mwemaxxowner
Platinum Member
I purchased myself an 1880, and added wheel weights, canopy, cruise, third function and rear remotes, and of course with the loader.
I bought it primarily just for property maintenance. Easy wheel barrowing, help with trimming and pruning the 70 or so trees on my one acre, working and improving my lawn, etc. Also as sort of a crane helping me lift things into and out of the back or my truck or onto trailers, and perhaps move things from storage building to house or vice versa. I do a lot of diy stuff and am usually a one man band, I'm not getting any younger!
I was initially only marginally satisfied with the loader performance, but when you buy a tractor the size of a lawnmower what can you expect? I ordered the BXPanded skid plate and pressure test/shim kit, and discovered my hydraulic pressure was 1650. I shimmed it to the max oem spec of 1850 and it's much better! It'll lift as much as this size and weight tractor feels like it needs to.
So far I have a boom pole, ratchet rake, loader forks, and quick spade. I pick up a 48" box blade today and have the AI2 quick attach on the way.
I have done a ton of work at home with it, including cleaning out old ignored pine needle beds and converting them to mulch, transplanting large Yaupon Hollys from one area of my property to those beds, lawn leveling/top dressing, grading some areas, and moving brush to the road after pruning. I have a stand of old Leland Cypress trees around my pool. There's 65 Lelands over 30 years old, several oaks, a few maples, a few Bradford Pears, and a few Holly trees, all were overgrown and needed a lot of work when I bought this property. I got more done in a few months with the tractor than I had without it in the previous year.
Aside from that, I have made some money with it. I've done several debris cleanup and removal jobs, which ALWAYS seem to involve old bricks and concrete, and it performed admirably. I have done several small grading projects that paid well, I've done a few shrub bed rejuvenations, and I have used it for a few pruning and trimming jobs. So far it always makes its own payment.
The internet always wants you to buy a bigger truck, tractor, trailer, etc, but a small tractor has its place. I've loved having this BX tractor.
I bought it primarily just for property maintenance. Easy wheel barrowing, help with trimming and pruning the 70 or so trees on my one acre, working and improving my lawn, etc. Also as sort of a crane helping me lift things into and out of the back or my truck or onto trailers, and perhaps move things from storage building to house or vice versa. I do a lot of diy stuff and am usually a one man band, I'm not getting any younger!
I was initially only marginally satisfied with the loader performance, but when you buy a tractor the size of a lawnmower what can you expect? I ordered the BXPanded skid plate and pressure test/shim kit, and discovered my hydraulic pressure was 1650. I shimmed it to the max oem spec of 1850 and it's much better! It'll lift as much as this size and weight tractor feels like it needs to.
So far I have a boom pole, ratchet rake, loader forks, and quick spade. I pick up a 48" box blade today and have the AI2 quick attach on the way.
I have done a ton of work at home with it, including cleaning out old ignored pine needle beds and converting them to mulch, transplanting large Yaupon Hollys from one area of my property to those beds, lawn leveling/top dressing, grading some areas, and moving brush to the road after pruning. I have a stand of old Leland Cypress trees around my pool. There's 65 Lelands over 30 years old, several oaks, a few maples, a few Bradford Pears, and a few Holly trees, all were overgrown and needed a lot of work when I bought this property. I got more done in a few months with the tractor than I had without it in the previous year.
Aside from that, I have made some money with it. I've done several debris cleanup and removal jobs, which ALWAYS seem to involve old bricks and concrete, and it performed admirably. I have done several small grading projects that paid well, I've done a few shrub bed rejuvenations, and I have used it for a few pruning and trimming jobs. So far it always makes its own payment.
The internet always wants you to buy a bigger truck, tractor, trailer, etc, but a small tractor has its place. I've loved having this BX tractor.
