I finally got around to buying and mounting a set of HDAPs on my 2305. A few others here have them and seemed to be happy. My turfs were fine mowing my lawn, but obviously lousy when snowblowing my long gravel driveway (even with 2-link v-bar chains on the rears), and completely useless when even remotely "off the road."
I scored all 4 at treadepot.com for about $280.00 shipped, which I was pretty excited about. My local dealer was pushing them mounted on wheels for over $800 and didn't even want to talk to me about ordering the tires alone.
I had a rough time mounting the rears, using every ATV tire mounting trick I know, including ether, on those wide wheels, so I finally gave up and tubed them.
Mowing for the first time, I was surprised how much smoother the ride was vs the turfs, and mowing up one of my steep hills I had spun out on before was a piece of cake. Well worth the $$. I can't wait to get them in the snow.
I scored all 4 at treadepot.com for about $280.00 shipped, which I was pretty excited about. My local dealer was pushing them mounted on wheels for over $800 and didn't even want to talk to me about ordering the tires alone.
I had a rough time mounting the rears, using every ATV tire mounting trick I know, including ether, on those wide wheels, so I finally gave up and tubed them.
Mowing for the first time, I was surprised how much smoother the ride was vs the turfs, and mowing up one of my steep hills I had spun out on before was a piece of cake. Well worth the $$. I can't wait to get them in the snow.