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Congrads on the new 4110, you'll love it. Before I ever bought a CUT the dealer brought out a 4100 hydro. It was a nice machine, but having driven farm tractors all my life that have the brake pedals for your right foot and a clutch for the left foot I was just more comfortable with a gear drive. I'm going on my 3'rd 4000 series with 12/12 reverser. My wife loves her 345 mower with the same hydro control pedals as a 4000 series, so I guess it's just what ever your the mosr relaxed with. Probably 50% of the hours on our 4000's are loader work so the shuttle just seems a natural for that use. My 4410 is scheduled to be built on Mar 12'th, so I too am like an expectant father. I'm real anxious to see the factory canopy for it, as my experience with umbrellas hasn't been good, like puting the tractor on a trailer, starting down the road, checking the rear view mirror. After a chewing myself out for not folding the umbrella, I thought a canopy might stand my absent mindness a little better. Again have a ball with your new toy. Frank.

Bought new 4110 gear
John Deere Tractors
Replies 15 Post by hardwood

I sold a Super A a couple years ago, If my memory serves me right I think for 1,200.00 it was in pretty good shape mechanicly, but the tin was rough and incomplete. I've dabbled a bit in old Farmalls, and still have kind of a "herd", some parade ready, some rust buckets. To a true collector the tinwork being straight, original and complete is more important than mechanical condition, tires mean nothing he'll put new ones on anyway. For someone who wants to mow with it the oil leaks, etc. are of greater concern. There are several auction sites on the net, I'd list it there and let the fattest wallet win. Frank.

Super A Farmall Value
Antique Tractors
Replies 6 Post by hardwood

Brokenarrow; Don't let the dealer talk you into something you'll regret later. I've been a farmer for over 40 yrs. and have owned many disks. first the tractor will lift any of the disks without any problem, but of all the disks you mention the 5.5 footer is the heaviest per blade, 47 lbs. per blade, without prior deep tillage you'll be disapointed. I've never owned a light 3pt. disk, but most farm duty disks are well over 100 lbs per blade. Try to find someone who owns one similar to what the dealer is trying to sell you, get their opinion or better yet go see it work. True subsoilers work the soil down to 15 to 20 inches below the surface to break up compaction, I really doubt that 40 hp. would pull even a single shank especially if you're in a rocky field. I don't know much about middlebusters, I think they were much more popular in the deep south, I've really never saw one around here. Hope this helps.

help please
Mowers Field and Finish
Replies 7 Post by hardwood

DRH1983; I traded my 4300 12/12, R4's for identical 4410 at Rowley Equip, Rowley, Ia. They've allways treated me right on sales and service. The 4410 won't be built till Mar 12. They ask if an interested party could come see the 4300 a few days after we traded,he bought it on the spot, so they must hold their resale value. Call Jeff at Rowley Equip, he'll direct you to me and you can take it for a spin. Frank.

Seriously Considering a 4310
John Deere Tractors
Replies 67 Post by hardwood

Could'nt pass up the opportunity to talk about the IHC Fast Hitch. I've been collecting Fast hitch equipment for several years. I'd have to wander thru my "Reserve Equipment Storage Lot", or as the wife calls it that "Blankety Blank Junkyard" to know for sure what all I've collected, but I know I have several different moldboard plows, rowcrop cultivators, carry alls, plus other stuff I've forgot. I grew up when the Fast hitch was popular. I've still got two 656 Farmalls with fast hitch, one completely restored for parade use only and the other I bought new in 1965 and we still use it almost daily. Between my Dad and I, I can remember 5 tractors we bought new with the old style planetary TA. To this date neither Dad or I have ever had a TA go out. The 65 model 656 that my son and I still use daily has the original TA with 6500 hours. Those were great old tractors I really don't know how many letter series and number series tractors I've got around, some parade ready, on down to boners. I could visit for hours on old Farmalls, but I do have to go to work, so I'll quit for now. Frank.

Opinions on Fast-Hitch
Antique Tractors
Replies 10 Post by hardwood

Timberridge, I too flattened the back of a pair of grab hooks, welded them to the upper corners of the bucket of my 430 Deere loader. Next day a neighbor stoped by asking why I did'nt buy the hooks that are made to weld on that have the back allready flat. My answer was where were you a week ago ? I did'nt know they were available. Live and learn I guess. Frank.

Hooks on bucket
Loaders Back Hoes
Replies 21 Post by hardwood

Blizzard, yes .89 plus 5% state sales tax is the correct figure, I just dug out the reciept to be sure I was right. I really don't know what it's going for right now but I doubt it's over a dollar otherwise it would be a prime coffee shop topic. Frank.

Wood vs Coal
Just For Fun Off Topic
Replies 40 Post by hardwood

The dealer literature on the original 4300 nd 4400 specs showed a larger displacement engine on the 4400, then the ten series specs on their their website showed them as being identical, now I notice they show the 4310 and the 4410 as being different displacment plus a different engine code number, so I've assumed there was a printing error rather than a different engine.

4310 motor question
John Deere Tractors
Replies 6 Post by hardwood

Charlie, by incresing the gang angle, leveling the disk front to rear with your 3 pt top link, and letting your 3 pt. all the way down so it isn't holding the disk up you have did everything you can do for penetration except adding weight to the frame of the disk, but be carefull unless factory weight brackets are on your disk the frame may not be strong enough and damage your machine. Most likely the soil is just too hard for it to penetrate without some form of deeeper tillage such as plowing being done first to loosen the soil up. Hope this helps, Frank.

