I asked my dealer to put together a proposal for me for the 322 plus 103 deck, snow blower, and rotary brush--I am sure I will also get hit with shipping--
One of the challenges up here in Alaska is little to no competition or availability for some products. My Husqvarna dealer carries their chainsaws only, but has been very helpful at looking into my tractor purchase, and as an authorized Husqvarna Dealer, can provide warranty service, but he does not have any in stock to look at. Found the same problem when I talked with the New Holland and John Deere dealers--MSRP plus 2K in shipping--no inventory on hand.
Once my dealer has put something together i will be able to compare it to what the Kubota dealer can do--the machines are apple and oranges, but depending on just how much the R322T is going to cost (with shipping) the Kubota may end up being a better deal (the Kubota dealer has stock on hand he is willing to deal on).
I am on 1.2 acres, with 10,000 square feet of lawn and a 2,000 square foot driveway--I mow in the summer, and clear snow in the winter. Also, there is several hundred pounds of gravel to clean up once winter ends (streets get gravel in the winter, which the plows push onto the lawns) I like the front mount floating deck on the R322T better than the mid mount deck on the kubota, and implement swapping is much faster on the R322T.
The Kubota (BX1860, 48inch fine cut deck, rotary sweeper, FEL) has the advantage of diesel, shaft drive, and a FEL for working on the rest of the yard, but at a significant price increase (about 8K difference based on MSRP), but putting on the brush to clean up after mowing requires dropping the mowing deck, installing the front mount, and of course reversing all this to put the deck back on. And in the winter, while the brush will be the main tool, changing out to the FEL for heavy snows is no fast task--remove brush, remove mounting bracket and shaft, install loader.
My main concern with the R322T is the maximum cut height--3 inches (as stated in a previous post by me).
My current rig is a 10 year old Craftsman LT1000 (20HP twin cylinder) that I have put about 700 hours on. My lawn has some decent hills so I really want to go to 4wd--which of course will help for clearing snow.
I'll post how it is working out once I hear back from my dealer.