New 2320 on the way and Questions

   / New 2320 on the way and Questions #11  
mx125 said:
As an early update, I can tell you that I received my 2320 today. I had about 2 hours to play. In general, I am thrilled and thoroughly impressed with the power and capabilites of these (little?) tractors. I almost can't control my excitement . . but I'll leave that for another review.

As it relates to the 5' LX cutter . ..

Although the sheer size of a 5' rotary cutter needs to be seen in the flesh to appreciate (at least for me!) . .it didn't look completely out of place on the 2320. A little big . . but a good width for the tires. It carried well when elevated and had no trouble pulling and turning. I only made a few runs through early season meadow grass uncut from last season. Probably no more than knee height . .but it was soaking wet from morning rain. The cutter had no problems at a fast clip. I actually find the low range to be quite snappy. I didn't notice any labouring or bogging . .just ran like it was on bare ground. I'm sure it will be different in thick tall stuff . .but that alone gave me confidence. It did slow a couple of times when digging into sod undulations and scalping. And i did have that strange side carving/cutting of the sod by the side of the frame on a couple of turns. Although I can't really tell why.

As another testament I tried my 60" tiller. I'm coming off a MF202, which should have approx 37PTO, although I doubt it was making that at it's age. The tiller worked as good on my 2320, and it was wet heavy stuff. Soft and sandy but I did till virgin sod as well as some pretilled soil. I actually found it MUCH easier on the 2320 overall. Due in large part to the easy of the hydro and definitely the 4WD. The only limitaiton on my old MF was the muddy areas causing resistance to the entire tractor . . making deep ruts . .and ultumately getting stuck. The 2320 (tires not weighted) just floated and cruised. The one deep rut from the that started to slow things . .was simple with the diff lock engaged. And position contol was quick and easy to keep the right depth.

So again . .not a true test, but I was expecting to just barely get through things on the 2320 with two 5 foot implements. As it turned out, the performance was effortless. I'm shocked, frankly.

So I'm not saying . ."yes definitely buy a 5'" . . but I haven't seen a reason yet to say "don't".

These little tractors do have significant power. Someone on this forum or another posted similar remarks on a 60" tiller behind a 2305, which I thought was amazing.

On a related note, do you need to run the FEL to operate the LX5? That is, does the front wheels become too light for steering with no loader?
 
   / New 2320 on the way and Questions #12  
As far as using a single axle trailer to pull your $15,000 investment safely, forget it! At best you will have such severe trailer sway that you will end up in ditch. Or worse, you could take another family out as well! Seriously I pull trailers for a living and please don't consider using a lightweight single axle trailer to pull these "toys" for safely's sake!

As far as using 5ft implements with the baby compacts...I have a 2210 and bought a 60" KK tiller (48" not in stock AND more expensive) weighing in @ 690lbs! Not exactly the perfect match in any way but I have tilled up prolly 4 acres total and my lil girl has survived! Creaks more now...and brakes make a horrific groan when stopping on grade but it is possible.
 
   / New 2320 on the way and Questions #13  
johndeere_2210 said:
These little tractors do have significant power. Someone on this forum or another posted similar remarks on a 60" tiller behind a 2305, which I thought was amazing.

On a related note, do you need to run the FEL to operate the LX5? That is, does the front wheels become too light for steering with no loader?

I have the 200CX on the tractor and wouldn't want to be in transport position without it . . .but with the lx5 on the rear wheel, I don't forsee a problem. The dealer mentioned the same . . don't worry too much about running the cutter . . just be careful when elevated and have the loader attached.
 
   / New 2320 on the way and Questions #14  
My 2320 came with the front weight bracket. If yours is the same if it does get light in the front just pick up 3 or 4 weights for the bracket and it will help.
 
   / New 2320 on the way and Questions #15  
MrGraffix said:
As far as using a single axle trailer to pull your $15,000 investment safely, forget it! At best you will have such severe trailer sway that you will end up in ditch. Or worse, you could take another family out as well! Seriously I pull trailers for a living and please don't consider using a lightweight single axle trailer to pull these "toys" for safely's sake!

As far as using 5ft implements with the baby compacts...I have a 2210 and bought a 60" KK tiller (48" not in stock AND more expensive) weighing in @ 690lbs! Not exactly the perfect match in any way but I have tilled up prolly 4 acres total and my lil girl has survived! Creaks more now...and brakes make a horrific groan when stopping on grade but it is possible.

I haul my 2520 on a single axle 6.5x12 trailer when I just have the mmm on it.
I weighed the tractor and mower on a scale where I mow and had 250# to spare before I met what the trailer was rated at. All this with no trailer sway at all. I don't do it for a living per say, but I pull a trailer weekly in mowing season. I do have a Dodge 2500 though. JC
 
   / New 2320 on the way and Questions #16  
MrGraffix said:
As far as using a single axle trailer to pull your $15,000 investment safely, forget it! At best you will have such severe trailer sway that you will end up in ditch. Or worse, you could take another family out as well! Seriously I pull trailers for a living and please don't consider using a lightweight single axle trailer to pull these "toys" for safely's sake!

As far as using 5ft implements with the baby compacts...I have a 2210 and bought a 60" KK tiller (48" not in stock AND more expensive) weighing in @ 690lbs! Not exactly the perfect match in any way but I have tilled up prolly 4 acres total and my lil girl has survived! Creaks more now...and brakes make a horrific groan when stopping on grade but it is possible.

I was using a single axle trailer to transport my former 4100 around and I got a severe case of the pucker factor:eek: when i had to suddently brake and the car was not stopping -last time I transported it before I traded it in on the 4310. now my trailer is only used for transporting items under 1500 pounds, so I can get my 300cx loader and the Frontier 72 blade on there as far as the tractor is concerend. i am looking at a larger trailer with double axeles but I do not yey have a vehicle that can pull a 10k capable trailer.
 
   / New 2320 on the way and Questions #17  
I just looked up in the sales guide, the 62" drive over deck is 422 lbs, plus you need to add another 90 lbs for hardware, so do keep that i mind when transporting.
 
   / New 2320 on the way and Questions
  • Thread Starter
#18  
Thanks again for the specs...I'll likely have only one or the other on when trailering and not both.

Thanks...:)
 

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