Sigarms
Super Member
The one F3080 I sold was because it had side discharge deck, hated (hate) side discharge decks. Like rear discharge deck due to less windrowing, being able to get close on either side, grass doesn't blow all over me in slight breeze or strong wind, don't have to watch where "stuff" on one siding is blowing/shooting to. Grass does blow/collect under the F but a cheap electric grass blower will blow it away after mowing.
John
If the 3080 you're referencing to was the one I bought from you, it was a rear discharge deck.
Per rear vs side discharge, I kept my other zero turn when I bought the Kubota, and absolutely love the rear discharge over the side discharge. Grass clippings do accumulate under the mower a lot more than a side discharge, but 3 minutes with the leaf blower after a good mowing makes the machine look pretty much brand new.
My only complaint with the F series is if you have a lot of low hanging trees, even with the front deck, it can be difficult to get into "tighter low hanging" areas because you're sitting up so high off the mower. That said, out it the "open" or on hills, the F really shines. I've got about 55 trees and bushes spaced out in front of the house, and I use my smaller zero turn around those as I can mow a lot quicker than with the F. That said, if I could only have one mower for everything around the house, it would be the F.
Had a guy come out to look at dropping about 20 ton of stone for my one creek bed, and he asked me what tractor I used to mow out there. The F works wonders in a open field and hills hands down.