Db 1394 or 1494

[Classichay]

What’s the advantage of the 1494 over the 1394? Other than 8hp I know it’s a brown..... but curiosity has got the better of me now.

 

[Wellytrack]

1494 slightly bigger and heavier, better lift capacity too.

 

[daveydiesel1]

Its just squeezin more power outa that wee engine. The 15 or 16 is a better machine as the 6 pot will out last the 4pot if ur workin her hard

 

[Classichay]

No won’t see any hard life where it’s destined for think they hardest she will get is the occasional 4 mile trip with the 5t trailer or small baler. Just conscious on brake systems are different between them got the offer of two, ones fairly tidy 1394 handbrake needs doing the 1494 has been bought as a rich guys boat launch tractor and used twice in the last two years. Both similar hours.

 

[Boohoo]

Brakes are probably the biggest difference, drums on a 13, discs on a 14.
14 is usually on bigger wheels but the same sizes were optional on the 13.
Front axle will probably be different on a 2wd, the heavy duty axle was optional on the 13.
Diesel tank is bigger on the 14.
14s are more likely to have extras such as extra spools, a tandem pump and an assister ram, although there are plenty of poverty spec ones about too.

 

[Classichay]

Are the brakes on the 1394 going to cope with a 5t trailer if they’re drums ?

Brakes are probably the biggest difference, drums on a 13, discs on a 14.
14 is usually on bigger wheels but the same sizes were optional on the 13.
Front axle will probably be different on a 2wd, the heavy duty axle was optional on the 13.
Diesel tank is bigger on the 14.
14s are more likely to have extras such as extra spools, a tandem pump and an assister ram, although there are plenty of poverty spec ones about too.

 

[Boohoo]

Are the brakes on the 1394 going to cope with a 5t trailer if they’re drums ?

Never had a problem with trailers that size on our 996 and it has smaller brakes than a 1394.

 

[DrWazzock]

1494 here is one of my more reliable tractors. Only problem is the hydra shift unit which doesn’t change gear anymore. I only use it in gear 3 lowest hydrashift though so its not really problem. Does all our fertiliser spreading with a 24m ZAM. Also does some power harrowing with 3m Lely. Manages it with ease.

 

[Bald n Grumpy]

Did lots of trailer work with 1394 before trailer brakes became fashionable with 6 tonne trailers on silage spuds and corn just need common sense .You could fit trailer brakes if you wanted but wouldn't think necessary for 5 tonne

 

[manfromhill]

Had both and most of the slurry done with the 13 in a 1300g nc with 2wd as the 14 had the loader On
I always thought the 13 was the better tractor but the 14 had the better spec probably need to drive both to make up your mind as there both able to do your job

 

[Nithsdale]

Had both and most of the slurry done with the 13 in a 1300g nc with 2wd as the 14 had the loader On
I always thought the 13 was the better tractor but the 14 had the better spec probably need to drive both to make up your mind as there both able to do your job

We had a DB1390, neighbour had a (red) Case 1494... both 4wd. The 1390 definitely the better tractor, IMO. But I was happy working either.

 

[Flat 10]

Something different about the pto design not sure. @Selectamatic will have the answers.
Ps selecta not seen your farming thread for a while?!

 

[Boohoo]

Something different about the pto design not sure. @Selectamatic will have the answers.
Ps selecta not seen your farming thread for a while?!

Wasn't the reversible pto optional on the 14?

 

[Classichay]

Sadly the 1494 isn’t an option it was what would be described as scrap, brakes binding Badly on the back end and front axle so knackered I didn’t want to drive it any further then 10 meters up the road and that it was a 1490 painted red on wrong plates..... so the 1394 looks the option. Is rust the death of these old dB tractors?

 

[Exfarmer]

Did lots of trailer work with 1394 before trailer brakes became fashionable with 6 tonne trailers on silage spuds and corn just need common sense .You could fit trailer brakes if you wanted but wouldn't think necessary for 5 tonne

It is of course a legal requirement, but hey ho

 

[Bald n Grumpy]

It is of course a legal requirement, but hey ho

Back when I was using a 1394 it wasn't. And if people didn't use trailer brakes as an excuse to put inexperienced drivers in tractors then there wouldn't be as many accidents in the wreckers thread.

 

[Exfarmer]

Trailer brakes you could apply from the tractor dateslong before the 1390 ! Not that everybody had them of course.

 

[livestock 1]

As Clarkson once said after he was asked ‘which was his favourite Peugeot’ he replied ‘that’s like asking what my favourite sexually transmitted disease is’

 

[Netherfield]

Wasn't the reversible pto optional on the 14?

Not on 1490, possible on 1494.

 

[livestock 1]

Not on 1490, possible on 1494.

My 1490 isn’t reversable