Having the 2501HST now for 2 years, my one small issue is; wishing it had more PTO power for brush hogging; with my 5 ft Land Pride this tractor is right at the limit when mowing pasture grass and I did not want to buy a smaller 4ft mower but might need to or, repair the old JD. Using the flail mower is much easier where I mow the well maintained 3 acres about the house, it's the taller field grass I have trouble with needed to go slower, especially on the slopes which are not much of a grade really. Mostly though, I like this tractor but getting used to the high end whine of the HST, and the fact they need to be run at high rpm, was something I hadn't thought about enough before buying. Were I to do it over, the
L3300 or
L3901 would be a better choice for my needs and not much more in price. I picked the 2501 because of it not having re-gen and thinking 25HP would suffice where before I needed at least a 40-50 HP tractor. The 2501 does do all I need though except serious mowing, and at a lot less fuel than my old tractors use. We have a half mile long driveway and the 2501 with 5ft Land Pride-land Plane does a great job! Also works great with the forks and QA is awesome too! Comfort and operator space is also great, another plus for us big guys.
Ricn
