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tdownin1
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2003-11-09          68343

My 655 is too big for me property.
Is the X595 a good downsize alternative?
How about compared to the Kubota BX1500.
I need mower/bagger, bucket.
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Art White
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2003-11-09          68348

The Bx1500 or the BX2200 would be good economical full featured replacements. ....

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bulldog160
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2003-11-24          69499

Would you(anyone) happen to know or know where to find the weight of the JD 655. I'm looking at getting one but would have to have it shipped. Thanks. ....

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Chief
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2003-11-24          69510

bulldog160, figure on about 1700 to 1800 lbs. for a 4WD 655. ....

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Chief
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2003-11-24          69512

tdownin1, the X595 is a mighty expensive garden tractor. A good deal on one with a diesel & 62" mower would in the $10,800 range. Figure around $900 more for the 7 bushel hopper set up. Figure around another $2,900 for a 45 loader and ballast box. The X595 is the top of the line for the green garden tractors and is a damn nice tractor with about every concievable bell and whistle. If the price does not bother you and you want a smaller in size, it is the big ka hoonha. You can be more tractor for the same of less money but bigger tractors. The BX 2200 & 1500 are roughly comparable more the 2200. Look on the Kubota and John Deere web sites and compare features and look at the pricing. You would be wise to go and demo both color tractors before buying and make a head to head comparison. Then go with the one that suits your needs and wallet best.
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sergeant
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2003-11-24          69527

I will say this if your down sizing look at a JD2210 over a JD X595 you get more tractor for the price you will pay I paid $13,721 for a JD X485 with these extras a 45loader,Limited Cat1 3point hitch,540rpm rear pto,48inch deck,hyudrostatic relife valve and diverter valve and cat1 ballest box. All of that was 12% off msrp. The JD 2210 comes with the 3point hitch, rear and mid pto's as standard equipment for $10,200 at Msrp add another $1,229 for 54inch deck or $1,599 for 62inch deck and about $2,500 for the loader for the JD2210 and it come out either cheaper or about the same price as a JDX485 with all the stuff you would have to pay extra for on the X series. So if you want to stay with JD I would look at the JD2210 ....

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Art White
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2003-11-25          69558

Or you could get the BX and save some more money and buy the number one sub-compact in the country-- they truely are nearly the same size as the x-series. ....

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kwschumm
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2003-11-25          69580

Art, spoken like a true salesman :) ....

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Art White
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2003-11-25          69582

Have to keep practicing! ....

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res18579
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2003-11-25          69621

Art: Have you heard much of a problem with the BX 2200 running hot? I had one for about two years, put a 1000 hours on it, but it constantly ran hot once the temperature past 85 degrees. Finally got fed up and bought two of the JD 2210s. ....

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Chief
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2003-11-25          69626

I agree with sergeant if you are wanting to stick with the green paint. The 2210 is definitely the better buy of these two. It is still a pretty good chick magnet too! ;-)
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Art White
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2003-11-25          69631

If a tractor was to over heat it sure would have more chance in Virginia then in NY. We did have to change a head on one this year as it had an internal crack. I have heard that some other dealers as well as us have found them to be the problem with missing coolant. ....

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Art White
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2003-11-25          69632

Hey chief, I know what you mean about JD being a cick magnet. The other day I saw a JD combine in a corn field and it looked like ducks, geese, a cow and a horse all chasing a meal behind a JD combine! ....

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Chief
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2003-11-25          69636

See........Johnny Poppers even appeal to the furry & four legged chicks too! ;-) If had tied a pork chop to the back of that combine, they would have had the entire farm chasing it. ....

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res18579
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2003-11-26          69656

Thanks Art. I had the BX checked out at the dealership but they could not find anything wrong. It was a great tractor with good pulling power but it still ran a little hot mowing grass with only a 54" deck. I pulled a six foot core plug aerator and other implements with it with no problem. When it came time to rotate it out of my inventory, I decided to try one of the JD 2210s. Liked that tractor so much, I went back a few months into the grass mowing season and bought another one. ....

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mudpie
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2003-11-27          69762

res18579,

I want to purchase a core aerator for my JD2210. Just wondering what you are using and if you find it satisfactory. The folks around here are discouraging anything other than a weak pull behind.

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Art White
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2003-11-27          69768

When we were first called on the BX2200 for it's problem it was just loosing anti-freeze and there was no over heating problem. This tractor only had about 20 hours on it at the time. Yours might have been a different problem but we have never had one just for overheating. We do have them out in the range of hours that you ran yours but with no failures there. ....

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2003-11-30          70006

Hi, Mudpie. Check out the Turfco TM42. Just right for my 2210 and yours. Once you get out of the cheap drag-behind aerators, the price runs between $650-$1,500. The TM42 is 225 pounds dry and has water ballast jugs that will allow you to load up to a total weight around 600 pounds. It will pull 3/4" by 4" plugs with one of the tightest patterns in the business.

Pete

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