Don StJean
Member
I’m wondering if anyone has tried changing out the original turf tires and rims with agricultural wheels on a cadet. I don’t see an OE option for my XT3 GSX but wondered if this type of aggressive tire is available in 23” and if it would be an improvement over the original turf tires and chains when using the machine in the garden.
Here’s my story: Last summer, I bought a new XT3 GSX. The reason I went with this model was because I had multiple tasks in mind, which included mowing 1.5 acres in summer, bagging leaves in the fall, blowing snow in winter, and pulling a Brinly plow across my garden in the spring. The locking differential appealed to me, especially for these last two tasks. Thought I’d need both back wheels digging for the extra traction. I also purchased the 42” snowblower attachment when I bought the tractor, but as it turned out, last winter was unusual in that we didn’t get enough snow for me to try it out. Seems that my wife was able to predict that when said “now that you’ve bought a new snowblower, we won’t have to worry about getting any snow this winter.” And she was right.
This spring, I built a sleeve hitch, bought a Brinly plow and tried them out in the garden. The turf tires and chains are ok but I wonder if I would get better traction with ag tires. Would appreciate your thoughts on this before I go ahead and try to find wheels of that type that would fit this tractor.
I love the way this machine mows! With the 48” fabricated deck, i cut the grass in half the time that it took with my old 382. It also does a great job of chopping and bagging leaves. I built an adapter that allows me to blow the leaves directly into my tow behind cart.
I’ve posted a few pictures of the tractor with the new hitch and Brinly plow. I modeled the hitch after one that I saw online but anchored it into the frame and bottom lip using only existing holes rather than attach it to the back plate. The whole thing removes easily.
Here’s my story: Last summer, I bought a new XT3 GSX. The reason I went with this model was because I had multiple tasks in mind, which included mowing 1.5 acres in summer, bagging leaves in the fall, blowing snow in winter, and pulling a Brinly plow across my garden in the spring. The locking differential appealed to me, especially for these last two tasks. Thought I’d need both back wheels digging for the extra traction. I also purchased the 42” snowblower attachment when I bought the tractor, but as it turned out, last winter was unusual in that we didn’t get enough snow for me to try it out. Seems that my wife was able to predict that when said “now that you’ve bought a new snowblower, we won’t have to worry about getting any snow this winter.” And she was right.
This spring, I built a sleeve hitch, bought a Brinly plow and tried them out in the garden. The turf tires and chains are ok but I wonder if I would get better traction with ag tires. Would appreciate your thoughts on this before I go ahead and try to find wheels of that type that would fit this tractor.
I love the way this machine mows! With the 48” fabricated deck, i cut the grass in half the time that it took with my old 382. It also does a great job of chopping and bagging leaves. I built an adapter that allows me to blow the leaves directly into my tow behind cart.
I’ve posted a few pictures of the tractor with the new hitch and Brinly plow. I modeled the hitch after one that I saw online but anchored it into the frame and bottom lip using only existing holes rather than attach it to the back plate. The whole thing removes easily.
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Looking at their web page, they are really steering people towards the light duty, electric lawn mowers.
