LGF,
I figured you where busting my azz. I love that tractor. At my other job, we have a 1520 Ford, same tractor just 15 years older. When I was first hired all I did was groundskeeping, 5 days a week it's a big lawn. Now they hire a retired guy to do it. Anyway, all we use that tractor for now is pushing around our rail cars. Thats right, rail cars, the ones that weigh 250,000 lbs loaded and 60,000 lbs empty. I do all the servicing on it and it doesn't leak or burn anything. The bucket looks like a horeshoe and she starts everytime. That is why I bought one just like it, with hydro instead of gear drive though. It is not a supersteer. I could not see the extra $ to tear up turf quicker than you could blink. It turns very tight with the standard steering.
Runner,
I have found that in real thick stuff, you will bog down. That is why I bought it with the hydro. When you come up on thick stuff, you slow down, thin stuff, speed up. If I had the extra $ at the time, I would have got the 33. When I bought it, I did not have one customer. My wife thought I was on crack, I called it work incentive. Believe it or not, it was my first "mower." It will move alot of topsoil, mulch or stone anyday of the week. I have a york rake with wheels for it too. Sure does beat raking by hand. I am a one man band, except for the occasional help, so anything that makes life easier, is well worth it for me.