Considering an x500

[mjm1]

@DW530: I agree with you. Still debating buying the Snowblower, Airens walk behind has been great, but I would like something wider. Curious that you have 44" blower, Deere pushes the 47". Did you have much resistance from your dealer?

 

[DW530]

@DW530: I agree with you. Still debating buying the Snowblower, Airens walk behind has been great, but I would like something wider. Curious that you have 44" blower, Deere pushes the 47". Did you have much resistance from your dealer?

Well I just went with the 44" to save the $300. My dealer was great and honest, they told me the 44" and 47" are identical in construction. When you get into the x700 series that's when the blowers are different the way they are constructed, shaft driven instead of belt ad a metal snow shoot instead of plastic. They only push the 47 because it's a $300 mark up from the 44" and only 3 more inches of steel for their cost. No matter what type of snow or how much snow there is, with the 44" blower the tractor will never bog down and can throw powder about 30-40 ft !

 

[DW530]

Well I just went with the 44" to save the $300. My dealer was great and honest, they told me the 44" and 47" are identical in construction. When you get into the x700 series that's when the blowers are different the way they are constructed, shaft driven instead of belt ad a metal snow shoot instead of plastic. They only push the 47 because it's a $300 mark up from the 44" and only 3 more inches of steel for their cost. No matter what type of snow or how much snow there is, with the 44" blower the tractor will never bog down and can throw powder about 30-40 ft !

However I have a 200 ft long driveway with a large parking area so I needed a tractor to snow blow with. If you can comfortably do your driveway with a walk behind blower(Aries is #1!), id say stick with the Aries. Between my blower and other winter accessories for the tractor, that's an additional $ 1600 ! My dealer would have sold me just the x530 with the 54" deck for $6000! Which was $800 less than retail.

 

[Tim640]

I handled about 1.5-2 acres with my X500. With the 54" deck I could knock it out in about 1 3/4 hours. Southern Missouri/Ozark foothills, some steep parts in the yard. With the differential lock, I haven't gotten stuck yet.

I've got a 3/8 mile long asphalt driveway, which I plowed with the X500. We don't get very heavy snow here - 5-6" max I guess.

I *did* have an issue with traction on the driveway, since there is one portion that goes up a very steep hills. I just couldn't get any grip on the asphalt and I wished I had an AWD.

Now, I do, since I went out and got a 4310.