CLeman
Member
We're looking to buy a SCUT and we've decided on one of the orange brands, mostly because of reputation / performance but also because they have the best dealers in our area. We're moving in July to a property in central Illinois with 6-7 acres, about 1/2 of that is lawn. Part of that lawn is across a creek that we get to by driving down a roadbank, so a ZTR is out of the question for mowing. My boys, age 13 and 12 will be doing most of the mowing. We also plan to have a couple head of beef cattle on pasture and do a fair amount of vegetable gardening. So a hay mower, tiller, and possibly snow blower would be future investments for this tractor.
We really like the CS2410, outfitted with 60mmm, FEL, and turf tires comes to around $15k. Right now Kioti is offering a free fifth year powertrain warranty and 0% financing. Looks like a pretty sweet deal. The other option is $2k cash back which might make sense to buy outright.
The other option I came across is a used BX2360, 2010, around 400+ hours to be had for around $10k. On the downside, there is no warranty left on the unit, and it has R4s which I'm concerend will tear up our lawn with the boys doing the driving
Are there any major performance or feature differences I should be looking at between these models? I noticed the BX has a tighter turn radius which would be nice for mowing. How important is the warranty? Should I be worried about the R4s on the lawn? The Kubota dealer said that turf tires are worthless when using the FEL, so I could keep the R4s and always buy the turfs in the future if need be.
Thanks in advance, I always enjoy everyone's thoughts on TBN!
We really like the CS2410, outfitted with 60mmm, FEL, and turf tires comes to around $15k. Right now Kioti is offering a free fifth year powertrain warranty and 0% financing. Looks like a pretty sweet deal. The other option is $2k cash back which might make sense to buy outright.
The other option I came across is a used BX2360, 2010, around 400+ hours to be had for around $10k. On the downside, there is no warranty left on the unit, and it has R4s which I'm concerend will tear up our lawn with the boys doing the driving
Are there any major performance or feature differences I should be looking at between these models? I noticed the BX has a tighter turn radius which would be nice for mowing. How important is the warranty? Should I be worried about the R4s on the lawn? The Kubota dealer said that turf tires are worthless when using the FEL, so I could keep the R4s and always buy the turfs in the future if need be.
Thanks in advance, I always enjoy everyone's thoughts on TBN!