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You're going to love your 45hp hydrostat. I was not interested in hydrostat transmission tractors until I drove a TC45 with loader. The tilt wheel, swivel suspended seat, and superb fine control of ground travel sold me. You can set them up perfectly for efficient operator motion. I have about 20 hours of time on mine. Invest in a good box blade though. I've borrowed an old Gannon from a neighbor. It's industrial duty, has the roll-over scarifiers, and is bad medicine on the hard clay on my property. The teeth are set about 8" below the blade ( need to raise them) but the 45hp tractor pulls them OK with some lift feathering.

TC 45 DA coming home
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Replies 3 Post by mikeyc

On my '03 TC40DA, contrary to what the owner's manual says, there is no indicating mark on the tachometer for 540 PTO RPM. There ARE a couple of lights on the instrument cluster. One says 540 RPM, and the other 600-and-something. Is one of the lights supposed to illuminate when the PTO reaches 540 RPM, and the other when it goes too high? At about what engine speed should I expect to get 540 PTO RPM?<br>
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Surprisingly the owner's manual doesn't cover the function of the lights at all.<br>
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Thanks,<br>
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Mike Cobb

PTO speed indication
New Holland Tractors
Replies 3 Post by mikeyc

I started looking for a tractor in earnest about 6 weeks ago. I scoured tractor point for all kinds of information. Nearly bought a Kioti, but my neighbor who's a contractor pointed me to New Holland. I went to look at a gear trans tractor, but test drove a 45 hp hydrostat with 16LA loader ($24K), then drove a used TC45DA with supersteer (700hrs $18K), then found a third dealer who had an '03 leftover. If you haven't tried the hydrostat trans, you'll be amazed at how ergonomically you can set up a NH hydro/loader setup. I bought the 03TC45DA with 16LA and set of remotes out the door for just over $20K and 0% for 3 yrs. I also bought a NH 105 6'tiller and a 72" Ag Meier med duty shredder at a local auction last weekend. Your advice to all the other posts helped a lot. Thanks and Kudos on a nice site.<br>
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Mike Cobb

Thanks to all
New Holland Tractors
Replies 1 Post by mikeyc