jlangton
Bronze Member
I've been looking for a riding mower/lawn tractor for a few weeks now. It all started when my Dad purchased a JD 155C for his new place,and needed somewhere to store it until he got moved in and had a place to store it. I've been push mowing my place for abour 10 years now,and even though it's just over an acre-it wasn't too bad-until I used the JD rider a couple of times.I'm down to 30-45 minutes mowing time vs almost 6 hours before with the push mower...and frankly-I'm not going back to push mowing this place anymore.
I've been looking around and I think I've narrowed it down to a few models,but I'm really torn on which one to get.
I like the diesel powered machines just for the long trouble free life,and the amazing fuel economy vs. a gas powered machine in the same class. I like the TG1860 due to the 48" mower fitting my yard better than the larger 54" and 60" mowers on the G2160 and GR2100, but I worry about an all belt driven machine-esp with the tq output of the TG's diesel.
I've found a demo locally for $4950 with 22 hours on it, and feel that this is a prettty fair price, but again....belt drive.
I've also looked at the G2160,and like the shaft driven HST, but the belt/shaft drive PTO/mower deck has me a bit concerned,and I don't know if I like the manual engagement with belt tension for a clutch. The price I was quoted locally for this one is $6950 with the 54" deck.
The GR2100-I like the seemingly better wet PTO clutch,and the AWD seems nice,but it's $7200 locally,and I have a hard time with that price-esp since it doesn't even have capability for any real implements at all.
Now,my other dilemma-I might in the future end up with a place that's almost 8 acres,and the BX series would be much more handy in that situation...thing is-that's a good 3-5 years away,and I could even outright buy a larger tractor by then since one of the above mowers would be paid for in that time frame.
Decisions,decisions....gimme a bit of input if you own one of these above units,and let me know what all you do with it.
Thanks,
JL
I've been looking around and I think I've narrowed it down to a few models,but I'm really torn on which one to get.
I like the diesel powered machines just for the long trouble free life,and the amazing fuel economy vs. a gas powered machine in the same class. I like the TG1860 due to the 48" mower fitting my yard better than the larger 54" and 60" mowers on the G2160 and GR2100, but I worry about an all belt driven machine-esp with the tq output of the TG's diesel.
I've found a demo locally for $4950 with 22 hours on it, and feel that this is a prettty fair price, but again....belt drive.
I've also looked at the G2160,and like the shaft driven HST, but the belt/shaft drive PTO/mower deck has me a bit concerned,and I don't know if I like the manual engagement with belt tension for a clutch. The price I was quoted locally for this one is $6950 with the 54" deck.
The GR2100-I like the seemingly better wet PTO clutch,and the AWD seems nice,but it's $7200 locally,and I have a hard time with that price-esp since it doesn't even have capability for any real implements at all.
Now,my other dilemma-I might in the future end up with a place that's almost 8 acres,and the BX series would be much more handy in that situation...thing is-that's a good 3-5 years away,and I could even outright buy a larger tractor by then since one of the above mowers would be paid for in that time frame.
Decisions,decisions....gimme a bit of input if you own one of these above units,and let me know what all you do with it.
Thanks,
JL
