Hi Junkman
I called the NH dealer and spoke with Mike. Mike suggested working with a dealer in New Milford, with the logic I should buy from a local dealer. I spoke with the New Milford dealer who can have a BX23 delivered this week for the exact price as Mike's. Both were gentlemen and easy to converse with.
I reside in the North Haven/Hamden area. I called three times to the Orange Dealer and received no quote, which is the closest dealer.
I have 3 other dealers of Jinma, FarmTrac and Iron Horse nearby. I've read the positive feedback all have left on the BX23 and BX22 and I'm surprised on what this small tractor can do, yet I'm wondering for the price if I should get one of the Chinese models. I'm leaning toward the BX because I don't want to spend my time fixing a tractor and have also thought about the B2910.
So I'm going nuts. On a side note on tree trunks. One user posted pictures on a tree trunk that was huge, pulled with BX23 or BX22 that took him 2 days. I could hire someone to grind down stumps, but I was thinking. If I dug with the backhoe around a large stump, with a wide enough radius, can one use a chainsaw to say, cut the stump 8 to 12 inches from the top, then cover. Would the outcome be the same as stumpgrinding, except you would have a solid piece of trunk, instead of chips.
Can a BX23 user use the FEL to push snow, skimming 1/2 inch above the surface. I've have a John Deere LX176 mower I bought new ten years ago, that I out a 38 inch plow on with chains and it gets the job done. My neighbor uses his FEL and it does a nice job (don't know the brand, but its a small tractor a little larger than the BX23, yellow in color and older looking.
I fiqure and correct me, if the little John Deere, can push the snow, the BX23 with 4x4 should do even better. 600-700 foot driveway, half is tar the other 1/2 gravel.
Is there a gravel that will harden after use. Keep getting holes after use.
Wow..my hands are tired as well as your eyes after this one.
Had to get it all out.
Jim