2 Wheel Tractors - Buying & Using

[Phred]

</font><font color="blue" class="small">( Don't believe the BCS has cart or sulky capability )</font>

It depends on the model. Some do some do not.

I also have a BCS that looks almost very similar to the one dave showed a picture of.
Mine is a 700 series but I forget the exact number.
I have the sickle mower and a tiller for it.
Both work great. You turn the handle around so the pto is in the back for a rear tine tiller, and then back around so the pto is in the front for the mower.
Two bolts to swap implements.
As noted above you need to take them off or get some special ramps to load in a pickup. I use standard ramps and manually load the attachments which are light. The tractor is very heavy and requires ramps.

This unit has a kohler magnum 8 engine with electric start and I bieleve it is late 80s manufacture. I am the second owner. It was run hard and put up wet, but I got it cheap.
New set of filters, plug, a wash and a lube and its running great.

This particular model only moves fairly slow, I am guessing 1-2 mph and does not allow for a sulky to be used. I could rig one but at 2 mph whats the point...
This is the one thing I hate about it. It takes for ever to mow since its so slow.

The larger 700 series of the same year do have much higher speeds and the capability to ride on them, acording to the manual that came with my unit.

All and all still very worth while. I would just make sure you
get one of the higher end models with the higher speeds and sulky option.

Fred

[Geowen]

BCS bought out 2-wheel ractor line from Ferrari, not Goldini.

Just found you all on Google. Wow! Can't say enough good things about BCS and dealer Joel Dufours of Earth Tools in Kentucky. Am still running the BCS 715 I bought in 1974. Just bought a little cottage in the mountains and owning a second place was enough excuse to buy a second BCS to go with it. The 10-year-old model 725 I bought on Ebay is much improved iover 1974 n terms of controls, linkages, etc., but my 1974 BCS will outlast whatever most people are buying new. Especially after I get around to mounting the 9 hp Robin Subaru engine that's waiting inthe garage.

Joel is a straightshooter and a storehouse of knowledge. Yeah, freight from Kentucky may cost a couple bucks more than I save in California sales tax but dealing with him is well worth it. Would have gone through him again if I hadn't latched onto this bargain:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...tem=4315398501

Good to know this board exists.

G. Owen

[Darren]

Welcome to TBN!

Joel is one of the real experts on two wheeled tractors. If I recall correctly he grew up using his dads. I think he also advises BCS. He also carries a line of hand tools, hoes/forks,shovels that he imports. The quality beats anything you'll find at the local hardware store.

[ZJ_HR]

If you don't like pull starter, you'll like this machines. They haven't pull starting option [img]/forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img] [img]/forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

[milkman]

Libertine,
All the posts and pictures of 2 wheel tractors convinced me to get out the 18 year old BCS 735 and see if it would run, checked the tank and it smelled old and funky, gave it a shot of fresh gas in the carb and fired right up. I took it down and made a couple of passes in the garden and decided to get out the pressure washer and clean her up. Not bad for original, plastic is faded a little and part of the decals are missing. Still has the original ACME 10 HP gas engine, only repair was a coil. Also have 40" finish mower and sulky.

[milkman]

Anothe one.

[milkman]

Think I'll have to get the atttachments out and clean them up.

[milkman]

This thing will really move with a trailer behind it, will outrun the Kubota.

[milkman]

5 forward speeds 2 reverse.

[milkman]

5 forward speeds, 2 reverse, differential lock, individual wheel brakes.