New Holland PowerStar 110–Workmaster 120: PTO, hitch and transmission choices

PowerStar, Workmaster and Dual Command: choose the fitted package

The 2017 PowerStar specification gives the 110 and 120 different PTO outputs, despite a common engine displacement and matching base hitch capacity. Its 120 column includes 540/1000 PTO as base equipment; the 110 lists that combination as an option. An advertisement describing the whole family as “540 PTO” misses that difference.

Check the selector and shaft equipment before matching a mower or baler.

New Holland's same brochure specifies SCR exhaust treatment with light cooled EGR for these larger PowerStar tractors. The DOC arrangement in its smaller 65 and 75 columns should not be carried across to the 110 or 120. Their DEF entries belong with that distinction.

The engine badge and emissions plate are more useful for service identification than a generic Tier IV description.

Weights vary with cab and drive arrangement. A four-wheel-drive cab figure is not the shipping weight of a two-wheel-drive ROPS tractor. Keep those configurations together when planning transport or comparing the apparent weight difference with a Workmaster.

Workmaster 120: hitch rams and a creeper-ready transmission

The Workmaster brochure's standard hitch rating is 3,200 pounds; an auxiliary ram raises that stated capacity to 6,200 pounds. A used tractor needs the ram identified before the larger rating is used. The hydraulic options have their own boundary: the higher-flow implement pump is optional, while the steering pump remains a separate supply.

Its power-shuttle transmission is described as creeper-ready. The completing kit is still required. Four synchronized gears and three ranges do not become a functioning creeper simply because the transmission housing can accept one.

Have the seller demonstrate the installed low-speed arrangement if an implement requires it.

Factory loader choices also differ: the 632TL is non-self-leveling and the 637TL uses mechanical self-leveling. Their published lifting measurements use the stated load position ahead of the bucket pin. A rear-hitch figure cannot be substituted for either loader rating.

T5 Dual Command is more than a shuttle option

The 2017 Dual Command brochure describes a high/low step within each gear, producing the listed 24-forward/24-reverse arrangement. Its PowerClutch button permits gear changes within a range without the foot clutch. The left-hand shuttle has three selectable response settings.

Check those controls separately during a demonstration; the shuttle changes direction, while the high/low buttons change the available ratio.

The optional auxiliary hitch ram in that T5 document has its own capacity. It should not inherit the larger optional PowerStar figure merely because the tractors share several base specifications. The brochure also separates ROPS and VisionView cab equipment, so cab height and platform weight remain configuration-specific choices.