Yet another new SCUT question

[dodge man]

I mow fairly steep side hills with my BX. Is it more stable then you current mower. Maybe a little but with a roll bar and seat belt, I feel safer. If mine was any steeper I'd get wheel spacers to help. I also have fluid in my rear tires which helps. I mow with the loader off. Once you get good at it you can get it off in about 3 minutes.

Rear snow blower? Price is the big plus, much cheaper and easier to hook up.

 

[mg448]

Thanks for the input Dave. I didn't know wheel spacers were available for the bx. I just got a quote from my local Kubota dealer and the bx2380 with the 60" belly mower, quick attach fel and a 50" front snowblower is about 2k cheaper then the deere 1025 with the rear snow blower. Definitely tilting towards the Kubota now, but they won't offer me the same $$ for my 2 Deere garden tractor trade-ins. They do have better financing though(0% 84mos vs 0%60mos). I'll ask about the wheel spacers when I call them tomorrow.

 

[GirlWhoWantsTractor]

With absolutely no loyalty to any paint color, when initially shopping for a tractor, I determined the JD was "least suited to my needs." Those needs being stability on hills. Check out my old thread when I first started looking a few years ago. OTOH if green makes you happy, go for it. I believe a tractor for some of us is about love-at-first-sight.

 

[rngrrymd]

Bro-Tek

You can get wheel spacers for Kubota, John Deere, Massey, New Holland and Kioti from Bro-tek if you're looking for a little more stability.

 

[dragoneggs]

Bro-Tek

You can get wheel spacers for Kubota, John Deere, Massey, New Holland and Kioti from Bro-tek if you're looking for a little more stability.

Can highly recommend. 2in for the rear and 1.25in for the fronts. I don't have a belly mower on my BX but if you do, make sure you get compatible spacer size. Sorry, I can't remember the specifics. Bro Tek will help.

 

[stevem5215]

Steep slopes and side hills are jobs for machines like a Steiner or Ventrac. And the snowblower will blow snow into the neighbors yard. They are pretty heavy duty machines for a Subcompact size. I've used my Steiner on steep side slopes going sideways. I've also used the Ford 1900 in 4wd mode across the slopes. It does fine, you just have to watch the oil pressure as a very steep slope starts to cavitate the oil and can be an issue with oil pressure dropping. And that brings up a good point. If you are cutting steep slopes and the engine isn't designed for it you can decrease the life of the engine due to the cavitation and oil starvation from it. Buyer beware is a good point when looking at the grade the mower supports and will be listed on the spec sheet.

Steve who lives in hilly Pa

 

[Rock Crawler]

You speak of steep slopes, and you question stability of a larger tractor compared to a SCUT. I have a photo of my yard attached for you to ponder.

I cut 3 acres of this slope, I started out buying a SCUT (Kubota BX25D) and found it to be inherently dangerous and deadly even with filled tires. If you stepped on the downhill side of the floor board the machine would start to tip. With my backhoe on, I had no choice at all but to swing it to the uphill side and drive real slow. Overall, it was MUCH less stable than my garden tractors. As in, I dumped that thing on Craigslist within 4 months of buying it. Not just no.... HECK NO!

I went from that to a Kubota B2650 that I had built specifically to live and work on my property. I had it built with wider tires than standard, spacers added, 400+ lbs of fluid added to each rear tire. My B2650 is massive compared to that SCUT. It is much wider (61"), much longer and much taller. But... it is much heavier as well with those fluid filled tires that are 4 times larger/heavier.

The stability of the B2650 compared to that SCUT is night and day improved. Do not get in your head that a SCUT is stable. I found it to be the most insanely dangerous and unstable thing I have ever driven on this land.

 

[tractorshopper]

I mow with my BX with the loader and attachments off. I have real wheels filled. Mows great. 4X4 high on the hills. When on this side hill and a little steeper place I feel nervous, but I can sit in the seat and rock toward the down hill with no lifting of uphill tires at all.

You can drive over the deck with your loader on if you want, but it's so easy to take off the loader and put it back on that I don't know why you'd want to.

You can't drive over the deck with a box blade or tiller on. Actually, you can, but you can't lower the 3PT to full bottom to remove or put the deck back on with an implement on the back because the hydraulics that controls the 3PT also controls the deck raise/lower.

 

[tractorshopper]