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I’m stuck deciding between tractors, the BX 23 TLB with 60 in MMM and the B2630 LA403/BH75 with a 60in MMM.
We have just under six acres half of which I mow, the former owner was a golfer, the other half of the property is wooded. The wooded half has a 100-foot deep gully that occupies about and acre. Yeah, a nice little water fall when the creek runs. The creek runs out of a seep (A potential pond?) that is part on my property and part on a neighbors it becomes a creek about 150 feet in from the property line, this factors in to doing anything on the other side of the creek. There is also a half-acre of grass on a 35-degree slope that I mow with a JD LX 173 with a thirty-eight inch deck. It takes me about 4 and 1/2 hours to mow everything that gets mowed.
Mowing is a big part of the deal. The Minister of Finance, my wife, says no point in getting a tractor unless it makes life easier for you. So, the 60-inch (Fits between the raised beds of the veggie garden.) mower is a must. Other projects include replacing the 24 ft bridge over the creek. Cleaning out the gully, the former owner believed in the time honored New England tradition of pitching junk (A 500 gallon oil tank?) off the side of the nearest slope. Assorted landscaping duties as dictated by the Minister of Finance, my wife. I would like to start doing a better job of managing the wooded part of the land, perhaps expand the lawn in the nice areas and plant trees in the areas I don’t want to mow. We have wanted to put in a small orchard on the 35-degree slope. There is also a small (half-acre), pre subdivision, gravel pit on the property that could be made useful if I could get to it easily. This would require breaking through the 30 ft wide by 20 ft high rim of the pit.
Given the terrain taking the MMM off will be necessary for most non-mowing tasks. I’m leaning toward the B2630 but worry the MMM backhoe or loader will be more of a pain to get on and off than on a BX23?
Because of all the hills and such on the property an other concern is “stabilty” The B2630 is higher off the ground and looks like it will tip easier that the BX23? Will my wife not want to help with the mowing because the tractor is “too high up”?
What about renting implements? Is it easier to find, say a tiller that would work on the B2630? Will I be stuck buying BX 23 specific implements from Kubota?
Price? The B2630 is just over $6K more than the BX23 what else besides more power and larger volume buckets am I getting for my and the Finance Ministers buck?
This is probably the last tractor I will ever buy.
Thanks MBCF
We have just under six acres half of which I mow, the former owner was a golfer, the other half of the property is wooded. The wooded half has a 100-foot deep gully that occupies about and acre. Yeah, a nice little water fall when the creek runs. The creek runs out of a seep (A potential pond?) that is part on my property and part on a neighbors it becomes a creek about 150 feet in from the property line, this factors in to doing anything on the other side of the creek. There is also a half-acre of grass on a 35-degree slope that I mow with a JD LX 173 with a thirty-eight inch deck. It takes me about 4 and 1/2 hours to mow everything that gets mowed.
Mowing is a big part of the deal. The Minister of Finance, my wife, says no point in getting a tractor unless it makes life easier for you. So, the 60-inch (Fits between the raised beds of the veggie garden.) mower is a must. Other projects include replacing the 24 ft bridge over the creek. Cleaning out the gully, the former owner believed in the time honored New England tradition of pitching junk (A 500 gallon oil tank?) off the side of the nearest slope. Assorted landscaping duties as dictated by the Minister of Finance, my wife. I would like to start doing a better job of managing the wooded part of the land, perhaps expand the lawn in the nice areas and plant trees in the areas I don’t want to mow. We have wanted to put in a small orchard on the 35-degree slope. There is also a small (half-acre), pre subdivision, gravel pit on the property that could be made useful if I could get to it easily. This would require breaking through the 30 ft wide by 20 ft high rim of the pit.
Given the terrain taking the MMM off will be necessary for most non-mowing tasks. I’m leaning toward the B2630 but worry the MMM backhoe or loader will be more of a pain to get on and off than on a BX23?
Because of all the hills and such on the property an other concern is “stabilty” The B2630 is higher off the ground and looks like it will tip easier that the BX23? Will my wife not want to help with the mowing because the tractor is “too high up”?
What about renting implements? Is it easier to find, say a tiller that would work on the B2630? Will I be stuck buying BX 23 specific implements from Kubota?
Price? The B2630 is just over $6K more than the BX23 what else besides more power and larger volume buckets am I getting for my and the Finance Ministers buck?
This is probably the last tractor I will ever buy.
Thanks MBCF
