Since your goal seems to be nothing but a troll here, this is my last reply to you. Feel free to troll away after, but I will be ignoring you from this point forward.
If you will hone your reading comprehension skills, and re-read my initial post, where I refer to "belly mowers", my original comment is this:
For a mower, a belly mower will drastically reduce the amount of ground clearance your tractor has while it's on. Yes they can be taken on and off, but on most designs, it is not super simple or easy. Not near as bad as taking on and off a backhoe, but it may make you not take it off maybe every time you should, or hesitate to put it back on when you kind of need it. And a belly mower won't take much abuse from heavy brush or rocks or other small debris that a true rear mounted brush hog style cutter will breeze over and take in stride.
I have emboldened the phrase that seems to have escaped you.
I would think most people with mediocre or better reading comprehension skills would infer from that that a belly mower is NOT SUPER EASY TO TAKE OFF. However, since John Deere NOW makes at least 2 different drive over decks with their AUTO CONNECT feature (which is NOT a MANUAL CONNECT feature like the one you are complaining about-hence the term "auto-connect" in their product description), then my comment holds true that there are SOME decks that are easy to remove and reconnect.
You do get that concept, don't you?
If MOST are NOT "super easy", then that leaves some room for SOME to BE super easy.
Are you following along still?
Then you seemed to miss a few points in this paragraph as well:
Hanging a 3 point hitch style rear mower, either finish or brush, off the back of your tractor will make it hard to maneuver around obstacles, buildings, cars, etc while you're mowing. A belly mower would be easier to mow around obstacles with, but it will still be difficult to get close to walls, sprinklers, flower beds, etc. You'll need some kind of secondary mower for getting around "stuff" in your yard and around the house. Either a push mower, or a riding mower will be needed, as well as some kind of string trimmer/weed eater for getting the last finish work done.
You seem to be confused. The point about maneuvering with a 3 pt mower is you have to be able to turn the thing around. That's a LOT of length hanging off the back end of the tractor. You have to be able to swing it around in a turn without hitting anything. We're talking about a yard around a house, not a pasture or road ditches.
Maybe also see the comment about belly mowers being difficult to get close to "walls, sprinklers, flower beds..."
Seems like I stated the exact same things that you're talking about, with the main difference being I'm talking about having room to swing that 3 pt mower around in turns. Sure if you want to back-and-forth and back-and-forth mow to get around obstacles, you can use a 3 pt mower in a yard. Depends on the yard, I guess. I have a 3 pt mower. It's a 6 footer. I can't mow my yard with it because I'd be making little baby step back and forth turns to get it around in the yard. Waste of time. But I didn't say you "couldn't". I merely said it wouldn't be practical. I haven't seen the OP's yard to know if it will work for him, but neither have you. One small "Google Earth" picture posted in the thread doesn't tell the tale.
As for backhoes, you have your opinion, I have mine. We'll agree to disagree. But, if you'll bother to read what I posted initially:
It sounds to me like you could skip the backhoe attachment. They are expensive, heavy, and a pain in the 3-point to put on, remove and store when not in use. Having a flat, level paved area to set it on when storing it off the tractor will help, but then that is taking up valuable space while just sitting there gathering dust.
They are expensive. Do you think that's wrong?
They are heavy. Are they not?
You've said you disagree with them being a pain to put on or take off. Fine. Your opinion vs. my opinion.
But are you assuming the OP has the "flat, level paved area to set it on when storing it off the tractor..." that I referenced?
Have you ever taken one off, or put it back on while on UNEVEN ground? Say on uneven dirt, gravel, or just sitting in the grass?
Are you just assuming the OP has this golden space of smooth, flat, level concrete to park this thing on and leave it there?
So go ahead. Troll away at your pleasure. Please feel free to make more references to me "not knowing how to drive", or anything else. It helps put the rest of your "comments" in the frame of reference they deserve.
