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Posted: 9/2/2010 10:42:53 AM EDT
We have 3 acres here that we have been mowing with 2 push mowers and a small snapper riding mower and it is pretty much a 2 day project for 3 people.
The last time we mowed the yard all 3 mowers broke down and I was furious I decided that I have had enough and I'm buying a brand new mower. I'm buying a new John Deere 2320 with a 62" mower, a 54" front mounted snowblower, and a 48" rear mounted tiller. Here is a pic of a similar tractor except mine will have the tiller and snowblower. 
I should have bought one a long time ago but I hated to spend so much money on a damn lawn mower. |
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Posted: 9/2/2010 10:44:06 AM EDT
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Do it!!! Wish i had the Balls to pull the trigger on a close to a used $9K tractor let alone a $20K tractor!
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Posted: 9/2/2010 10:49:12 AM EDT
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What is a snow blower?
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Posted: 9/2/2010 10:50:53 AM EDT
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Do it!!! Wish i had the Balls to pull the trigger on a close to a used $9K tractor let alone a $20K tractor! You are pretty close on that $20k. All together I'm looking at just over $21k out the door. They had everything I wanted in stock except the 62 inch mower deck that they had to order. I should have the new machine here in a couple weeks. |
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Posted: 9/2/2010 10:52:12 AM EDT
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I'd put up a fence and run some cattle.
Snow? Meh, that melts sooner or later. |
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Posted: 9/2/2010 10:52:12 AM EDT
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What is a snow blower? Any snowman will tell ya it's the greatest thing ever. |
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Posted: 9/2/2010 10:52:31 AM EDT
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Just got this one about 3 weeks ago. Same reason, was doing 5 acres of field with a Murry POS riding mower.
Not mine, generic web pics, but same model. got the mower deck, blade and blower. 
ETA: I upgraded the blower to an electric controlled snow shoot. |
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Posted: 9/2/2010 10:56:32 AM EDT
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Just got this one about 3 weeks ago. Same reason, was doing 5 acres of field with a Murry POS riding mower. Not mine, generic web pics, but same model. got the mower deck, blade and blower. http://i55.tinypic.com/fbfgbp.jpg http://i53.tinypic.com/2v9as9f.jpg Nice, I looked at the Kubota tractors too but my brother in law works at the Deere dealer so I went with the green machine. I priced 2 Deere dealers and my brother in law actually save me nearly $4k. |
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Posted: 9/2/2010 11:00:55 AM EDT
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I have had my 2320 for over 3 yrs now and love it.. BUT i would highly recommend getting a front end loader.. I dont know how i would get any projects done without it - its the best 'wheelbarrow' I have ever owned.. LOL
For the record.. We had three 12' snows last year and the FEL did an excellent job of cleaning off the paved driveways in my neighborhood.. I had to use a rear blade on the gravel drives though.. I cleaned 7 driveways in total each snow.. congrats on the purchase Brian |
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Posted: 9/2/2010 11:01:11 AM EDT
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I've got a little over 4 acres and I mow it with a Honda Rancher 4x4 ATV and a Swisher 46" mower. The neat thing about my rig is that it does double duty during hunting season. You're gonna look awful funny pulling your elk out of the woods with that there tractor.
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Posted: 9/2/2010 11:02:46 AM EDT
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What is a snow blower? Why did the snowman pull down his pants? He heard the snowblower was coming!
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Posted: 9/2/2010 11:03:55 AM EDT
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What is a snow blower? |
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Posted: 9/2/2010 11:14:54 AM EDT
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I have had my 2320 for over 3 yrs now and love it.. BUT i would highly recommend getting a front end loader.. I dont know how i would get any projects done without it - its the best 'wheelbarrow' I have ever owned.. LOL For the record.. We had three 12' snows last year and the FEL did an excellent job of cleaning off the paved driveways in my neighborhood.. I had to use a rear blade on the gravel drives though.. I cleaned 7 driveways in total each snow.. congrats on the purchase Brian I would have bought the FEL but I already have a tractor with a loader that is a lot bigger and a lot more powerful than the little FEL for the 2320. My 1953 IH Super M with a Koyker loader. 
