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Thank you everyone for helping me figure this out. I went out this morning and removed the FEL and mowed up and down some of the steeper parts of my property. The tractor pulled the finish mower without any issues at all. The needle never moved from the 540 mark on the RPM gauge…even when mowing...

Thanks for your help. Correct, I don’t have the HST pedal to the floor. Yes, rear tires are filled for ballast and I was mowing with the FEL on the tractor. No front weights. While mowing, I had the RPM needle pointing to the 540 mark. The hill I was mowing on last night was every bit of 30...

Elevation is only about 800 feet.

So my follow-up question would be….what RPM should I be mowing at? When I was trying out the mower, I was mowing with the needle gauge pointing at the 540 mark as that’s what I’ve always mowed at when mowing with my 60” mower. Should I be mowing with the tractor at full throttle?

Thank you and everyone else for your feedback. Yes, I would say the the grade would be 25-30 degree. I’m certainly still happy with the tractor. I was just looking to move to a bigger mower to help save a few minutes of mowing time.

The tractor easily pulls the mower up the hill without the PTO engaged. However, with PTO engaged, it considerably bogs/labors….even if mowing over a path that has already been mowed.

The added weight and size of the mower and the grade of the hill unfortunately causes the tractor to bog down when going up the hill with the PTO engaged even if I’m mowing over a section that has already been mowed.

Most of the mowing I do has to be up and down the grade.

Thank you. I was mowing in low range basically moving as slow as possible with the finish mower set to mow at its highest level, but was still too much for my tractor. Im not completely sure how much the 60” Douglas mower weighs, but it is significantly lighter than the 72” Woods mower.

Thank you for the feedback. I’ll just plan to stick with my 60” mower. The tractor has been great and definitely an upgrade from the old ford 16hp 3 cylinder . I was just surprised and a little disappointed when the tractor was laboring significantly pulling the 72” mower up grade.

I’m new to the group and new to Kubota. I recently purchased a 2015 L3301 HST with FEL with only 120 hours. The property I mow is rather hilly with some pretty steep grades (20%-30% grades). The tractor easily handles my 5’ Douglas brand finish mower. I wanted to try to reduce my seat time, so I...