JD X-595

[RedHawkRidge]

I had a JD755, JD955, and JD1070 before I got the 4700. Always used a rear/3ph mower with these CUT's, so I never had any problems with grill blockage (pretty logical); the grills collected dandelion fluff and bugs, mostly. So that would be an unfair comparison. Don't know whether a MMM would be been more prone to the problem.
However, before the 595, I had JD lawn/garden tractors with cooling system in the front of the engine compartment (LX-178 and 345), and didn't have issues with grill clogging/overheating.
jim

 

[yellowsocks93]

Those mowers are Kawasaki V-Twins with the radiator mounted on top like my bros 320(great machine). Anyway on the 322 and x series the radiator is behind the motor so there is not much space to clean it off easily and when I had to mow with a 322 at work it would over heat a lot because the side grills would clog up and so would the radiator. If it was out front like a compact tractor I feel it would be easier to clean since there would be more room to work. Your 1070 was a sweet machine! The blow up from mid mount mower does throw clippings right into the motor area and that's why if your not careful you may start an engine fire by the exhaust pipe that comes down and out the fron of the machine. On my bros 320 we almost had a fire because of leaves that got thrown up and were on the pipe. Now he cleans it out often with a stick when mowing.

 

[RedHawkRidge]

I truly loved my 955 and the 1070. A fantasy of mine is to have back the 955 and 1070, plus a bigger ute such as a 5420. Each with its own set of attachments. A friend once said the ideal setup is to have every attachment have its own tractor.
I traded the 1070 for a 4700 HST because it wasn't a good mowing machine. The gears did not allow for ground speed that matched my mowing needs -- it had a serious gap between low (1) and mid (2) range speeds, which was right where I needed to mow when running the rear pto at the required 540 rpm to drive the mower deck.
jim

 

[yellowsocks93]

I hear ya on the gear thing. Sometimes I wish I had more than 9 gears or a hydro for getting an in between speed. Sometimes it seems like I go too slow and use too much gas or go too fast and get a bad cut in different mowing conditions. But I ain't trading in anytime soon that's for sure. The 'ol pocket book won't allow any more tractor trades for a good long while.