Several years in the making and designed with direct customer feedback, John Deere showed its four Tier 4 Final G-Series skid steers (312GR, 314G, 316GR, 318G) and one compact track loader (317G) at World of Concrete. These new machines were designed for rental, agriculture, material handling, construction and landscape customers. The five models, including three vertical and two radial-lift options, have customer-requested features aimed at improving operator and machine productivity.
The G-Series machines feature an improvement in horsepower-to-weight ratios and an optimized boom design that enables lift heights above 10 feet on the vertical-lift models and a 20 percent increase in breakout forces on the radial-lift models.
John Deere designed an all-new operator station for the G-Series, featuring a swing-out cab door with more foot and legroom. The cabs and floors are sealed and pressurized to keep out dust and excess noise, and a footwell clean-out makes debris management easier.
