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Read articles →A working farmer walks through his newly purchased 2006 New Holland TC45DA, covering the Super Steer axle, 17LA loader, hydrostatic controls, rear remote, and service he performed. The more useful half explains exactly why he bought it: creeper-speed transplanting, orchard work requiring an open station, and frustration with DPF regen on his newer Kubota. Best for anyone comparing older compact hydros to modern emissions-equipped machines.
An owner-operator on a small Pennsylvania hay, pumpkin, and goat farm sharing first-hand purchase reasoning from his own operation.
The Kubota's regen would beep loudly at idle during slow transplanting work and could not be silenced, making it unusable, so he chose the older hydro with no emissions system instead.
He wanted an open station because a cab tractor would get beat up working in his two-acre orchard where bigger trees on M111 rootstock encroach on each other.
Super Steer means the front axle turns when the tires turn, allowing sharp turns, but he says you must be careful loading with the axle turned since it can throw things off balance.
The TC45DA has more horsepower and a 17LA loader instead of the 16LA, so it reaches a little higher and has more weight capacity than his old 40 horse tractor.
