Neandertaler
Bronze Member
Hi everybody,
after lurking around here for a Long time thinking about upsizing from my Deere X495 to a Deere 2520 or Kubota B2630, I have finaly decided to Keep the X495 as mowing will be 90% of everything I will ever have to do. Many nice and knowledgeble People on TBN told me that it will be very hard to match the mowing peformance of the X495 with a larger CUT. But I still have the issue of taking care of my compacted gravel driveway.
I have ruled out getting a 3 Point for the X as the Lifting capacity and Lifting height are severely limited for effective box blade work. What do you guys think of a pull type scraper? As I only have 2wd and 24hp, will this be an effective tool or is that idea nuts? I thought of 48 inches width for example. Something like this:
I could get a rear hydraulic remote for far less cost than a 3 Point for the X495. And for the saved Money I can buy some front suitcase weights and/or rear wheel weights (By the way....I have rear bar tires)
after lurking around here for a Long time thinking about upsizing from my Deere X495 to a Deere 2520 or Kubota B2630, I have finaly decided to Keep the X495 as mowing will be 90% of everything I will ever have to do. Many nice and knowledgeble People on TBN told me that it will be very hard to match the mowing peformance of the X495 with a larger CUT. But I still have the issue of taking care of my compacted gravel driveway.
I have ruled out getting a 3 Point for the X as the Lifting capacity and Lifting height are severely limited for effective box blade work. What do you guys think of a pull type scraper? As I only have 2wd and 24hp, will this be an effective tool or is that idea nuts? I thought of 48 inches width for example. Something like this:

I could get a rear hydraulic remote for far less cost than a 3 Point for the X495. And for the saved Money I can buy some front suitcase weights and/or rear wheel weights (By the way....I have rear bar tires)