BX 1500 w/BH?

[Tom_H]

I agree with others regarding the BH6000. Mine is on a BX2200. There's no way a man could dig as fast as that. Even if he could, he'd be out of breath after a very few minutes. My duripan is among the hardest types of hardpan. The bh scratches into it only with the Bro-tek ripper when dry, but a big pointed pry bar slammed point straight down just bounces back into the air. When presoaked for several weeks, the bh with bucket can dig into it slowly and get a full bucket; a man with shovel might get two ounces per each time he digs.

If you get the bh, I highly recommend also getting a Bro-tek ripper and a Bro-tek thumb. These increase the versatility of the bh greatly for only a small expenditure.

 

[LBrown59]

I have made the point in the past. Adding up numbers that even my sometimes skeptical wife would believe, I've saved well over $14,000 by doing work on major projects myself instead of paying to have them done. This is work that I would NOT HAVE ATTEMPTED without my BX, work I (me, a card-carrying working stiff) completed ALONE (no assistance whatsoever from anyone) within a reasonable timeframe (confined to evenings/weekends), and resulted in absolutely professional finished products.

In that I am not including material costs, minor projects, convenience items, or even the cost of normal lawn care (which could have been done by me with a "lesser" machine). And this is not a simple multiplication of my tractor's hours. These are HARD DOLLARS SAVED a handful of major projects that I have documented in this forum...
---the grass/grading/rehab project ($6,000 bare min saved)
---the front landscaping project ($2,000 saved)
---the patio project ($4,000 bare min saved)
---the garden enclosure project ($250 saved)
---the conduit project ($250 saved)
---all the stumps I've removed (over 15...$1,500 min saved)
to name but a few. And this is all in 225 hours and 3 seasons of use.

I figure I'll have the entire tractor "paid off" by the end of next summer. Literally, the tractor will be completely and entirely free to me from that point forward.

My wife LOVES saving money and WAS NOT on-board with the idea of a $20,000 lawn mower. But she tells me time and time again how happy she is that we made the purchase. Very telling.

To the OP:
*Get the BH and don't look back. Do a few projects and you'll be in heaven. THe BX1500 will handle it just fine.

*Only then will he realize he has a tractor.

 

[LBrown59]

Keith,
Looking at your lawn project pictures, you justified the purchase of the BX. You got a free TLB.
*That's a better deal than LBrown59 on his two BX1500s. LOL

*I isn't sure about that:
With 1100 hours on the bx23 that has more than likely paid off the BX23 with enough extra left over for the 2 bx 1500s.

 

[KeithInSpace]

...1100 hours on the bx23...

I've always wondered about that.

I purchased my tractor in January of 2006 and in 3 seasons of use and projects, including lawn care for 1 acre of grass, I've used 225 hours, or 75 hours per season.

I haven't been shy about using my tractor or conserving hours, either. I've picked up the mail with it, moved trash cans with it, and a couple of those hours is simply using the headlights during an emergency night project.

In theory, you have 5 seasons of use on the BX23. That equates to 220 hours of use every year. In other words, you use the BX23 as much in a single year as I do in three. For 5 years running.

That said, I'll be running by BX2230 for 15 years before accruing 1100 hours.

Wow.

My cousin finish-mows 5 acres of grass with his ZD21. Mows it once a week. He's owned it for 6 or 7 years and I don't think he's close to 400 hours. It was a little over 300 hours when I sat on it this past spring...

I just find it an interesting fact, is all.