How big of step from BX25 to B2650 TLB?

Rock Crawler · Jan 10, 2018

robertm said:
Really RockCrawler? At least you could have used the BX ONCE! Jeesh! Nothing like storing it to hold your garage slab down. Does the silk lined cover go with it?

It has 156 hours on it, I bought it about 3 months ago with 92 hours on it and it's been 0 to 10 degrees for about 2.5 weeks... So in maybe 9 weeks I put 64 hours on it. That said, I detail vehicles as a hobby, and I'm a vehicle clean freak, so it was polished, painted, waxed, coated and basically detailed to look like new. The engine is shiny black as well

The guy who is buying it came Sunday to look at it and he can't understand how it's so "like new" perfect, like it's never did a hole.

I actually did a lot of digging with this, the front loader bucket and the backhoe were bare steel until I prepared for the sell.

I'm good at detailing.

Old Red · Jan 10, 2018

Rock Crawler said:
It has 156 hours on it, I bought it about 3 months ago with 92 hours on it and it's been 0 to 10 degrees for about 2.5 weeks... So in maybe 9 weeks I put 64 hours on it. That said, I detail vehicles as a hobby, and I'm a vehicle clean freak, so it was polished, painted, waxed, coated and basically detailed to look like new. The engine is shiny black as well

The guy who is buying it came Sunday to look at it and he can't understand how it's so "like new" perfect, like it's never did a hole.

I actually did a lot of digging with this, the front loader bucket and the backhoe were bare steel until I prepared for the sell.

I'm good at detailing.View attachment 535234 View attachment 535235 View attachment 535236

That hobby of detailing is one that can make a significant difference in the price when you go to sell as well as make it sell quick. I wish I had the "oomph" behind me to do that...

robertm · Jan 10, 2018

Rock, you are a just like me! While these things are expensive, I get great satisfaction keeping my equipment in perfect shape and mechanical order. Funny I always have friends of friends calling me up asking when I'll be selling my next Superduty, or tractor. Right now, I'm a little ashamed that my stuff needs a little more attention than it's been given, but my kids come first... and 10 degrees outside has me less than ambitious.

Rock Crawler · Jan 11, 2018

robertm said:
Rock, you are a just like me! While these things are expensive, I get great satisfaction keeping my equipment in perfect shape and mechanical order. Funny I always have friends of friends calling me up asking when I'll be selling my next Superduty, or tractor. Right now, I'm a little ashamed that my stuff needs a little more attention than it's been given, but my kids come first... and 10 degrees outside has me less than ambitious.

Today it was upper 30's, a heat wave! So I pulled out the Karcher pressure washer and the Karcher chassis cleaning system and went to town on my Ram Rebel. That Chassis cleaner is the best thing since sliced bread! I have no clue why they stopped making it, there is no other product similar to it.

bcp · Jan 11, 2018

Rock Crawler said:
Today it was upper 30's, a heat wave! So I pulled out the Karcher pressure washer and the Karcher chassis cleaning system and went to town on my Ram Rebel. That Chassis cleaner is the best thing since sliced bread! I have no clue why they stopped making it, there is no other product similar to it.

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Underbody cleaner | Karcher International

Bruce

dragoneggs · Jan 11, 2018

Rock, how big are those rear wheel spacers? They really make that tractor mean along with the oversized tires! :thumbsup: Tractor Envy... but a B on my property actually would limit me from getting completely around my house and detached garage. Plus, all the mods I have done on the BX, I don't want to have to repeat if I did upgrade. Congrats!

Rock Crawler · Jan 11, 2018

dragoneggs said:
Rock, how big are those rear wheel spacers? They really make that tractor mean along with the oversized tires! :thumbsup: Tractor Envy... but a B on my property actually would limit me from getting completely around my house and detached garage. Plus, all the mods I have done on the BX, I don't want to have to repeat if I did upgrade. Congrats!

There are no wheel spacers on it in those photos, the spacers should be on it today, so hopefully I'll get updated pictures from Sean at M&R Kubota in Butler Pa. unless one of you is going there today and can talk Sean into letting you go back and take me 5 or 10 updated pictures!? I ask him for updated photos and he take....1. I want 10 or maybe 15, all at different angles and of different things!

This is that same picture, no wheel spacers yet.

628pm · Jan 11, 2018

That is one nice tractor, I would have to build another garage to store something like that. If I ever buy another tractor I would like a cab. 7 ft high garage door doesn't fit very well with a cab tractor. I never leave my vehicles outside, so I guess I will be waiting a while.

Good luck with your new machine!!!

Rock Crawler · Jan 11, 2018

628pm said:
That is one nice tractor, I would have to build another garage to store something like that. If I ever buy another tractor I would like a cab. 7 ft high garage door doesn't fit very well with a cab tractor. I never leave my vehicles outside, so I guess I will be waiting a while.

Good luck with your new machine!!!

My garage is 94.5 high at the rubber trim, and the tractor was measured yesterday at 91.5" at the ROPS with the larger tires, so it's going to fit... close. I can not go any bigger than this unless I do want to build another garage. And that really is not in the plans as we have the original 2 car garages, then we did a home addition and added 5 more garages with 2 at the same level as the original 2, and 3 more under that. We actually have 2 levels of garages. The upper 2 in the addition are combined 26' wide by 38' deep. The three below are 23' deep and 12.5' wide each because we had to do a French drain system along the back wall under the original house foundation. That is how the lower level came to be, as they were digging for the addition they hit water, so they explained that they had no choice now but to dig it and French drain it... may as well dig a little extra and toss another layer of garages under there. So there it is... That addition is not paid off yet.

Funny thing is with 7 garages... I am plum out of room! I need to dump a long laying project vehicle this year... no matter how bad it is going to hurt. I've been storing a 79 Ford sled pulling truck for over a decade, and it's never going to get an engine again. It needs to be dragged out and torn apart and sold in chunks and pieces.