Thanks for the quick responses guys. Gamble, my mowing has too much trimming for a rear finishing mower. I own one now and can use it with my JD 755, but I almost never do. I have a dedicated lawn tractor, two actually, and I'm thinking of selling both lawn tractors for sure, and maybe the 755 also.
I use my FEL so seldom anymore, because most of my landscaping work is done. I'm thinking about the 5252 because of the tight turning radius for mowing, which will be its main job. I would get the FEL for those occasional jobs. But I'm concerned that having 2wd for any FEL work will be next to useless. For sure I'd have to learn some new techniques because I'm used to having 4wd with my FEL right now. I guess it would be okay for moving piles of stuff but would be a lot more work for any scraping or cutting. And probably I could live with that.
Other jobs this tractor will have to do include pushing snow with a rear blade. Almost never exceeding 6", and not very often. Some occasional dirt work with a 5' box blade (too big?). Grooming the gravel driveway once a year with the box blade. That might just need a heavier 4wd, which I could borrow. And a couple hours a month using my 4' rotary brush mower on light to medium height weeds.
Any more thoughts? Would this tractor be up to those jobs?
-Don M