Clueless in Pa.

[cityboy]

What a find, a tractor
form!!! I don't know why I'm so surprized? But I need to know if I'm making a $15k mistake before hand. Four lots, less then three acers. 95% lawn mowing. My problem is my brother let me use his L1550. Or something like that! Anyway, he's owned it for 14 years and I got to use it for
two days...BIG FUN!!!
Spent the last three months looking at every
thing out there and, going with orange! Now,
GF-BX-B75? The GF would be perfect to mow and push snow off my small black-top drive,and might fit in the small shed.
The BX can do a lot of the land scapeing, but
no bi-speed or cruze. The B7500 means building a bigger shed and not shore about mowing my park-like setting. Also, getting my brothers L here for the bigger jobs isn't
O.K. because he uses it for work.
I do know there is no perfect tractor for every job, but any help
will be a big help!
Thanks, Mike

Rock'in on Maple Hill.

 

[Thomas]

Michael,
The B7400..B7500..B1700..B2100..B2400
one of these model should do as you request.
Since 15k plays a role I would check out B7500 or B1700,but I'm going by New Hampshire prices and maybe you can get a better deal. /w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif

Have you taken a trip to your local Kubota dealer and try out a couple of models,/w3tcompact/icons/wink.gif and ask as many question that you can think of.

As far as the shed goes I think most of us had to make improvement in one form or another./w3tcompact/icons/shocked.gif/w3tcompact/icons/laugh.gif

Take care and have fun while shopping.



Thomas..NH /w3tcompact/icons/wink.gif

 

[PaulB]

Get the Bx, put the extra $5,000 you will have left over into a mutual fund, and get that mowing done. Plan on a rear blade for the snow. No bi-speed, no cruise...no problem, these little tractors are so fun and easy to use you won't miss either one.

 

[Anonymous Poster]

Clueless (no more)-My opinion (bought 7300 last year this time-would like a 7500 today, but am more than satisfied with choice) is the BX and TONKA are made for the same chores. I would definetly consider the 7300/7400/7500 for your needs. The Bota belly mower has outstanding cut-quality, the "B" has good stability, and handles the 3-point toys better than the BX. Tire choice is very important also. Contact Bob Prugh at Cyphert Equipment in Indiana, PA. He has all of these machines on the floor, and will give a great deal and service is outstanding.

 

[Anonymous Poster]

Thanks, Tom, Paul,and Bill for your replys!
It sounds like most of the threads I've read looking for this anwser.
You all love the tractor you have, or your trading for a bigger Kubota, so I know I'm on the right track with orange. Anyone own the GF or F front mowers out there? Can these push snow in 4wd with no chains? With the rear wheel steering will I miss not having power stearing?
This site is the most amazing thing I have found on the net!!!
Great people, and I never imagined I could learn so much about something I have never been around! One grip, no spellchecker.

 

[PaulB]

Uh, Mike, I think that is gripe not grip, so I see your point. Actually I think we did have a spellchecker once, but it made the board too slow. Don't know how close you are to central N.Y., but if you want you can drive up and test my B1700 before you take the plunge.

 

[Roy]

Mike; You are on the right track and looking at right range of machines. One thing that I have learned (though, often in a rush, not always applied) - Compose messages within a document composer (MSWord, etc.), and then cut and paste the message into the forum.

 

[JimBinMI]

Mike,

Since you have admitted that you are clueless, let me clue you in! /w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif
IF you're looking at the BX, you can get a New Holland TC18 with more features, more comfort, more power, more 3 pt. capacity, more etc. for very comparable pricing!
IF you're looking at the B7500, you can get the TC18 or TC21 or TC21D with more features, more comfort, more power, more 3 pt. capacity, more legroom, more etc. for very comparable or lower pricing!
IF you have a GOOD New Holland dealer, since the dealer is VERY important in your buying decision, in your area - YOU owe it to yourself to check out the TC's.
THERE! Now I've done my duty, I've clued in a clueless buyer...I feel better now! /w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif

<font color=blue>Good Luck from a VERY SATISFIED BLUE owner, JimBinMI

We boys and our toys!

 

[glennmac]

"Know thyself."--Socrates

To select the proper tractor you must be sure that you "know thy application". I bought a BX2200 on the assumption that I would be using it 80-90% for finish lawn mowing. I traded it in after 3 weeks for a 2910, after I quickly realized that I wanted the tractor to perform all sorts of lifting and pulling (non-mowing) tasks on my 11 acres. My error was in not understanding my needs (ok, my desires).

