I have a John Deere 2320 with CX200 FEL, 60" Frontier Box Blade, 72" Land Pride Rear blade, 48" John Deere tiller, 55 gallon 3 point sprayer, 50" Farm King 3pt blower, 62D drive over 62" mower deck, Frontier middle buster, Frontier 60" Soil Pulverizer, 3 section diamond drag harrows, 5ft King Kutter disks. You get the picture. 5 min max to install or remove mower, same for the loader. I also made my own rear hyd outlets with an electric diverter that is controlled by a button on the FEL joystick so I can remotely turn the blower chut in the winter and control my hydraulic top link which is indespensable when using the box blade or pulverizer in the summer. Also have a Speeco CAT 1 quick hitch for the 3point as it is getting too hard to manhandle 5 and 600 pound implements to get them hooked up to the 3 point. I bought it new in 08 and the only complaint I really have is I wish it had faster hydraulics, had I gone one step up to the 2520 they have 2 hydraulic pumps and a couple more hp but are a larger tractor as well. IMO the smaller units like the 1860 and Deere 2305 are great units but the limited CAT 1 hitch was a deal breaker for me as they have limited lift height and are rated to only lift 1/2 what a 2320 can. But they are closer to a large garden tractor in size if you are in a position where size is a concern.
A good place to start asking questions and reading is mytractorforum.com
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John & Deb
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