bx 2660 or b 3200

toon · Apr 11, 2009

Hey Folks,

I am new to TBN and committed a sin yesterday by posting a brand specific thread in the general discussion forum. Here I am at the right spot, I guess. New to your world but I did decide for a Kubota; the question is, which is the right one?

I have a property of well over 20 acres in Nova Scotia. 10 acres being a field partly on a hill, only 65 feet high, but with some pretty steep slopes. The field has been mowed once or twice a year so far by someone with a big tractor and a cutter. I want to do it myself and try to make it into something in between a pasture and a lawn. I think I could achieve this by mowing once or twice a month, using a bx 2660 with a 60" mmm. Although I would use the tractor mostly for mowing, there are other things that should be done once I have the tractor; snow plowing, taking care of a lot of dead wood and trees etc.

I like the bx 2660, since it has a low center of gravity and allows me to maneuver freely around the trees on the field. I also like things a bit smaller in general. However, I don't want to buy it, only to find out that I should have gotten the larger one, which would be the b 3200. I bought a BCS walk behind tractor earlier; mowing the field took me 20 hours and I lost 5 pounds ( the weight loss was ok, but the time was ridiculous).

Please help me out. Thanks in advance, toon

JOHNTHOMAS · Apr 11, 2009

I currently have a BX2350 MMM and a B3200 FEL. I have hillside, gullied, rocky and some trees property. I use the BX2350 for mowing due to it's stability on the sides of hills. I use the B3200 in areas where I need the higher ground clearance. If you don't need the higher ground clearance then the BX will do the job but if ground clearance is an issue then the B will do the job but always go straight up and straight down your hills.

Ace3 · Apr 13, 2009

Seems to me that with the amount of property you have you would want to go with the bigger B3200. I have a B3030 with rear wheel spacers and have no problem with the steep slopes that I have.

dodge man · Apr 13, 2009

If you can afford it, I would go with the bigger tractor also. The BX will get the job done, the bigger tractor will do better, espically with the higher ground clearance.

bx24d · Apr 15, 2009

JOHNTHOMAS said:
I currently have a BX2350 MMM and a B3200 FEL. I have hillside, gullied, rocky and some trees property. I use the BX2350 for mowing due to it's stability on the sides of hills. I use the B3200 in areas where I need the higher ground clearance. If you don't need the higher ground clearance then the BX will do the job but if ground clearance is an issue then the B will do the job but always go straight up and straight down your hills.

I constantly torture myself by thinking I should trade up to a b from a bx24. One thing that has made me hesitate is thinking that I might be surprised with less stability on my sloping hills with the b machine. Having used both tractors on hills, do you feel the stability of the bx is signficantly greater than the b3200?

JOHNTHOMAS · Apr 15, 2009

I believe "feel" is the key word. Yes. Here is a picture of my house and the yard immediately in front of my house does a fairly steep drop. I would never drive across it on my B3200 FEL. I drive across it slowly all the time on my BX's. I drive across parts of the rest of my land with the B but I'm not as comfortable as I am on the BX. Will drive straight up and straight down any of it on my B or even the L but not across it. Was very uncomfortable on even more of it with my previous L. Love the B for power and ground clearance but the BX's are grand as you know. I don't know if sitting on the upper edge of the seat when crossing a hill really helps but I feel safer doing it on the BX than I do the B. Guess I know my 200+ lbs won't really do that much for the B and maybe it will for the BX. Hope I never find out I'm wrong!

Go to a Kubota dealer that has a sloped or ditched lot and drive a B and you will "feel" the difference and you may be OK with it or come to Somerset, Ky and I'll let you drive mine and see what you think.