First day dry enough to do some cutting with the
GR2120 I got the other day. Does a nice job. Taking a little getting used to. The toe/heel hydro control is a little bit awkward for me - not at all like the one on the NH CUT. My arthritic hip doesn't like it, so I'm using toe/toe instead of heel/toe and it works fine. Most areas, I don't do much backing anyway. Traction seems good as does stability.
I do have a question for
GR2120 owners; When you turn the key part way, do ALL the warning lights go on to indicate they are working? On mine, the "overheat" warning light doesn't show and I'm concerned it might not be working.
My biggest concern going to a newer garden tractor from a 33 year old WheelHorse was the height of the seat. The seat on the Kubota (and all other high end garden tractors now) is about 4 or 5 inches higher than the Wheel Horse, and I was concerned I might not be able to cut under our semi-dwarf apple trees. But except for a couple small spots, the wider deck and the tighter turning radius allows me to get in there and cut the grass.
We have had a Monsoon June here in the Catskills, so I wasn't able to really try the machine out on the worst of our hills, being too wet, but I cut our little back "field," about an acre and a half of pretty uneven ground. It is a bit hairy to cut back there with the CUT because of the uneven ground and the tilt angles. The
GR2120 had no problems at all, and I was relatively comfortable. It was the first cut of the year (normally done on Memorial Day, but was waiting for dry weather.) so the grass was 2 - 3 feet high in spots. A few high blades of whatever bridged the deck and didn't get cut, but much fewer than would be expected with the smaller deck on the Wheel Horse. Normally do second cut on the Fourth of July and if on schedule, that one should get the few errant high ones still standing. The plan is that if this tractor works well for all my cutting, I'll be selling the RFM off of the larger tractor and use that one only for dirt and snow.
I was a bit taken aback by the manual requiring a five minute warm-up of the engine before using the tractor. I thought that was something that had pretty much been eliminated by the newer hydro drives. I also got a kick out of the manual stating the following: If you drink antifreeze, vomit immediately ;-)
