Michael Aos
Gold Member
I got a 22,140 square foot (123' wide x 180' deep) lot w/2 small houses on it, and a nearby 7382 square foot (70' wide x 105' deep) lot with 1 small house on it.
Planning to plant some grass seed in the backyard in a chunk that's about 93' wide x 50' deep (~4650 square feet). If that goes well, I may do another ~5000 (123' wide by 40' deep) square feet out front and ~2500 square feet at the other site. Also a some touch-up in a couple other spots and 1-2x ~100 square foot gardens. I do have a little electric tiller that's good-enough for the gardens.
I've got a 2016 Kubota BX2370-1. I've been planning on getting the tires filled, add wheel weights, and purchasing a Land Pride BB1248 box blade.
I've been reading about planting a lawn and the articles tend to recommend a rotary tiller.
So... assuming I can't rent a 3pt hitch tiller for the BX2370, I was thinking...
Is it likely I could get something roughly equivalent to tilling by just using the BB1248 box blade on the BX2370?
Would it be significantly better (better results planting a new lawn) to purchase something like the Land Pride RTR542? I plan to purchase some good dirt and work it into the existing dead sod.
Just to complicate things -- since I'm in the initial cleanup phase of repairing the "deferred maintenance" of these properties, I've been wondering if maybe I should have gone larger than the BX2370. Maybe a B2601, or B2650.
I might be able to bundle similar implements for a discount and do a 0% deal on a larger tractor. The larger (and heavier) stuff would be great for this project, but I'm not sure how much they'd really be required to maintain everything once this initial work is done.
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Planning to plant some grass seed in the backyard in a chunk that's about 93' wide x 50' deep (~4650 square feet). If that goes well, I may do another ~5000 (123' wide by 40' deep) square feet out front and ~2500 square feet at the other site. Also a some touch-up in a couple other spots and 1-2x ~100 square foot gardens. I do have a little electric tiller that's good-enough for the gardens.
I've got a 2016 Kubota BX2370-1. I've been planning on getting the tires filled, add wheel weights, and purchasing a Land Pride BB1248 box blade.
I've been reading about planting a lawn and the articles tend to recommend a rotary tiller.
So... assuming I can't rent a 3pt hitch tiller for the BX2370, I was thinking...
Is it likely I could get something roughly equivalent to tilling by just using the BB1248 box blade on the BX2370?
Would it be significantly better (better results planting a new lawn) to purchase something like the Land Pride RTR542? I plan to purchase some good dirt and work it into the existing dead sod.
Just to complicate things -- since I'm in the initial cleanup phase of repairing the "deferred maintenance" of these properties, I've been wondering if maybe I should have gone larger than the BX2370. Maybe a B2601, or B2650.
I might be able to bundle similar implements for a discount and do a 0% deal on a larger tractor. The larger (and heavier) stuff would be great for this project, but I'm not sure how much they'd really be required to maintain everything once this initial work is done.
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