Moosetracker
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I've been lurking on here for a while but this is my first post.
We own 87 acres of land in eastern Canada and we recently "downsized" down the road on our property through selling our house to our daughter and son-in-law. Our new house is set on more sloppy terrain with about 2 acres of grass to mow, including a lot of trees, flowers beds, lamp posts, garden, buildings, etc. We own a Kubota L3710 with 72" MMM, FEL, 3 pth snow blower, chipper/shredder, wood splitter, rotary Bush Hog, rototiller, plow, box scrapper, etc.
Here's our challenge. The MMM on the L3710 is a royal PITA to install, clean and maintain. Moreover, in our new setting, the tractor is very uncomfortable mowing in side hill patterns and would leave a lot of areas to be trimmed with a push mower and/or weed eater. As a result we're contemplating the purchase of a dedicated lawnmower that would be easy to operate and maintain, be very "nimble" around obstacles, not too heavy and could be used to open walkways around the house in the winter with a snow blower. We intend to keep the L3710 and attachments for everything else.
So far we have ruled out the Kubota GR2120 and JD X758 because my wife is not comfortable mowing in our new setting without a seat belt and ROPS (she does most of the mowing). For the same reason we have ruled out the Husqvarna R322T, plus the fact that my wife experienced pain in her shoulder when we test drove that mower on the dealer premises.
We're now considering a SCUT (Kubota BX 2370 or JD 1025R) or a dedicated front end mower (Kubota F2690) with 60" mower and 50" or so snow blower. We estimate the SCUT's would do the job OK and leave some trimming while the Kubota F2690 would likely be ideal, except for the price. Used F series mower in good condition appear very difficult to come by in our neck of the woods. My wife and I are having a hard time getting over the fact that the Kubota F2690 with mower and blower is equivalent to the price of a mid-size car in Canada!
In order to solve our dilemma, a few days ago, I stuck a Kubota F series brochure under my wife's pillow...only to find out the next morning that the brochure was under my pillow. :laughing:
I would really appreciate members' opinions, comments, suggestions and experiences with a view to assist us in making a decision. At this stage we have not looked at other FEM options such as JD, NH, Ventrac, Steiner, etc.
We own 87 acres of land in eastern Canada and we recently "downsized" down the road on our property through selling our house to our daughter and son-in-law. Our new house is set on more sloppy terrain with about 2 acres of grass to mow, including a lot of trees, flowers beds, lamp posts, garden, buildings, etc. We own a Kubota L3710 with 72" MMM, FEL, 3 pth snow blower, chipper/shredder, wood splitter, rotary Bush Hog, rototiller, plow, box scrapper, etc.
Here's our challenge. The MMM on the L3710 is a royal PITA to install, clean and maintain. Moreover, in our new setting, the tractor is very uncomfortable mowing in side hill patterns and would leave a lot of areas to be trimmed with a push mower and/or weed eater. As a result we're contemplating the purchase of a dedicated lawnmower that would be easy to operate and maintain, be very "nimble" around obstacles, not too heavy and could be used to open walkways around the house in the winter with a snow blower. We intend to keep the L3710 and attachments for everything else.
So far we have ruled out the Kubota GR2120 and JD X758 because my wife is not comfortable mowing in our new setting without a seat belt and ROPS (she does most of the mowing). For the same reason we have ruled out the Husqvarna R322T, plus the fact that my wife experienced pain in her shoulder when we test drove that mower on the dealer premises.
We're now considering a SCUT (Kubota BX 2370 or JD 1025R) or a dedicated front end mower (Kubota F2690) with 60" mower and 50" or so snow blower. We estimate the SCUT's would do the job OK and leave some trimming while the Kubota F2690 would likely be ideal, except for the price. Used F series mower in good condition appear very difficult to come by in our neck of the woods. My wife and I are having a hard time getting over the fact that the Kubota F2690 with mower and blower is equivalent to the price of a mid-size car in Canada!
In order to solve our dilemma, a few days ago, I stuck a Kubota F series brochure under my wife's pillow...only to find out the next morning that the brochure was under my pillow. :laughing:
I would really appreciate members' opinions, comments, suggestions and experiences with a view to assist us in making a decision. At this stage we have not looked at other FEM options such as JD, NH, Ventrac, Steiner, etc.