Disc Harrow
Operating and Attachments
Replies 5 Post by hardwood

Yes get the heavy duty bucket, if my memory is correct it cost 100.00 more than the standard. I got it on a 4300 new in 00. it's moved lots of soil, crushed rock, snow and other than paint scratches still looks like new. Early this winter I bought another 430 loader for my 4310 that has the 4 in one clam bucket, It works real nice for gathering and carrying brush, but haven't really had it long enough to know how it will hold up. Frank.

430 Heavy Duty Bucket Question
John Deere Tractors
Replies 13 Post by hardwood

Dddoc, I don't know what happened to the rest of my post,but anyway I was told as a kid to dig the hole deep enough to put five gallons of oats under the root ball when you planted the tree and it would'nt starve for miosture. I've had pretty good luck doing that.

Apple tree Planting
Garden and Landscape
Replies 9 Post by hardwood

I bought a used J D moldboard plow that did'nt have a manual. I took the model no. and serial no. to the dealer, the parts dept. ordered me a new one. My plow is probably 25 yrs. old, I don't know how far they go back in years, but whatever brand you have I'd try the dealer.

Setting up a plow
Parts and Repair
Replies 7 Post by hardwood

Ssomeone makes an obscene markup on the "ready to use", if you'll take time to read the label listing the active ingredients you'll find that about all your buying is a squirt bottle of water, with a tiny bit of concentrate in it.

Implement for weed control removal
Operating and Attachments
Replies 18 Post by hardwood

Stop, fix it now, or you'll probably buy a pump too from cavitation, pumps without enough oil don;'t last long.

Crushed hydraulic pump input line impacts
Kubota Tractors
Replies 8 Post by hardwood

Craig, your comment on shuttle shifts hit the nail right on the head. After loading about a million spreaders of manure in my lifetime with gear shift trannys, the new shuttles are the greatest thing since sliced bread for a loader tractor, I've got two of them now. Hydros are neat, I've demo'ed them, but I'm not sure thay will stand a lifetime of steady shuttle use. I'm not up much on heavy "Michigan" type loaders, but I've never heard of one with a hydro drive, they all seem to use a torque converter that's meant to stall day after day for years without damage. Just my two cents worth.

Narrowed the search
Operating and Attachments
Replies 7 Post by hardwood

D C. I've been down the same road before and i've done it both ways you ask about. If you're talking about filling in the low spots on 4.5 acres, 20 tons of topsoil won't be a drop in the bucket that method works fine on small jobs. then just seed the fill and be done with it, but I'm afraid 4.5 acres is going to overwhelm you with the amount of soil you'll use up. A box blade with scarifier teeth will easily tear off the high spots and drop it in the low spots, but those gobs of sod are a real mess to try to level out. Now this may be going clear off the deep end. but the best results I've ever had is mowing the gras shoret to get rid of as much trash as you can,then kill the sod with Roundup. after the sod is dead the roots and clumps just fall apart and grade out easily. I do realize that reseeding that much lawn is kind of pricey for seed, fertilizer, etc., but that's just been my experience for what ever it's worth. And yes lets keep the troops in our prayers, they are protecting our ability to live the kind of life we're used to.

Box Blade
Operating and Attachments
Replies 3 Post by hardwood

Steve, three pt. quick couplers came into being quite a few years ago and are now pretty much standard equipment on farm tractors. As three pt. equipment became too heavy to push or pry around by hand to line up the three pt. pins the quick couplers made hooking up equipment lots easier. They will do the same for you on a compact. I have a Land Pride quick coupler on my J D 4310. The one caution is that by adding the coupler to your 3 pt. the PTO drive line for rotary mowers, etc., has to extend another 3 inches or so, but I've never had that be a problem, I haven't had a PTO shaft be too short so far.

3 PT QUICK CONNECT
Operating and Attachments
Replies 11 Post by hardwood

Craig, I'd be a little leery of getting too far away from the majors, Case-IH, Deere, Boomer, Kobota, for fear of having a parts orphan on my hands down the road. There are lots of new names showing up in the compact world, and I'm sure some of them offer good quality for the dollar, but someday the market will become saturated and just like all business firms only the strongest will survive.

Compact Tractor choices
Operating and Attachments
Replies 14 Post by hardwood

M. D. Roy, check out the John Deere website then click on lawn and garden. They have a feature called build and price where you can design your own tractor with attachments and it will calculate the list price. It's a fun and neat way to compare different models and attachments.

Tire choice for 2210
John Deere Tractors
Replies 21 Post by hardwood

Scott; I'm pretty sure that the 4210 is the smallest of what Deere calls their "mid chassis" tractors and the 4110 is a "small chassis" model. If my memory seves me correctly I don't think Deere recommends a backhoe for their small chassis models. I have a 4300 with a #48 hoe and a #430 loader that we use on the farm to dig out rocks, stumps, trench utility lines, etc.. I've never driven a 4200 or 4210, but I did demo a 4100. it was a nice tractor, but just wasn't big enough to handle what I wanted to do. I've been so pleased with the 4300 that I bought a 4310 to go along with it. I'm a big fan of the 12/12 reverser transmission. Hydros are nice, but they do soak up some horsepower and cost quite a bit more. 4 wheel drive is almost a must for any brand compact, it costs more now but you'll more than get it back come trade in time.

What size tractor
John Deere Tractors
Replies 2 Post by hardwood