BX2200 - What Attachments for Snow is best

[Anonymous Poster]

Well, here I am very close to making the plunge into the BX world. I am a little unsettled on the attachments, however. I am going with the BX2200 w/ FEL and 60 inch however I would like to get one additional attachment for plowing my drive. My dealer has given me three choices. 1) A 5' Rear Blade -- which he tells me is quite versatile w/ 360 rotation and when used with the FEL makes for a nice package for the deep snow and the rear blade can be used for grading. This option is the least expensive however the thought of going backwards does not thrill me. 2) The Kubota "Quick Hitch" and "Fixed" 54 inch Front Blade. This package is more than twice the cost of the rear, provides only a manual adjustment when I need to turn the blade and from what I have been told the blade moves up or down only 4-6 inches. The upshot here is I get to operate in a forward direction but alas no FEL. 3) Or, he suggested a fully integrated blade by a company called "Curtis." This thing does it all, it attaches to the loader arms, your able to turn the blade in all directions and lift it as high as you could a FEL. It is designed mainly for snow plowing but, gives little to no grading capability. Oh yeah the cost for the Curtis was about 6X of the rear blade and 2.5x the Kubota fixed front blade. I have 200 feet of drive and it is all flat. Any suggestions and/or anyone using the Kubota Front Blade set-up?

When a FEL is used on the BX for odd, simple tasks does a weight box really need to be used?

Anyone have a clue what is going to happen to the low 6.75% rate Kubota is offering untill 4/30? Down? Up?



Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Jim