The New 1 Series

[fitz955isprint]

Has anyone really looked at these?

I have two 2305's, one has over 612hrs and the other 100hrs. The 1st 2305 has probably taught me things that I shouldnt even have lived through. Other than the sturdiness of that wonderful little tractor. Looking and sitting on, with my wife doing the same, we come to the same conclusion... we will keep the 2305's and live with the no frills monster they are. If I had, had that plastic grill and hood on the 2305 doing the real work that that tractor is able to do, Id be replacing it every 6 months. Maybe its just me, but nobody is that careful?

Im not bashing, Im about to get a 2520, but when JD puts out a product that is sub-par.... someone should speak up?

 

[kude]

I have a plastic hood on my 755 and I don't think it is substandard.

 

[megotatractor]

I wish, oh I wish my 2210 had a plastic hood. Then I wouldn't have to look at the crumpled green garbage can that used to be my steel hood before that darn tree branch fell on it!

 

[JB2]

Hi

I bought a used 2305 Deere in December with only 465 hrs with a 62" deck and 48" buhler snow blower. I now have 501hrs on the unit and am really impressed with my 2305. Not to say the tractor is built for heavy duty loader work, that's for the bigger compacts but for my uses I am really satisified with the 2305.

I looked at a 1023E at a local Farm show, it had some nice features, but I felt a little more cramped on the 1023E over the 2305. Granted I would demo a 1026R, but with only 501hrs on the tractor now, I will have it for a long time before I will trade up.

Take Care Jason B

 

[oldnslo]

Tin wrinkles, plastic cracks, these are cosmetic. What really counts is will all the frills still be working after a few years or hours on them.

Know of to many farmers with mouse chewed wires that caused lots of grief where I have neverseen a mouse chew threw steel linkage yet. Jam it with acorns and soybeans yes, chew threw it no.

Has any company not made plastic hoods for their tractors?

Roy

 

[TripleR]

Tin wrinkles, plastic cracks, these are cosmetic. What really counts is will all the frills still be working after a few years or hours on them.

Know of to many farmers with mouse chewed wires that caused lots of grief where I have neverseen a mouse chew threw steel linkage yet. Jam it with acorns and soybeans yes, chew threw it no.

Has any company not made plastic hoods for their tractors?

Roy

When Kubota introduced plastic hoods on their BX they caught so much heck the reintroduced metal hoods. All our Kubotas have metal hoods. Whether that is "better" is up for debate though I personally like them better.

 

[tkoza]

I wish, oh I wish my 2210 had a plastic hood. Then I wouldn't have to look at the crumpled green garbage can that used to be my steel hood before that darn tree branch fell on it!

pound it out and get it powder coated - worked for me best $100 ever spent

and my 1994 425 hood lasted 10 years with out a problem and is most likely still going