Hello,
I'm this close... " " to upgrading to a 2320 (from a 2305).. and I've been thinkin'.......
I was able to convince my wife that I need a bigger tractor (the hardest part ) and she's agreed to let me spend a little bit more to get the 2320 with the 62D MMM.
From what I've been reading about the divot problems with the 62D, I'm wondering if this is really the deck that I want. So instead, I'm considering going to an off-brand rear finish mower and taking the $$ savings and put it towards a 2520. The problem is I've never used a rear finish mower and I don't know if it'll do as good of a job as the 62D. I could probably find a used rear finish mower with enough dough to fund the bigger 2520.
Our yard isn't perfectly manacured, but more of a rural, ranch kinda place. I have about an acre of sod-originating lawn around the house, another 7 acres of pastures I may need to mow maybe 2-3 times per year. The pastures are flat and relatively smooth. Plus i have ditching with quackgrass around the entire perimeter of our 10 acre yard with fairly steep slopes leading up to a dyke. Right now, I can get the 2305 to cut the slopes with a 62C with relative ease as long as I go slow.
I know the 2320 would give me a big performance boost over the 2305 but the extra power of the 2520 would come in very handy with all the extra tasks in the yard (manure moving, occaisional plowing of the corals, square bale moving, driveway building, etc, etc.)
My questions is will a rear finish mower do a comparable job to the 62D? Are there any inherent issues/dilemnas with going to a rear finish mower instead of a belly mower?
Another question in my mind is how well will the 2520 do with the steep slopes compared to the 2320. They seem to be approx the same size but the 2520 is a little heavier. I'm not sure if this would be good or bad on the slopes.
If I decide that a rear finish mower will work well in my application, I may go to the 2520.
Thanks!
GordNovo
I'm this close... " " to upgrading to a 2320 (from a 2305).. and I've been thinkin'.......
I was able to convince my wife that I need a bigger tractor (the hardest part ) and she's agreed to let me spend a little bit more to get the 2320 with the 62D MMM.
From what I've been reading about the divot problems with the 62D, I'm wondering if this is really the deck that I want. So instead, I'm considering going to an off-brand rear finish mower and taking the $$ savings and put it towards a 2520. The problem is I've never used a rear finish mower and I don't know if it'll do as good of a job as the 62D. I could probably find a used rear finish mower with enough dough to fund the bigger 2520.
Our yard isn't perfectly manacured, but more of a rural, ranch kinda place. I have about an acre of sod-originating lawn around the house, another 7 acres of pastures I may need to mow maybe 2-3 times per year. The pastures are flat and relatively smooth. Plus i have ditching with quackgrass around the entire perimeter of our 10 acre yard with fairly steep slopes leading up to a dyke. Right now, I can get the 2305 to cut the slopes with a 62C with relative ease as long as I go slow.
I know the 2320 would give me a big performance boost over the 2305 but the extra power of the 2520 would come in very handy with all the extra tasks in the yard (manure moving, occaisional plowing of the corals, square bale moving, driveway building, etc, etc.)
My questions is will a rear finish mower do a comparable job to the 62D? Are there any inherent issues/dilemnas with going to a rear finish mower instead of a belly mower?
Another question in my mind is how well will the 2520 do with the steep slopes compared to the 2320. They seem to be approx the same size but the 2520 is a little heavier. I'm not sure if this would be good or bad on the slopes.
If I decide that a rear finish mower will work well in my application, I may go to the 2520.
Thanks!
GordNovo