator once and said it was an upgraded one. Same problem next day. What were they thinking? "stay out of dirty places?"

 

[Jerry/MT]

Just bought a 603 but haven't used it enough yet to know much about it.

Where did you purchase your TYM 603???

 

[firemen122]

My 603 has really tested my patients [sp], sence I do tractor work full time. It decides not to run the pto every once in a while. We and the dealer have tried several things and it still likes to not work. But that is not my main problem. The fins are so closed together on the radiator and ac condensor that the thing over heats every day unless you blow it out daily. I have over 40 years of working around tractors [www.lantermantractor] and never had this kind of problem. My Massey 563 has never been cleaned out at the radiator and it is one year older than this 2007 TYM. What am I going to do? They replaced the radiator once and said it was an upgraded one. Same problem next day. What were they thinking? "stay out of dirty places?"

Maybe a forward pushing fan?

 

[ropinghorns]

Update......TYM upgraded the wiring harness as a factory defect which was the PTO problem. They took care of it at the dealership, along with a new clutch , pressure plate, ect,that took care of the shaking when the clutch was relesed. It now has a bad oil leak and bad squeak in the cab that is LOUD! I did put an Ebay purchesed, 12v. fan in reverse polarity that made it draw air with the factory installed fan. So far it has not really helped cause you still have to clean the radiator vents daily [cause they are so close together]. Grass is normal to clean out on any tractor, but dirt gets in between the fins like crazy. Auto rads are not tractor rads.
What a diappointment this tractor has been. The local dealer has been good but is backed up with other work when I take it in, and I need it often as you can tell from Lanterman Tractor.
Positive note; it was great during the snow removal. We cleared lots of snow with it with no overheating at all!!!!!!