66cuda
New member
Hello Everyone, first post, and I'm looking for a recommendation for a new tractor. I live on three acres but only mow 1 to 1.5 acres. The rest is high weeds, which I will mow a bath through for the kids. I have a walk out basement at my house and have a slightly moderate sloped hill on one side and a more gradual hill on the other.
For the last 5 year's I've been using a 20 year old MTD Yardman mower that I inherited from my Grandfathers estate. it has a 42inch mower deck with mulching blades. it has worked surprisingly well, however every year i'm replacing parts and i'd like to upgrade to something new that will last 20 years and provide a better cut quality as well as provide other features.
The big thing I was thinking from other features was being able to add a snowblower attachment. I have 75 feet or so of driveway that I would like to snow blow. the drive way is completely level.
I went to two local JD Dealers and both recommended the same unit for my end use, an X380 with a 48" deck and the 44" snowblower with weights and chains. What is everyone's opinion this? Is this the right option? both dealers said that this unit would be best suited for my needs and would have the strongest transmission which should last a long time without having to step to a 500 series. which both thought would be more than what my needs would be.
The only other concern I have right now is storage space for the unit. i'm worried that the overall width of the X380 with 48" deck might be too wide for the area I have for storage in my garage. I have to do some additional measurements and see, how much space I have. it's much tighter in the winter when I'm parking my pick up in the garage. I'm hoping that I'm not going to have to downgrade mowers and continue to use a walk behind snowblower in the winter.
looking forward to everyone's thoughts. Thank you!
For the last 5 year's I've been using a 20 year old MTD Yardman mower that I inherited from my Grandfathers estate. it has a 42inch mower deck with mulching blades. it has worked surprisingly well, however every year i'm replacing parts and i'd like to upgrade to something new that will last 20 years and provide a better cut quality as well as provide other features.
The big thing I was thinking from other features was being able to add a snowblower attachment. I have 75 feet or so of driveway that I would like to snow blow. the drive way is completely level.
I went to two local JD Dealers and both recommended the same unit for my end use, an X380 with a 48" deck and the 44" snowblower with weights and chains. What is everyone's opinion this? Is this the right option? both dealers said that this unit would be best suited for my needs and would have the strongest transmission which should last a long time without having to step to a 500 series. which both thought would be more than what my needs would be.
The only other concern I have right now is storage space for the unit. i'm worried that the overall width of the X380 with 48" deck might be too wide for the area I have for storage in my garage. I have to do some additional measurements and see, how much space I have. it's much tighter in the winter when I'm parking my pick up in the garage. I'm hoping that I'm not going to have to downgrade mowers and continue to use a walk behind snowblower in the winter.
looking forward to everyone's thoughts. Thank you!