New BX25 delivered tomorrow!

[oj may]

This will be the second tractor I have owned. The first was an 8N that I bought to 'tame' the old barn foundation after the stone was buried by my neighbor. The 8N got too big for mowing with the flail mower and I reluctantly sold it.

I have 5 acres of flat clay land, 2 of yard and the rest is treed with trees from the county conservation. Oak, Maple, Black Walnut and Hickory along with White Pine and Blue Spruce. Over the last ten years it has gotten away from me and there is a lot of brush, raspberry and multiflora rose. My DR mower will do the work that needs to be done, but the task was too daunting and I was looking at years of labor, so I decided it was time for another tractor.

I plan on getting a Ratchet Rake for the bulk of the clearing process. I also have a lot of box elder and poplar that need to come out. The back hoe should be able to dig out the stumps.

I am very pleased that I found this forum and I have gleaned a great deal of information that will be of great use to me. I an VERY excited to take ownership tomorrow, but with all of the rain we have gotten, I will need to exercise some caution to avoid getting stuck.

I have a 60" MMM, TPH, back work lights and bucket hooks as add ons. I haven't been this excited since I bought my last motorcycle!

 

[stevess]

you will find the bh indespensible for getting unstuck. ask me how i know. you will love the bx25. check all the fluid levels when it arrives and the right front tires seem to lose pressure after awhile but other than that no problems and about 160 hrs on my 25. good for you on the rachet rake, it's a fun implement
steve
bx25

 

[TripleR]

Congratulations on your new tractor, they are very nice machines.:thumbsup:

 

[devildog1]

Congrats, the BX's are great tractors. Had a BX23TLB and it was a great work horse, take care of it and it will you.
DevilDog

 

[kcender]

Congratulations on the new tractor.Don't forget to check and recheck the front axle fluid as they are known to go down quite a bit in the first little while.I had to top up my BX2360 three times in the first 6 or 7 hours of use.Now it stays on the full mark.:thumbsup:

 

[oj may]

Thanks for the advice, I will be checking fluid levels often.

 

[CompactTractorFan]

Congrats! You'll love your BX25! :thumbsup:

 

[JOHNTHOMAS]

Congratulations!:thumbsup: The BX25 is my favorite tractor.

 

[oj may]

Thanks to all.

We had 3.5" of rain yesterday and it has rained all day today. There is more standing water than I have ever seen, including spring snow melt. It is going to take a lot of will power to wait for things to dry out.

There are 3 stumps that are on high ground to play with and I will have to settle for that for a week or so.

 

[oj may]

8 hours until it arrives.

Yesterday our dirt section of road was under 1 foot of water, today a paved section 2 miles away washed out and is closed. Would some place that is in a drought PLEASE take some of our water.

I just know I will get stuck with the new toy.

 

[Tannehill Kid]

Congrats on getting the new tractor. Mine was delivered at 6:30 this morning. Can't wait to get home this afternoon and check it out. By the way I'll take some of your water. It is DRY around here in this part of Louisiana.

 

[oj may]

Outstanding! What was delivered?

 

[Tannehill Kid]

I got a L3940 HST with FEL. Got to play with it a little last night. HST is going to take just a little practice. Did yours come in?

 

[oj may]

It's here!
It came at five on Friday!
I took out one stump that evening and another yesterday.
We have had two more days of rain, so I am limited it what I can do.
I bought and installed a Ratchet Rake yesterday, but it does not work well in mud.
It is finally supposed tone dry for the next six days and I am anxious to get some real work done.

 

[jwatt51]

Congratulations on your new BX25.You'll really enjoy it and the ratchet rake when you get that.I cleared a large area with mine and graded out an area and it does a real nice job of leeaving a nice seeding bed for whatever you want to put there.

 

[billhall]

Congrats on the BX, I just bought a new L3540 with BH, I was going to trade in my BX but could not let it go. I really like the little tractor, it is quite amazing what it can do and never a problem with mine in 3 years. I hope I can afford to keep both as I like to look at a nice tractor in my garage more than I would like to see a vintage car in there. Crazy eh!!