Buying Advice Kubota B2920 or B3200 have TZ25DA

[gabrichter]

I have opportunity to trade the New Holland TZ25DA wit 60" mmm, 48" quicktach loader on either a B2920 or B3200. Last winter blowing snow told wife could use another 5 hp under the hood. Have already a Metorite 51" snowblower, woods 52" tiller, woods 60" blade, 25 gal trailer sprayer and John Deere dump cart. With that said I can get a B2920 that is 49" wide and the B3200 is just under 54" Wide. So on that note could get by buy adding 3 " of wing to the snowblower and make due with the 52" tiller by going with the 3200 or with the b2920 could leave everything as is. Both would be a jump over the TZ25DA which is what I thought would work perfect 4 years ago. Main issue is the snow blowing with the NH, Mowing yard, tilling and little loader work the NH works fine other than it is a limited cat 1 and the blower, tiller and scaper are cat 1 rated. 20k for b3200 or 17.5 k on the B2920 with 60 mmm and loaders. Have 3 acrea yard and typical country driveway to house and pole shed to take care of. Any advise is appreciated.

 

[KU Gator]

I have had a 2920 for about 4 years. I use it on our 3 acre property and another 12 acres we have for recreational purposes. We looked at the 2920 and the 7800 (previous to 3200 model) prior to buying. I think the B2x20 series is a really nice small tractor for the typical 3 - 5 acre properties if you are not going to get into a lot of heavy ground engaging tasks. The MMM is suspended vs the ground following on the 3200. I like the suspended deck better. The mower deck on the 2x20's is a drive over deck which makes it a little easier to R&R, but I would consider it to be only a marginal benefit as you still have to hook it up including reaching under and hooking up the Mid PTO. The tractor is small enough to get anywhere and the loader comes off very easily for mowing. The 3 cyl engine on the 2x20's is very smooth at any RPM. As you mentioned, you could also use all of your current attachments without needing to go bigger to cover your tacks. When working on our other property which is considerably rougher, I would like to have a larger tractor for bush hogging and clearing areas, but I have to trailer the tractor there, so that was another reason I wanted to stay away from something too big.

If you decide to seriously consider the B3200, I would suggest that in the test drive, you operate it at or close to the PTO speed. The 4 cyl engines used by Kubota in those tractors are not nearly as smooth at higher RPM that you would typically operate to mow or run a snow blower as the 3 cyl engines.

 

[art]

For me, I'd save the money and go for the 2920! You are gaining a range in the transmission so you will feel like you already have horsepower increase.

The money you are saving could buy an additional attachment!