NH TC24d

[Carl]

I purchased my TC24d last of 2004. It was delivered first week of January. :smilie_fl

Started the, get used to the controls with snow moving. We had two dumps that required actually removing snow from the drive. Two that I did just because I wanted to play.

I opted for the turf tires. The first thing that I noticed was that it had to be in 4wd to even move in the snow. But in 4wd it had no trouble pushing the snow around. (14")

This week I decided to move a pile of dirt setting next to a tree. Started to move it last summer with my old MTD with FEL I built for it. Unfortunately it had been setting for 20 years and had lots of roots in it. The MTD couldn't do it. The NH worked, but it got the job done. 1100 pounds and 2wd vs 2500 pounds and 4wd.

When trying to bust off one of those roots I noticed that the rear wheels became light. In fact light enough so it would stop the tractor. I didn't opt for tire loading, or the weight that NH sells. I can see that I am going to have to get something though. Probably look at a weight box, or cast one out of concrete that I can hook up when doing FEL work.

[MowHoward2210]

Congrats on your new machine, Carl. :fing32:

I opted for turf tires on my 2210 (a sub-CUT, because I figured the majority of my time would be finish mowing. There have only been a few times where I thought I needed Ag tires. With 4wd, the Turfs do surprisingly well.

Definitely get some form of rear ballast if you are using a FEL.

[Argee]

I opted for the turf tires. The first thing that I noticed was that it had to be in 4wd to even move in the snow. But in 4wd it had no trouble pushing the snow around. (14")
The ags aren't that bad but you still need 4WD to push any snow.

When trying to bust off one of those roots I noticed that the rear wheels became light. In fact light enough so it would stop the tractor.
Happens on mine too, and I have the tires loaded. The bucket curl will lift you right off the ground. When trying to get the roots broken off you have to really focus on the feel of the tractor...I kind of liken to a dozer operator who can feel the cut of the blade through his seat...Does that make sense??

[draddogs]

It sure does Argee.. I have been doing finish grades on the pond and lake slopes of late on a JD 450 and you operate mostly from feel... I you have to see what your pushing or how deep your cutting you will have an extremely uneven grade that will need to be redone.....It takes a lot of seat time to get that feel and w/ any thing new it will require alot of mistakes until you get the feel for the piece of equipment....

[Argee]

When I was doing the site work for my driveway here I had the chance to have a dozer at my disposal for a few weeks. I pulled my truck in one morning and climbed aboard the dozer with the intention of making my driveway...well as the day progressed I became very concerned on how I was going to get my truck through the washboards I had made with the dozer....I finally got it smoothed out enough to get out, but decided right there and then that I would leave the grading portion of the site work to a professional.:D

[Carl]

I know what you mean by feel. I sure don't have it anymore, but used to. When I was doing a lot of tractor work. I could get on just about anything and make it talk. Now I do the talking er mumble mumble :eck16:

Farm I worked on for a few summers had an old Cat D2 about 1935 vintage. I got to drive it, but not enough to see if I could level stuff. I got to drive it on the corn pile when they stacked their excess chopped corn next to the feed lot. It got exciting for me when I got close to the side of the pile. The boss said don't worry it won't tip. Well it never did, but I let him do the edge packing.