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<blockquote data-quote="Earthwerks Unlimited" data-source="post: 17868" data-attributes="member: 1300"><p>I had a 2003 LS180--which New Holland corporation itself ended up buying back. The reason was it is extremely loud inside and out. The two-speed when engaged sounded like it was going to blow itself apart. I was getting ear infections constantly from the excessive noise.The reason is the LS180's pumps are driven by spur gears from inside the flywheel rim. Spur gears by nature compared to helical-cut gears are noisey. Add to that the noisey nature of the hydraul;ic pumps themselves and you have a perfect noise storm. I bought a commercial decibel meter. The decibel level in mine was 110dB. 80 is the Federal limit. A jet engine is close to 114. Not all LS180's are noisey. New Holland said it cost $4500 to MAYBE fix the noise--but could not guarantee it would fix it--in fact it could make it worse as they found on other machines. Long story short, New Holland and the dealer gave me $19,000 for my '03 (payoff on loan), and gave a me a discount of about $13,000 on my '05 LS185.b. The .b has a totally different pump drive system which is direct thru drive through the engine crank shaft---no gear noise at all. Oddly though the dB is still about 100 in the '05 but is tolerable. Sometimes I wear ear protection--when I think of it---DOH!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Earthwerks Unlimited, post: 17868, member: 1300"] I had a 2003 LS180--which New Holland corporation itself ended up buying back. The reason was it is extremely loud inside and out. The two-speed when engaged sounded like it was going to blow itself apart. I was getting ear infections constantly from the excessive noise.The reason is the LS180's pumps are driven by spur gears from inside the flywheel rim. Spur gears by nature compared to helical-cut gears are noisey. Add to that the noisey nature of the hydraul;ic pumps themselves and you have a perfect noise storm. I bought a commercial decibel meter. The decibel level in mine was 110dB. 80 is the Federal limit. A jet engine is close to 114. Not all LS180's are noisey. New Holland said it cost $4500 to MAYBE fix the noise--but could not guarantee it would fix it--in fact it could make it worse as they found on other machines. Long story short, New Holland and the dealer gave me $19,000 for my '03 (payoff on loan), and gave a me a discount of about $13,000 on my '05 LS185.b. The .b has a totally different pump drive system which is direct thru drive through the engine crank shaft---no gear noise at all. Oddly though the dB is still about 100 in the '05 but is tolerable. Sometimes I wear ear protection--when I think of it---DOH! [/QUOTE]
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