It is ugly as sin but it runs like a clock and the loader has plenty of power to lift anything I have tried to move. It even lifted the front of a 1972 Chevy pickup to move it out of my way. |
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Posted: 9/2/2010 11:34:29 AM EDT
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Quoted: I have had my 2320 for over 3 yrs now and love it.. BUT i would highly recommend getting a front end loader.. <snipage> +87² on the front end loader. Your wife will love it. |
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Posted: 9/2/2010 11:39:47 AM EDT
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I am a Kubota dealer..for the record...and I have several small tractors I need to sell at cost to get off my lot....just sayin...and I will be in South Dakota next month.....
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Posted: 9/2/2010 11:44:01 AM EDT
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I just got a 2920 a few months ago.
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Posted: 9/2/2010 11:45:25 AM EDT
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Do it. Charge your neighbors to mow theirs as well.
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Posted: 9/2/2010 11:46:26 AM EDT
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I am a Kubota dealer..for the record...and I have several small tractors I need to sell at cost to get off my lot....just sayin...and I will be in South Dakota next month..... Which dealer? |
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Posted: 9/2/2010 11:47:07 AM EDT
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Just got this one about 3 weeks ago. Same reason, was doing 5 acres of field with a Murry POS riding mower. Not mine, generic web pics, but same model. got the mower deck, blade and blower. http://i55.tinypic.com/fbfgbp.jpg http://i53.tinypic.com/2v9as9f.jpg Nice, I looked at the Kubota tractors too but my brother in law works at the Deere dealer so I went with the green machine. I priced 2 Deere dealers and my brother in law actually save me nearly $4k. Well hell, I would have got the Deere under those circumstances also 
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Posted: 9/2/2010 11:53:36 AM EDT
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Good looking
I was thinking of buying one some day. Then I started looking where there made. I found 0 made in the USA they are all imported as parts and assembled here. Not even New Holland tractors, there made in India I found some small companies that make tractors. I think the best out of them all is Power trac in southern VA. They cool little tractors. Some day I hope to get one www.power-trac.com But I have a Ford 8n that works and works and at almost 70 years old its great. |
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Posted: 9/2/2010 12:28:57 PM EDT
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Not even New Holland tractors, there made in India Only one NH series, the TT which are now Workmasters are made in India. And only because the Turkish and Indian built John Deere's have created a new niche with cheap utility tractors. The New Holland Boomer line is manufactured with more than 70% American content in Atlanta GA. |
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Posted: 9/2/2010 2:25:34 PM EDT
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This picture shows the size of the tractor a little better (I have no idea who the dude is).
Here is the 3 cylinder Yanmar diesel engine that powers it. 
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Posted: 9/2/2010 2:43:29 PM EDT
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Do it!!! Wish i had the Balls to pull the trigger on a close to a used $9K tractor let alone a $20K tractor! You are pretty close on that $20k. All together I'm looking at just over $21k out the door. They had everything I wanted in stock except the 62 inch mower deck that they had to order. I should have the new machine here in a couple weeks. Oh my God! $21K to be able to mow your lawn? Maybe you should consider growing crops, Start a club each member takes care of their parcel. Get a herd of goats or other livestock.. Grow a couple acres of wildflowers. I just can't imagine paying that much in this economy. |
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Posted: 9/6/2010 2:58:02 PM EDT
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We stopped by the JD dealer yesterday on the way to the dragstrip to look at my new tractor.
My youngest boy loves it. 
I had a heck of a time trying to get him off of it. |
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Posted: 9/6/2010 3:16:21 PM EDT
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That's alot of scratch for such a little tractor.
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Posted: 9/6/2010 3:17:56 PM EDT
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Plant a large part of your yard in tall grasses you dont have to mow. We did that 4 years ago and cut a 3 acre yard in half and now it only takes a couple hours to mow.
