I love my BX

[Cherokee180]

I justified buying my BX24 due to my wife wanting extensive landscaping in our new homes back yard. Roughly a 1/3 acre total lot, it hardly qualifies as BX country, but the backyard and a long driveway helped me to justify the acquisition.

While I was hoping to push the landscaping off a year (to let savings build up) my son-in-law volunteered to do the project, so it began a week ago.

It included, moving a lot of sod, then a lot of clay and sand as we excavated the for the sunken patio and fire pit. Then moving 10 yards of sand and gravel, then about 30,000 pounds of patio pavers and wall blocks (10 pallets I estimate at 3 to 4K pounds each. Then various french drains etc.

We have another 4 or 5 days to finish phase I, but it is obvious when I tried to manually carry some of the 100 lb wall blocks even the 30 to 40 feet, that the BX24 was the better way.

In the end, I BX will have saved me about double the contractor price of the project and paid for itself one and a half times over.

I am looking forward to winter again now (moving snow.....what fun).

 

[radioman]

It sure is handy as a wheelbarrow isnt it? :thumbsup:

 

[kubotadriver4life]

It sure is handy as a wheelbarrow isnt it? :thumbsup:

With Hydraulics! :thumbsup:

 

[Mounted Madness]

Toys...ya gotta have 'em. :thumbsup:

Next thing you know, the BX won't do the bigger project(s) you might have in mind, it's cold clearing snow in the winter, and you can actually make money clearing snow and moving all the stuff for other people that can't justify or afford the cost of a BX.

Then you'll go for something bigger, more expensive and have to build a shop around it, and...oh geeeeeeeeez, sorry, that's my life...

Life is too short...have as much fun as you can along the way...:laughing:

 

[sw03]

I clearned a 1/2 acre lot and brought in 350 yards of fill. Got the fill for free! The little BX worked to level but I wished it was bigger...It is a catch 22 with it..

Still love it!

 

[dodge man]

We just had rural water installed. I backfilled the directional boring holes with my BX. It took maybe 2 to 3 hours to do it, with a shovel, it would have taken days. Or should I say it would have taken my 16 year old son days.

 

[bigbull338]

with all that going on i know your BX was lots of help.

 

[Egon]

Is the wife still in the Picture??:laughing:

 

[snpower]

I love mine too; unlike so many of you guys I just kinda went out a got it without running it by my wife. She thinks it's the greatest thing since sliced bread now (thankfully).

After 75 hours of use I feel as though I am just starting to get the hang of it.

 

[Cherokee180]

Is the wife still in the Picture??:laughing:

Actually....very good question. Since this is here project (all I wanted was a hot tub), she is very supportive of the BX.

 

[zoltanthegypsy]

@Cherokee180,

If you don't already have them, get a set of crunch plates under that tractor ASAP, or the love affair may be over.

Sadder but wiser,
Z.

 

[CompactTractorFan]

You know I live mine because it's not even a year old and it already has almost 180 hours...:confused2:

 

[Haywire]

I'm about 4 hours overdue for the 50 hr service on my 2660. It does make a mighty handy wheelbarrow. Swore I wouldn't be getting any implements till I got it paid off, but just look at my signature line 9 months later. LOL I'm getting a tiller in 10 days too.

Ian

 

[CompactTractorFan]

Swore I wouldn't be getting any implements till I got it paid off, but just look at my signature line 9 months later. LOL I'm getting a tiller in 10 days too.

Ian

:laughing::laughing::laughing: :thumbsup:

What good is the tractor without the proper implements???

 

[Bota4me]

Ya, love my bx25 also! Bought it this spring amd wonder how i got along without it. Put in a garden, dug 6 piers for a deck, love the mmm and just fixed up our drive
From hurricane.