Buying Advice Upgrading LX3310 verses L3302 from B2620

[Farmerwantob]

I have had a B2620 for 12+ years. 800 hours and love it. I use it to move dirt, brush and snow mostly. Some grading and gravel road work. 7 acres mostly level with field/grass and about 3 acres of wooded area. Looking for more power to move snow, dirt and gravel and a grapple to deal with the emerald ash bore devastation (30+ trees). B2620 can't pull LP landscape box if full of wet snow or gravel.
Looking at an L3302 verses an LX3310 with third function valve for grapple. Dealer has the price at only a $400.00 difference.
Better half likes the LX because of the tilt steering wheel and comfy seat but when getting the B2620 years ago it was her trying/driving it that sealed the deal. Aware of LX has mid PTO but have ZD21 to mow with, only foreseeable possible use would be a snowblower in the future.
Thanks

 

[RichardMeyer]

I have a lx3310 and love it. It’s a great tractor for blowing snow and mowing with a mmm. But, if I wasn’t going to mow with it I would have gone back to a grand L. The 3560 is only a few thousand more than a lx3310 and it is significantly more tractor for your stated purpose. Good luck you won’t go wrong with any of them.

 

[Carl_NH]

As Richard suggests get the bigger L series L3560 with a cab and grapple, depending on where you are (no profile location noted) and front QA plow.

If you can advise your location and if you get 3 feet of snow, or 12 feet in a season and the length of your driveway and clearance to plow, this provide info to advise the best or similar solutions.

 

[amhicks21]

At work we have a b2920, l3200 (basically just an older 3302), an lx3310 and an l6060. I also put about 1600 hours on an l3540. In total ive got 5000ish hours split between them all. If you have the space and budget to get a 40 or 60 series of any HP I would highly recommend it. The transmission is phenomenal and the loader control is far better than any of the smaller models. The LX3310 has decent creature comforts but the transmission feels relatively weak and is rather noisy compared to the l3200 and b2920. I actually really love our b2920. That amount of power in such a small frame really shines. We have the small tractors specifically so they can fit in to small spaces on job sites. If space wasn't an issue we would only ever have 40 or 60 series tractors. If you haven't taken a serious look at them I'd highly recommend it. If someone asked me if I would prefer to operate a 2008 l3240 with 2000 hours or a new 2022 lx3310 every day I'd take the l3240 every time.