If I read your facts correctly, you have less than three acres total spread over 4 lots, and you are assuming that 95% of your work will be finish mowing. IF your assumption about the work distribution of the tractor is correct--ie, if you, unlike me, know thyself from the outset--I think the BX would be an excellent choice and that you don't need anything bigger or more expensive.

If you do need a bigger tractor, by all means look at blue also. If I had a good dealer close by, I may have bought one.

Glenn

 

[cityboy]

Thanks blue fans! Good to here your side also.
I have received my Boomer book. I'm considering going there
sence my Kabota dealer was so dam rude the other day. Dealers exact words,"Your not ready yet. Stop back when your ready to buy"
Do people walk in with their checkbook and say "I want that one" these
days? I talked to Steve Carver, before going to this (dealer) and it may be I was expecting the same curtious service Steve gave me!
Now if I buy at Carver,
and have a problem, this is the man I'll have to beg to do any
warranty work.
On the other hand my NH. dealer has not one
New Holland tractor on his lot. Just a bunch of new cubs and used everyting. And a big sign in the window "New Holland Dealer" I bought my wife's new SUV. after two months of research! Already on my 4th month of tractor shopping.

Rock'in on Maple Hill.

 

[gerard]

keep on shoppin' and readin'!! Hard to argue against doing your homework on something you may have for many years. I looked around a lot and STILL bought too soon and learned things after I took delivery. Even with all the great info on this board it's tough to replace first hand experience. If I ever trade up or buy another one I'll be a lot more confident and knowledgeable comparing different tractors.
BTW - I went Carver and haven't had to worry about the warranty aspect. I fully expect (ok, and hope!) not to have any warranty work done within the warranty period and after that it's a moot point anyhow.

 

[JimBinMI]

Gerard,

I'm not so fast as you to call it a mute point after the warranty is up...IF the guy is a jerk now, he's likely to still be a jerk after the warranty!

No matter what color they sell, if it looks like a jerk, talks like a jerk and walks like a jerk...IT'S PROBABLY A JERK! /w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif

JimBinMI

We boys and our toys!

 

[Anonymous Poster]

Some of the things that you have to decide on are, what do I want to acomplish with this new tractor? How much time am I willing to spend at acomplishing these task. The reason I feel a person has to ask these questions is it makes a considerable diffenence on whether or not one goes overkill on a tractor. Durring this summer I've been able to watch a person clear a 2 acre lot for building a home on, this person used a B7400 with a loader. This lot was a unimproved lot, it was nothing but woods and weeds. They cleared all the brush, cut down many trees and removed the stumps, now they are leveling and disking. Once this job task has been completed this person will have a fine tractor in which to mow his lawn, I would say the moral of the story is you don't need 30 - 40 hp to play in the dirt and pull some tree stumps if you know how to make your equipment work for you. I've had the plesure of seeing many equipment operators make good things happen with equipment that didn't look big enough to get it done. Now as for time, sure it might have taken this person a shorter amount of time to clear his lot using a bigger tractor, but in the interest of saving a few hours is it worth spending another $10,000.

 

[Blu21]

cityboy,too bad you live so far south in pa. I`m in n.e ohio and my dealer has any model you might want in a boomer and also handles the orange ones! Quite a selection here. About 2hrs.north of pitt.airport.Tom

 

[W5FL]

It is nice to have a good Kubota dealer to talk to every once in a while. They seldom have anything to fix, so they will spend a lot of time just showing you how to use the equipment. My first choice when I started looking was New Holland because everyone liked the old Fords, second coice was John Deere, and hadn't ever set on or drove a Kubota, but wound up with the Kubota for lots of good reasons. Go try them all, but the odds of needing a dealer for service are pretty low for many years of operation, and I would trailer it a few more miles to take it to one I liked.

 

[cityboy]

Well thanks a bunch for all the great advice everyone. I did a 180 and bought a Exmark Z mower, and I am very happy with it! Yes I'll have to use my brothers
L1550 to do anything besides mow, but mowing is so damm much fun on this ZTR. that I can live with it!!!
Anyone with any questions about the Exmark Lazer Z mowers, post or send e-mail, and I'll gladly tell the ups and downs of this mower. Thanks again, Tractorbytel users, the best peope I never met!!!!!!!

Rock'in on Maple Hill.