I got a chance to run a new J D 320D today that the township just got. I was installing new driveway metal culverts with my backhoe and they wanted me to try it out. I am used to a joy stick on my Case thet move very easy, the J D steering levers moves very hard. I know it is new, but if they had brought it out from the dealer for me to try the deliver guy would of gotten to take it right back with him.
The levers move very hard to move forward or backward. The lift and bucket tilt were stiff but not to bad. The hydraulic release to change from the bucket to forks is very slow. I ran it about a half hour and parked it, my old New Holland backhoe felt great after running the John Deere 320D.
Anyone else ran one and had the same experiences? I wish the people that design things had to run them a while, to see and feel how something operates.
The levers move very hard to move forward or backward. The lift and bucket tilt were stiff but not to bad. The hydraulic release to change from the bucket to forks is very slow. I ran it about a half hour and parked it, my old New Holland backhoe felt great after running the John Deere 320D.
Anyone else ran one and had the same experiences? I wish the people that design things had to run them a while, to see and feel how something operates.