I have a Kioti CS2022 with loader and belly mower and third function. The loader has skid steer attach. I bought it in October of 2023. It has right at 90 hours on it. The local dealer did the 50 hour service. It has done everything I have asked it to do. I am selling it because of health reasons. I am in North East Texas. I am asking $15,00.00 cash money for it. The price is firm.
They also have pretty easily attached/detached loaders and mowers. I run a B series--a bit more tractor--and can swap out either item in a matter of a few minutes. I had the loader on and off three times in four days last week without breaking a sweat.
What is with you people mowing sidehills? Worst place for a Bobcat. Sounds like you should stick with what you have.
Hydrostatic drive increases productivity by letting you speed up or slow down while mowing depending on how thick the grass is. When you use a gear drive, you tend to use whatever gear will get you through the thickest stuff, reducing your possible speed through the easy stuff. It is also safter in the woods if you encounter hidden obstacles or run into branches or pop-up saplings that you have mowed down. I would be dead today if I had used a gear tractor in the woods; a sapling popped up and started to impale me in the chest, but I stopped, and just got a bruise. I would never have reached the clutch in time on a gear drive tractor. Today I have a Mahindra 5035 HST, which they call a compact, but at over 10,000 lb operating weight, I am not so sure it should be called a compact.
Hi, jumping in late here. I read a lot of the posts but not all, so apologize if this is a repeat. I have a New Holland 25S. FEL, BH and belly mower. It has good lift capacity vs some of the other brands. No implements yet as still have working smaller tractors. It has been good to me so far, not many hours. But what sold me (besides having a Ford 1989 diesel 16HP LGT) that still works) was the easy of operations of the FEL joystick, real smooth and a nice wide foot platform which included separate fwd and rvs pedals. JD was too expensive for me. I tried Kioti (I think similar manufacturer of Bobcat) and Massey. Confidence in dealers is important too. So try out all that you are considering. This is the tractor I should have bought 40 years ago but could not afford. I also have an Ingersoll 448 and is a good workhorse machine I use now for rototilling and plowing snow. There are larger versions out there and many parts places for these old machines so that may be worth looking into. It is fun looking. Good luck.
Not “opinions”, as much as differences in brand. What brand are you running, that getting mowers and FEL off and on is any more difficult than advertised?
I have a Kubota BX at our lake cabin, which has some steep hills. Side hill cutting is out of the question, but vertically it’s great - will climb about anything in 4wd low… so it works well as long as you work within its limitations. You’re right though… suicidal taking a hill horizontally.
Where were you in 2021? Must have been a record year, at least the worst I can remember since before 1980.
Yes very valuable when I was building up there. Total pain to take off and put on though. If I ever got another one I'd definitely find one with the hydraulic pump running off the PTO instead of plugging into tractors hydraulics but that's me and something's that definitely easier to take off and put on especially if your a one man operation lol.
Im stubborn 5 or 6 yrs ago acquired a beat to a pulp 4150 with a hydraulic shuttle. I can't say enough good things about using that obnoxiously loud occasional smoke bomb hydraulic shuttle if I'm in something I shouldn't be in I bump the shuttle in neutral and brake. Id take a hydraulic shuttle over a hydrostatic tractor any day. But that's me. However In a skid steer, zero turn, or mini x I couldn't see it any other way than hydros controls.
The JD1 series you can buy the backhoe separately. For the BX series, you may see backhoes for sale, but unless you find a buyer who has great fab skills, the only market for one of the backhoes is someone who should already have one. The 2 digit BX models were/are all sold as TLB’s and the 4 digit models don’t have the subframe or hydraulics to support a backhoe. The loader will be the same, but the model sticker will be 1-off to indicate a TLB (LA343 vs LA344; note that I don’t remember exact numbers, but you get the idea). The TLB’s will not have 3pt arms included, but are available for purchase. All other attachments should fit TLB or tractor.
