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Read articles →An owner-operator's firsthand complaint video focused on one specific issue: the 3025E's hydrostatic drive losing roughly 8 horsepower between engine and rear PTO, leaving only 17 PTO horsepower for a 5-foot bush hog. He documents overheating and bogging over a 12-acre job, compares directly against an older gear-drive Massey, and closes with buying advice favoring the 3038E or the gear-drive D series. Useful for anyone sizing a compact tractor for mowing work.
Posted by the Friend of Construction channel, with the presenter identifying himself as an owner sharing frustration from his own property work.
It only delivers about 17 horsepower to the rear PTO out of 25 engine horsepower, and performance drops further as the hydrostatic drive heats up during long mowing runs.
The owner's gear-drive Massey 135, with 31 of 35 horsepower reaching the PTO, cut through the same pasture with no bogging, unlike the hydrostatic 3025E.
The owner suggests the 3038E (turbo motor may hide power loss) or a gear-drive D series tractor as possibly better choices than the hydrostatic 3025E.