Time spent mowing is a waste of time. 
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Posted: 9/6/2010 3:25:54 PM EDT
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Goats are cheaper.
Too bad you don't live in Washington state...you could rent the goats out when they are not mowing the grass.   |
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Posted: 9/6/2010 3:28:21 PM EDT
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What is a snow blower? It's what you turn the dishwasher into when you hand the bitch a shovel. |
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Posted: 9/6/2010 3:30:23 PM EDT
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I mow 2 1/2 acres a least once a week with a 60" Dixie Chopper I bought used two years ago for $2200. Takes about 1 1/2 hours.
Pic of back yard.  |
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Posted: 9/6/2010 4:16:39 PM EDT
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Mow close to the house and bushhog the rest fuck mowing that much. You could also mow part and have the rest cut for hay.
I let it grow taller than usual been a busy summer. 
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Posted: 9/6/2010 4:19:02 PM EDT
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We have 3 acres here that we have been mowing with 2 push mowers and a small snapper riding mower and it is pretty much a 2 day project for 3 people. The last time we mowed the yard all 3 mowers broke down and I was furious I decided that I have had enough and I'm buying a brand new mower. I'm buying a new John Deere 2320 with a 62" mower, a 54" front mounted snowblower, and a 48" rear mounted tiller. Here is a pic of a similar tractor except mine will have the tiller and snowblower. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v156/mrama/2320.jpg I should have bought one a long time ago but I hated to spend so much money on a damn lawn mower. Badass. Nuke it from orbit, just to be sure. |
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Posted: 9/6/2010 4:30:37 PM EDT
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Just got this one about 3 weeks ago. Same reason, was doing 5 acres of field with a Murry POS riding mower. Not mine, generic web pics, but same model. got the mower deck, blade and blower. http://i55.tinypic.com/fbfgbp.jpg http://i53.tinypic.com/2v9as9f.jpg ETA: I upgraded the blower to an electric controlled snow shoot. You're going to hate it, this machine is nowhere near large enough to mow 5 acres with any efficiency. You'll be out there for hours and hours. I made the mistake where I live now by buying a big ol' Cub 1862 garden tractor with a 52 inch mower. I figured that mower would last me 20 years or more, easily. Not even close, the motor is a limited use twin shaft design that costs a fortune to replace and it died in less than 10 years on the job. I bought a Kubota utility tractor and doubled my productivity. The only downside is R&R'ing the mower deck. |
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Posted: 9/6/2010 6:42:48 PM EDT
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I think I will like the 62inch deck, it is made so you just drive right over the thing. It sounds like it is a lot easier than wrestling the thing under the tractor.
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Posted: 9/7/2010 6:46:37 AM EDT
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I think I will like the 62inch deck, it is made so you just drive right over the thing. It sounds like it is a lot easier than wrestling the thing under the tractor. http://www.horsechannel.com/images/horse-keeping-images/compact-tractors/john-deere-493310.jpg the drive over decks are wonderful.. in the above pic the front attachment hooks automatically, but my 62D doesnt do that.. The hardest/longest part of installing the MMM is hooking up the PTO... I made some wheels for my mower so that it can be stored on upright.. That really opens up garage floor space in the winter.. Brian |
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Posted: 9/7/2010 7:56:23 AM EDT
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I think I will like the 62inch deck, it is made so you just drive right over the thing. It sounds like it is a lot easier than wrestling the thing under the tractor. http://www.horsechannel.com/images/horse-keeping-images/compact-tractors/john-deere-493310.jpg the drive over decks are wonderful.. in the above pic the front attachment hooks automatically, but my 62D doesnt do that.. The hardest/longest part of installing the MMM is hooking up the PTO... I made some wheels for my mower so that it can be stored on upright.. That really opens up garage floor space in the winter.. Brian That makes me want to trade in my tractor. I'm going to look it over to see if I can weld up a pair of bridges for the deck. |
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