scorp508
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Hello everyone. I love the site and hope my 1st post isn't a complete waste of your time. 
Our 1.6-acre property has somewhere between 0.5-0.75 acre of mowing area once the wooded area and home are deducted. The lawn is relatively smooth with few if any undulations worth noting as well as no major inclines. In addition to around the yard activities including maintaining some dirt foot paths in the wooded area I plan on snow blowing our driveway. The driveway is somewhere around 150' long give or take and tapers into four cars widths at the top.
I'm stuck trying to decide between a new X370 with the 2-blade 42" mower deck or a X390 with the 3-blade 48" mower deck. I arrived at these two models as power steering + hydraulic lift seemed like nice additions for the blower as well as overall easier operation for my wife.
Aside from the engine difference (FS600V vs FS651V with ~18% additional power) it appears the transaxle and tires are the only other major mechanical differences. I don't see any difference in attachment compatibility other than the power chute bagger being required on the X390. Comparing the two tranaxles on Tuff Torq's page (I can't post links due to post count) left me wondering why the K57 has a replaceable filter (which I like) yet the bigger K58 does not. JD does not list the K57 as a locking diff on the x370 page yet Tuff Torq's page states it is an automatic locking unit. Do the JD specific K57s get built to a different spec or do they only consider mechanical lock a feature?
I stopped in to chat with one of the sales people at one of my two local JD dealers and they said the X370 seemed like more than enough machine for my needs including the snow blowing. At the time I spoke with them I thought my narrowest mowing path was ~48" potentially making clearance an issue with the X390 and a bagger chute attached, but upon measuring the spot again I was way off and it is about a 64" width.
We just moved to this property and have no plan on moving for a long time. This should be the only property this mower has to work with during its lifetime. Going with the X370 would save over $1,900 (~$1,400 model difference and another ~$530 by not needing the power chute) and basically pay for the snow blower when it is time to purchase it. If you were me would you consider the added power of the X390 and the slightly less running time of a 48" deck a necessity? A "free" snow blower sounds great in my mind but like any power obsessed guy I keep second guessing myself.
Thanks in advance for your thoughts.
Our 1.6-acre property has somewhere between 0.5-0.75 acre of mowing area once the wooded area and home are deducted. The lawn is relatively smooth with few if any undulations worth noting as well as no major inclines. In addition to around the yard activities including maintaining some dirt foot paths in the wooded area I plan on snow blowing our driveway. The driveway is somewhere around 150' long give or take and tapers into four cars widths at the top.
I'm stuck trying to decide between a new X370 with the 2-blade 42" mower deck or a X390 with the 3-blade 48" mower deck. I arrived at these two models as power steering + hydraulic lift seemed like nice additions for the blower as well as overall easier operation for my wife.
Aside from the engine difference (FS600V vs FS651V with ~18% additional power) it appears the transaxle and tires are the only other major mechanical differences. I don't see any difference in attachment compatibility other than the power chute bagger being required on the X390. Comparing the two tranaxles on Tuff Torq's page (I can't post links due to post count) left me wondering why the K57 has a replaceable filter (which I like) yet the bigger K58 does not. JD does not list the K57 as a locking diff on the x370 page yet Tuff Torq's page states it is an automatic locking unit. Do the JD specific K57s get built to a different spec or do they only consider mechanical lock a feature?
I stopped in to chat with one of the sales people at one of my two local JD dealers and they said the X370 seemed like more than enough machine for my needs including the snow blowing. At the time I spoke with them I thought my narrowest mowing path was ~48" potentially making clearance an issue with the X390 and a bagger chute attached, but upon measuring the spot again I was way off and it is about a 64" width.
We just moved to this property and have no plan on moving for a long time. This should be the only property this mower has to work with during its lifetime. Going with the X370 would save over $1,900 (~$1,400 model difference and another ~$530 by not needing the power chute) and basically pay for the snow blower when it is time to purchase it. If you were me would you consider the added power of the X390 and the slightly less running time of a 48" deck a necessity? A "free" snow blower sounds great in my mind but like any power obsessed guy I keep second guessing myself.
Thanks in advance for your thoughts.
