MX 5100 review and info

[dex3361]

THANKS!

I Googled Iowa Farm Sales and didn't get a hit on a dealer. Do you know if they have a website in a different name?
Are you happy with the WR long tooth bar?

I was messing around with the tractor this evening and I must say I am thinking I now need to add a 2nd set of remotes so I can get the hydro tilt function - I will be calling Barlows tomorrow!

I bought my tooth bar from Iowa Farm tool and it is a well built TB. I have pried and dug with it and it is still in perfect shape. Goes on and off in a few minutes. The TB takes with the bucket to a new level. Also good for grubbing brush too.

 

[beckmurph]

CODE54
Check with State Equipment in Cross Lanes. They handle WR Long products.:thumbsup:

 

[Kyle241]

Kyle241 - How do you like your BH92? I would love to get one someday down the road. Do you find it is "big enough"?

For me yes. I was seriously considering the L45 for some time but with the additional/new projects on the go such as ploughing and discing, I opted for the MX5100 with the BH (plus less $$$). It does a fantastic job on stumps, stones, ditches, etc. and has plenty of power (IMHO). It's not a full size BH by any means but I am very impressed with it's power. I went with the 18" bucket as the 24" is too large for most of my tasks and would have like the hydro thumb but that is another $3-4k!

 

[Code54]

Great idea on State Eqpt!!!! Thanks!!


One of these days when I get some more cash I am going to order a bh92. With just buying the tractor I'm a bit cash poor right now!!!!! That would make the perfect tractor for me

 

[weldermike]

Same here code, same situation. Any rough idea on price of a backhoe? I have the same machine as you. I know the ones from woods are a little cheaper when I was researching for my l4400, but never looked into for the mx.

 

[Kyle241]

Depending on where you are located, the BH92 will be around $9k installed.

 

[Code54]

That is also what I was being told, around $9000-9500 with the subframe installed. Seems like a great unit but believe the Woods is also a quality built unit. Would love to have one with a ripper, mech. thumb and maybe a 12" and 24" bucket. Then I could get stumps out, dig lines, clean ditches and move/lift rocks. Maybe someday - for now I am trying to get a front grapple for clean up and rock hounding (AKA - building walls and a water feature for the wife)

 

[weldermike]

Not to bad, sometime in the future, thanks for the info guys! Enjoy the rest of the holiday week!

 

[bigbull338]

as your finding out the MX5100 speaks for its self when you start working it.an you find you like it more an more.an that it does everything you ask of it within reason.

 

[weldermike]

Yeah bigbull, im really loving this new machine, very impressed and satisfied with it. I went from a masey 165, to an l4400, than to a mx5100. I was loving the 4400, for a smaller machine it was eating up everything I threw at it, but when I stopped back at my dealer few months later and I saw that mx sitting there, I really missed my bigger machine, and when I saw the minimal price differance for the bigger turbo machine, I had to do an immediate trade in. I just knew if im gonna buy a brand new machine it had to be everything I needed, and this guy has it bud. Looking foward to many yrs with it.