dmartin88
Gold Member
Received my new BX22 on Thursday, did my first serious work today, planted 8 trees. Boy this thing can dig! Heavy, wet clay, and rocks didn't cause a problem, just had to remember to give it plenty of throttle to keep the rpm's up and it was a lot of fun. This was my first experience using a backhoe and while the holes weren't pretty, they held the tree when I was done, sure beats a shovel. Didn't try to backfill using the hoe, wasn't ready to wipe out a tree but must admit, by the 8th hole, definitely felt a little more natural and was doing a better job of laying out the dirt around the hole in order to make the shovel work easier. Only one of the trees was near anything I could hurt and saved that one for last.
Attached a picture of the tractor before I hosed it down after the day of work, went from 1.8 hours on the clock to just over 6 but think I'm going to like this tractor!
Attached a picture of the tractor before I hosed it down after the day of work, went from 1.8 hours on the clock to just over 6 but think I'm going to like this tractor!