Looking to get the scoop on the X758

[tomd999]

Hiya,

Well, I sent the 430 down the road and the 318 is next to hit the road. I love the old stuff but with my business taking off, I just don't have the time anymore to spend hours upon hours pampering them. I was going to go with a commercial zero turn but the slopes I have have killed them in the past and they lack traction and can get scary when they slip on the slopes.
I've narrowed my search to 3 machines, one of them being an X758 with a 54" deck and maybe a 3 bag powerflow MCS. The other 2 machines are compact utilitys, a bit large for a mower but I like big.

So, here goes:

How do the people with the X758's like them now that you have some seat time on them?

How is the trick hydrostat front end on wet turf and how is it for traction on hills?

Does anyone know the tip speed of the 54" deck? The dealer was really nice but he didn't seem to grasp that a 2000RPM PTO spins at the same 2000RPM on either gas or Diesel engines.

How is the clipping dispersal of the deck with the flap up?

Thanks in advance,

Tom

 

[beenthere]

For slopes, the all wheel steer is a great machine. Huge difference from standard steer.
The diesel being 3 cyl, is so much smoother and drinks so little fuel compared to my gassers.

 

[CinderSchnauzer]

I can only speak to the X739 - about 30 hours so far. Cut with 60" deck seems more even and looks better than 3320 MMM 7-Iron 72"
With the HDAP tires and 4x4, traction is great - have a couple of areas with fairly steep slope. I also wanted the AWS feature, so at the time gas was the only option. By observation only, have not measured fuel used vs hours run time, but use same size portable tank to fill the X739 & 3320. Mowing grass, the gas X739 goes through a tank of fuel quite a bit quicker than the diesel 3320. Could be partly due to 72" mower has 20% greater cut, so have to make more passes with X739 to cut the same area.

 

[Eric102]

I have the 54HC deck with the 2 bag power flow on my X739 and have found its a huge step up from my old 318 46" power flow. The tip speed has to be double or triple of the 318 since it sounds like a giant vacuum cleaner and it sucks up debris like one also. The one downside to the drive over deck is the lack of center anti scalp rollers, so if you have a really lumpy yard like I do you will get some scalping if you cut the grass short.

The all wheel drive is amazing, I have some pretty steep damp slopes with tight turns and don't recall any tire scrubbing, but I suppose the all wheel steering could be helping with that. A 4 wheel drive sub compact tractor would definitely tear up the grass in my situation, plus the ROPS would be a hassle with tree branches.

 

[ruffdog]

I have a x744 and dad has a x749. Those are older models with different decks so won't get into that. The older diesels were 1116cc engine size, then dropped to 904cc, now it seems they are 993cc. I can't even comment on the engines because they are different. :hissyfit: