MSRP, base build
The only turbocharged gear-drive D, and the biggest: a 1.57 L Yanmar 3TNV86CT making 41.6 hp, 36.3 of it at the PTO. It runs the same hitch, hydraulics and 2,840 lb chassis as the 3035D, so the whole price step buys engine.
1.22 PTO hp per $1,000 of list price
As published by the maker
On the price: The maker's own published starting figure for the base build. A dealer adds a loader, a deck and freight on top.
Lift figures are the maker's and are quoted at whichever point the maker chose; the about page explains why two loaders with the same number do not lift the same pallet.
Comes with
From owner discussion and long-term write-ups
Gathered from owner reports
The clearest reason to buy one is price, and the clearest reason not to is where the loader controls live. On price, an owner who picked one up during a dealer promotion got it with the front loader and bucket for around $20,000 with interest-free finance over four years, has no complaints, and has since added a 4-foot auger, a mechanical grapple and a bale spear for clearing and debris work on newly bought acreage. On ergonomics, someone who has run both the gear-drive D models and the hydrostatic R models is blunt about preferring the R: he dislikes the loader controls being mounted on the loader frame itself rather than at the operator station, calls the R generally more comfortable for any lengthy loader work, and notes the D has no cruise control - which he rates as extremely handy for rotary cutting. Owners also split on the loader's speed: one who test-drove a 3043D liked the bucket action and mentions others complaining the bucket moves too quickly, which does not bother him because he has no patience anyway.
Buyers considering one of these usually also want to know about adding a backhoe later, and that question came up directly alongside the answer that a backhoe cannot be mounted on any D-series machine, with the advice being to buy an E-series instead if a hoe is anywhere in your plans. Worth knowing too, if you are choosing between this and the smaller D models, is that moving up within the range does not change your emissions burden - the 25-to-75 horsepower band all carries the same class of hardware, so a buyer comparing the 3035D and this is choosing purely on capability. On bumpiness over roots and rocks, an owner points out that the factory offers different seats that meaningfully reduce the jolting, which is worth specifying rather than tolerating.
Summarised from public owner discussion, not from testing. Nothing here was measured by this site, and a report that recurs is not the same as a defect rate.
Cross-shopped against
Same brand or same size, nearest in price
John Deere
Deere's premium small compact, sharing the 3032E's 1.642 L Yanmar and hydraulics but wrapping them in a heavier chassis with a step-through platform, tilt wheel and standard cruise control. It costs more than the 3032E and lifts less.
Spec sheet & owner notes
John Deere
Turbocharging is what separates this from the 3032E below it: a 1.568 L Yanmar 3TNV86CT making 36.7 hp and 30 at the PTO, in a chassis 446 lb heavier. Hitch, hydraulics and loader are unchanged from the rest of the E line.
Spec sheet & owner notes
John Deere
Thirty-seven horsepower while keeping the AutoConnect mower deck on the options list, which nothing else this size manages. Sitting between the 2025R and the 3-Series, its premium platform - eHydro, cruise, full dash - is what the money buys.
Spec sheet & owner notes