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For what it's worth, when my JD dealer was delivering a new bagging system to me 3 weeks ago, I asked him why a new series like the X500 would be so expensive compared with the BX1800-2200 Kubotas when outfitted with rear PTO, 3PH, etc.
He said that the 500 series is aimed more at the top end of the traditional garden tractor market and that so far John Deere has not competed directly with the BX1800-2200 - but that something is in the works. Within a year there will be a new JD line aimed directly at the BX1800-2200 line. He says it will be worth the wait.
He said that the 500 series is aimed more at the top end of the traditional garden tractor market and that so far John Deere has not competed directly with the BX1800-2200 - but that something is in the works. Within a year there will be a new JD line aimed directly at the BX1800-2200 line. He says it will be worth the wait.