Burning less fuel while moving more material was a key selling point for John Deere’s unveiling of its 744 X-Tier wheel loader.
The 744X-Tier is new to the John Deere line of mid to large-sized hybrid E-Drive wheel loaders.
“We are introducing an electrified drivetrain component, specifically, an electric variable transmission in this machine that we anticipate has a lot of similar qualities to our 644 X-Tier and 944 X-Tier wheel loaders,” said Luke Gribble, solutions marketing manager wheel loaders, John Deere Construction and Forestry Division.
He said the 744 X-Tier wheel loader is expected to be available in 2024. Gribble said the 824 X-Tier utility wheel loader also will be introduced at the same time.
John Deere's 744 X-Tier E-Drive wheel loader is expected to be available in 2024.John Deere
For the 744 X-Tier in particular, Gribble anticipates one of the lead applications to be aggregates, whether it be working in a standard gravel pit in the bottom of a quarry loading trucks or at a ready mix or asphalt plant.
“We do anticipate that there's going to be a lot of interest from the aggregate sector with customers moving towards more solutions like this,” he said. “That would be probably the target and we're expecting a lot of activity with this machine.”
