After a year of ownership and 65 hours of use to date, I would do it all over again. I now have the kubota grass catcher and it picks up clippings and leaves real well. I would prefer larger capacity bags, however it's not too bad. The worst part of the catcher is that it is a pain to install. Takes about 15 minutes. That is much better than the JD 322 I had with the hydraulically dumping grass catcher. That did collect better, however it took about 2 hours to install and about 1 hour to take off and it weighed about 250 #s. So I don't argue about installing this one. In fact, when I bought this tractor, I had wanted a jd2210 but they did not have a grass catcher for it so I bought the Kubota. Too bad for JD, because they are no longer in my consideration list when it is time for a new tractor.

I have done and moved dirt and debris much better than I thought it would. Once you put it in 4x4, it just digs down and moves whatever you ask it to. I now have a rear meteor snowblower 51" and am waiting for some snow. Will again post to let everyone know how well it does that.

cost 12450 new with 60mmm and bucket.
1000 for used grass catcher
795 for used meteor 51" snowblower
3750 trade for 1988 jd322 with 650 hours and 4 way snow blade and grass catcher.

Date Purchased: 12/2005
Purchased: New
Price Paid: US$12450
Pros: perfect cut and smooth running
Cons: none
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