DEERE 318 VS. NEWER SIMPLICITY....A NEIGHBOR RIVALRY

[Johnnymossville]

That's a great story, I think knowing how to use your tractor is why you can do so much with it as much as anything else. We had a snowstorm here the other day and I had a great time watching my neighbor push snow around with his JD, not sure the model, with power lift blade, chains, and weights. He did great, but watching the kid across the street "MOW" snow was even more fun. He had that cub cadet revved to the max and was mowing and plowing with nothing more than the mid-mount mower. He did great in the beginning with the powdery snow, but later when it got deep it was a disaster. I'm actually surprised that mower can handle the abuse. Kudos to Cub Cadet for surviving this kid, so far anyway.

 

[milligjg]

I've got a 1992 318 with the 54" blade too. They are a nice old machine.

 

[xzcVAbc5]

Get your neighbor to start eating more doughnuts starting now and no exercise. By next winter he might have an extra 50# added to the back axle of his mower.

 

[monster318]

watching the kid across the street "MOW" snow was even more fun. He had that cub cadet revved to the max and was mowing and plowing with nothing more than the mid-mount mower. He did great in the beginning with the powdery snow, but later when it got deep it was a disaster. I'm actually surprised that mower can handle the abuse. Kudos to Cub Cadet for surviving this kid, so far anyway.

Oh I bet that was great to watch...Here in PA a few years back...we got hit with about 6 inches of real wet snow right at the end of October...I still had my deck on my 318...Kinda didnt really believe we were actually going to get this storm so my equipment was unprepared up until the last minute...So there I was the night before....frantically putting my plow, & chains on the tractor at 9 oclock at night..(I believe it was the first winter I owned my 318 so I didnt have any rear weight for it yet) I wasnt done with picking up my leaves yet for the year either...we have a tow behind trac vac system...So I left mower deck on and just raised it all the way and shut the cylinder off that operates the lift for that...Next day...6 inches of wet snow slop on the ground...there I was trying to drive my tractor from the shed up to my driveway through the yard...mower deck is pushing more and more snow as I go along...So I decide to drop the front blade...soon as that starts pushing snow..the tractor decides it cant push two loads of snow and just loses traction..and there I was...stuck in the middle of my yard...with I am sure some neighbor watching me and laughing as well..

Wasn't Very impressive after expecting so much since this was the first year I had a 318 after getting rid of my previous worn out 112..