Bought a 2320 with a CX200 loader (49" bucket), 54" MMM, Ballast Box and a 47" front attaching 2 stage snow blower. Price was $19500 including tax, prep/freight & delivery.
I literally couldn't get my local (1.5 miles from my house) dealer to call me back after repeated stops in to talk the guy and comments such as "I want to buy a tractor fairly soon"
I called a dealer about 30 mins away (same dealer different store, they have 4 of them). Guy said he'd stay late so I could come play with a 2520, 2320 & a 2720, all of which he had in stock. To say it briefly - excellent salesman. Very professional and a very nice fella. He also delivered it to me and went over the tractor and the chainsaw with me. He was easily at my house over and hour just explaining things.
I ended up having them throw on a mulch kit ($190 installed) and they threw in a seat cover
It's rained for 4 days straight here so my ground is super saturated. With that in mind I just put the front tires on my front yard today after it finally stopped raining. Let's just say it wasn't good and I immediately backed off of it. My yard still isn't very thick (just put it in this spring - new house).
I have about 20 trees that the builder cut down clearing the lot, that are now piled up (just the trimmed logs) in a corner of my property. I used my new Stihl chainsaw (bought it from the same place I bought the tractor... free delivery too). I cut wood, loaded the bucket up and dumped it about 50 yards away in a pile to be split later. I had to go up and down some fairly steep hills with the loader full of wood. The tractor drove very stable and was not even remotely tipsy. The terrain was pretty wet from all of the rain so I drove it in 4x4 and in low gear. Again - absolutely no problems. I made about 10 trips all together. Man can you get a lot of work done with these tractors and in a hurry!
I will attest to the fact that these tractors are a little noiser than I thought, but the power is definitely there. I think it's safe to say that the combo of the steep hills, loaded bucket and very most ground would be a natural place to find flaws in any tractor... the 2320 performed like a champ!
I have yet to use the mower deck as my yard is still too squishy to cut yet. Again it has rained her for the better part of 4 days straight. I still have standing water (as I'm typing) in a couple spots yet.
In conclusion - the tractor has performed well and I'm very please. The loader is a very hard worker to say the least. I put some very large logs in there and filled it as much as I could with not even the slightest problem going up and down the hills. It is a bit noisier than I expected but I wasn't surprised as there were several other people that I read reviews about the 2320 who said the same thing. I'm looking forward to another sunny day or two so my property can turn from a lake back to a yard so I can try the 54" MMM. I really was on the fence whether to buy a 62" or a 54" deck. I think I made the right choice for me. The deck sticks out enough from the tires that I don't think I'll have a lot of problems. I guess we'll see after I cut for the 1st time.
Thanks again for all of the help and info on this site and advice from all the fellas that offered. I absolutely wouldn't have made as an informed purchase as I had if it wasn't for tractorybynet.com
Thanks,
Cory
I literally couldn't get my local (1.5 miles from my house) dealer to call me back after repeated stops in to talk the guy and comments such as "I want to buy a tractor fairly soon"
I called a dealer about 30 mins away (same dealer different store, they have 4 of them). Guy said he'd stay late so I could come play with a 2520, 2320 & a 2720, all of which he had in stock. To say it briefly - excellent salesman. Very professional and a very nice fella. He also delivered it to me and went over the tractor and the chainsaw with me. He was easily at my house over and hour just explaining things.
I ended up having them throw on a mulch kit ($190 installed) and they threw in a seat cover
It's rained for 4 days straight here so my ground is super saturated. With that in mind I just put the front tires on my front yard today after it finally stopped raining. Let's just say it wasn't good and I immediately backed off of it. My yard still isn't very thick (just put it in this spring - new house).
I have about 20 trees that the builder cut down clearing the lot, that are now piled up (just the trimmed logs) in a corner of my property. I used my new Stihl chainsaw (bought it from the same place I bought the tractor... free delivery too
). I cut wood, loaded the bucket up and dumped it about 50 yards away in a pile to be split later. I had to go up and down some fairly steep hills with the loader full of wood. The tractor drove very stable and was not even remotely tipsy. The terrain was pretty wet from all of the rain so I drove it in 4x4 and in low gear. Again - absolutely no problems. I made about 10 trips all together. Man can you get a lot of work done with these tractors and in a hurry!I will attest to the fact that these tractors are a little noiser than I thought, but the power is definitely there. I think it's safe to say that the combo of the steep hills, loaded bucket and very most ground would be a natural place to find flaws in any tractor... the 2320 performed like a champ!
I have yet to use the mower deck as my yard is still too squishy to cut yet. Again it has rained her for the better part of 4 days straight. I still have standing water (as I'm typing) in a couple spots yet.
In conclusion - the tractor has performed well and I'm very please. The loader is a very hard worker to say the least. I put some very large logs in there and filled it as much as I could with not even the slightest problem going up and down the hills. It is a bit noisier than I expected but I wasn't surprised as there were several other people that I read reviews about the 2320 who said the same thing. I'm looking forward to another sunny day or two so my property can turn from a lake back to a yard so I can try the 54" MMM. I really was on the fence whether to buy a 62" or a 54" deck. I think I made the right choice for me. The deck sticks out enough from the tires that I don't think I'll have a lot of problems. I guess we'll see after I cut for the 1st time.
Thanks again for all of the help and info on this site and advice from all the fellas that offered. I absolutely wouldn't have made as an informed purchase as I had if it wasn't for tractorybynet.com
Thanks,
Cory
