BX25 questions

[deerhunter1]

Hello, I know pretty much zero about tractors. I recently bought 30 acres mostly wooded land and will be building in a few years. at this time i need to do some work arond the property like clearing an acre or two for a food plot in an area that is mostly overgrown brush, saplings and small trees. I am looking at the BX25 because i would need a loader and backhoe and this is the least expensive of the lineup. My concern is that will it be big enough. I will want to dig out the large brush an smaller trees and in time i may want to use it to skid some larger trees but i would cut them to lenghth first and that would be around 8 to 12 foot logs. i wonder if this tractor has enough power to basically clear an overgrown old farm area by lowering the loader and pushing. any insight is appreciated. thank you.

 

[EAGLE1PAR3]

Hey Deerhunter, I, like you bought 25 acres mostly overgrown and wooded, I bought the B7800 30 hp with front end loader and brush hog, used it for 2 1/2 years clearing out 1 to 3 acre areas at a time. Sold the B7800 and bought a new BX 25 with the back hoe, I liked the B7800 for the rough clearing, a bit more hp, ground clearance and bigger tires seem to serve me right. Now with the BX 25 i have a great machine for keeping the place up now that all the meat of the work is done, not that the BX couldnt handle it, it does amaze me the power this little machine has, but for the initial clearing i felt personaly the larger B7800 fit my needs better, I ended up with a nice semi cleared 25 acres and a new BX25 to boot.
Wish you the best
Greg in Pa

 

[deerhunter1]

greg, in your opinion could you have done the inital clearing with the BX25? i know it would take longer but because of price i cannot go with the larger tractor.
thanx for you help,Bill

 

[oakwoods]

I have had a BX24 for the last 3 years and have used it extensively on my 54 wooded acres. I've found that a brush grubber (from Northern Equipment) and a chain work great for pulling out brush. I use it to remove invasives like autumn olive and Japanese honeysuckle. I welded a chain hook on the top of the bucket in line with the curl/roll cylinder.
I also use my BX for getting in firewood. I have no trouble skidding tree-length logs 12"-16" at he butt. A Bro-Tek skid plate is a necessity when running the tractor in the woods

 

[RayCo]

Based on what I've read and heard from other people, many times, the BX might be too small of a tractor for a property of that size, although if it's mostly wooded, it shouldn't really matter. But, as for the trees, I have used my BX to skid trees 50-60' in length with surprisingly little problems. There were a number that I thought I'd have to drag with my truck, but the tractor managed just fine. And I don't fish, so they weren't really 20' trees that I'm exaggerating.

 

[EAGLE1PAR3]

Deerhunter, I do believe I could have done MOST of the work with the BX 25, would have taken a bit longer, but truth be told, there are very few places I would rather be then the tractor seat, if you know what I mean. I find ground clearance to be my main issue with the BX 25 over the B7800, in the woods every inch of ground clearance matters, with the BX 25 it just takes alittle longer to get to the spots i need to get to, and there is something to be said for a good sturdy lenght of chain.
Good luck

Greg in Pa.

 

[radioman]

If you only need to clean up areas in sections at a time and not do all the rough work all at once, the BX will do it. If you need to drive over to areas that is really rough then B series would serve you better. For me, I rather clean up as I go so there are no rough areas driving. As long the MMM is off, with skid plate on- You can go to most places like B can, You just can't go as deep in water, soft soils, over large logs, big bumps in land like rocks or bumpy land, etc. I have gotten the BX stuck only because where my wood lot is, it has clay like soil and in fall and spring its no fun, I had to add the atv v bar chains I had laying around and it works.

 

[rlsmith]

I own a BX 23 for 5 years now bought new and have put on it over 900 hours. I have dug out 25 stumps ranging from 5" to 24" across. Dug hundreds of feet of trenching with the BH and moved tons of dirt and stone. Mow 5 acres with the 60" and and replaced all my field tile ends along the ditch. Have a small garden 120'X200' that I use my bx rototiller on also. I used it to drag and haul all my wood for burning and just love what this little beast does for saving my back. It may take a bit longer but if you have the time this unit will get most of what you need to get done and then maintain it. Rend a larger machine for the the odd stuff the BX may not handle.

 

[rlsmith]

I own a BX 23 for 5 years now bought new and have put on it over 900 hours. I have dug out 25 stumps ranging from 5" to 24" across. Dug hundreds of feet of trenching with the BH and moved tons of dirt and stone with the FEL. Mow 5 acres with the 60" and and replaced all my field tile ends along the ditch. Have a small garden 120'X200' that I use my bx rototiller on also. I used it to drag and haul all my wood for burning and just love what this little beast does for saving my back. It may take a bit longer to get it done but it will get most of what you need done and keep your lot up and just rent for the work it can not handle.

 

[deerhunter1]

Thanx to you all. very helpfull. I will only be doing fairly small jobs at a time i do not need to do a lot of work all at once. but occasionally i will need to ask the tractor to do some pretty good lifting and pulling like moving blowdowns and stuff. I think this machine wil do what i ask. i have heard that HST can be week at times, is this true?