WTWoodchuck
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Scottrh, which ETA PHD did you choose for your JD2520?
I also have a JD2520 and was already to buy the TSC/Speeco until I read about your plight and others on another thread. Since then I've been looking at the ETAs but they have so many models I'm not sure which would be the best fit? I'm leaning toward the 6900HD so that I could use an 18" auger if I wanted too and it is also a bit more rugged.
If I could roll the clock back to when I choose my JD2520 I would probably have made a different decision and either stepped up to the 3000 series or bought the Ford or Massey. The 2520 is very sturdy but they tried so hard to put big tractor features on a small tractor that they created a few problems, starting with that you need a quick hitch to use a brushhog otherwise the front of the brush hog rubs on the rear tires. You can't put chains on the front tires at all because of lack of cleareance with the steering linkage and you must turn your tire rims inside out to gain enough clearance to mount chains on the rear. The original hitch arms rubbed on the rear tires until they came out with redesigned arm in 2009. Now I find out that some post hole diggers like the Speeco Heavy Duty or the TSC won't work because of lack of clearance with the top link and ROPS mount. And to think I bought a John Deere so that I wouldn't have problems like that. I might as well have bought a NorCo or a Mahindra???
I also have a JD2520 and was already to buy the TSC/Speeco until I read about your plight and others on another thread. Since then I've been looking at the ETAs but they have so many models I'm not sure which would be the best fit? I'm leaning toward the 6900HD so that I could use an 18" auger if I wanted too and it is also a bit more rugged.
If I could roll the clock back to when I choose my JD2520 I would probably have made a different decision and either stepped up to the 3000 series or bought the Ford or Massey. The 2520 is very sturdy but they tried so hard to put big tractor features on a small tractor that they created a few problems, starting with that you need a quick hitch to use a brushhog otherwise the front of the brush hog rubs on the rear tires. You can't put chains on the front tires at all because of lack of cleareance with the steering linkage and you must turn your tire rims inside out to gain enough clearance to mount chains on the rear. The original hitch arms rubbed on the rear tires until they came out with redesigned arm in 2009. Now I find out that some post hole diggers like the Speeco Heavy Duty or the TSC won't work because of lack of clearance with the top link and ROPS mount. And to think I bought a John Deere so that I wouldn't have problems like that. I might as well have bought a NorCo or a Mahindra???
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