Mowing Good Friday and little mowing on a BX23.....

Volfandt · Mar 25, 2005

What a day! Temps hit the low 70's and the sun was just a-shineing away. A slight cool breeze hid the fact from me that I actually got alittle sunburn going on too /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

With all this going on along with the grass starting to get out of hand left me with no choice but to dismount the FEL & BH, mount the 60" MMM and go out and slay me some fesue /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

The BX23 is one fine finish mower. The effortless power steering, responsive HST, quiet 22HP diesel powerplant and very smooth & ultra quiet 60" MMM combined to give me one very enjoyable dayoff, albeit too short though. /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif
You see that SubCut knocked about 1/2 hr off my best mowing time of last year!
And not only was it more comfortable and powerful, but according to the fuel gauge it only consumed approx 1/8th of a tank of fuel which if'n my cipher'n is correct, is about .68 gals of $2 per gal diesel fuel! /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif My 23hp Kohler Command gas powered 48" cut lawn tractor used over 2 gals of gas and wasn't anywhere near as pleasureable either!

The BX23 w/60" MMM did a pretty good job as did my mulch plug. Course the lawn/field/pasture ain't nowhere near as thick as it will get in a month or so, but I'm still very impressed w/the BX23's finish cut.

A pic of the back field. The mud and fill dirt stands out but will be filled in w/green soon enough.

Volfandt · Mar 25, 2005

There's some stripes somewhere out there /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

Volfandt · Mar 25, 2005

One last shot.

Allen2 · Mar 26, 2005

Volfandt,
The snow just melted off of my yard this week up here in PA. No grass even showing interest in growing yet. My new BX23 will be coming next week. I see you have the bar tires on yours as opposed to the turf tires. Are you getting any tracks in the yard from those tires when you mow? It doesn't look like it from the pictures. I ordered mine with the bar tires. I considered ordering a second set of wheels with the turf tires, but I figured I would wait until after I tried it a few times. I have read a few posts here of guys who got the second set and then never put them on anyways. Although mowing grass is not my favorite job, I can't wait to see some green again. Thanks for the pictures.
Allen in PA

Volfandt · Mar 26, 2005

Allen2, the ground was still pretty soggy in spots and thats where the bars left their imprint the most. By the end of the day though, all the bar marks were gone except in the areas of pure mud. Course the lowest lying spots where I ventured then had to use the 4x4 to get out will probably show the markings for a while /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

There was no marking in the dry areas.

I was also thinking about getting a spare set of turfs but after reading the BTDT's here on TBN, especially those that have never put their turfs on, I decided to go with only the bars and am glad I did. I've probably still spent that $300 on the BX23 tho, one way or the other it's gotten that $$$. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

gsxr1100 · Mar 26, 2005

thank, real nice. /forums/images/graemlins/mad.gif

We just had 4 to 5 inches of snow 3 says ago! Tired of this and I need to use the BH and mower....