Kubota BX24 4.50 star(s) (65)

Plastic Crap
Model Year: 2008

I have owned lots of things. I have worked with not so many. I have had to work on this is one. It is one of those things that would have been better left at the dealers. The plastic is a magnet for anything that will bust it, and once it breaks, it's the domino effect.

Pros: Fuel economy
Cons: Who makes plastic tractors? Even Sears are stamped steel

Why the BX24?
Model Year: 2006

Bought the tractor/backhoe for a specific project in my back yard. Only access to sight was by driving through 7 foot high overhead doors at both ends of our garage. I looked at rental from Home Depot and ended up buying a used BX24 to save cost. Plan to use for this project (2 years) and then sell.

Pros: Unit holds its value. Local dealer is helpful.
Cons: Manual is not real clear on how to access some service points.

This Was Our First "Tractor"
Model Year: 2009

It is perfect for our use. We have thirteen acres we are developing to organic permaculture. This little tractor is small enough to maneuver around small trees and plants but has enough power to move small amounts of earth, rocks, mulch, dig trenches and small ponds and reservoirs, and the post hole auger (recently purchased) is amazing for planting trees, there were only a couple of times in the last four years that i wished it was a little bigger, but I wouldn't trade it for anything. we liked it so much, this spring we bought a 23 hp Kubota mower, we also got a snow blower for the back, cause I use the buck over the winter to bring wood up from the woodshed.

Pros: Small, maneuverable, doesn't wreck turf/lawn.
Cons: Sometimes will bog sown in deep snow.

Awesome Little Machine
Model Year: 2006

This "Baby Bota" will do almost anything larger tractors can do, it just takes longer (common sense inserted here). I hesitated buying one with a backhoe due to cost but found this one $3,000 less than new with only 78 hours. So glad I did! I put a thumb on and have used it a lot. Great machine that I could go on and on about. If I had more acreage, I would buy a larger tractor, but for me it was a perfect choice!

Pros: Everything!
Cons: Size for some jobs.

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Mighty Micro
Model Year: 2007

Swapped my Kubota ZD23 for a BX24, loader, backhoe, box scraper, after we sold a 3 acre place and needed the tools more than the mower. I had contemplated buying a quad instead, but this thing has paid for itself each summer (projects) and winter (snow removal) since. Still fires up like new regardless how long it sat or how hot or cold it is, still lifts, pulls, pushes, moves its own weight and then some, and has saved my back, legs, arms, time and time again. Sips fuel, and stores in less space than my mom's Honda Fit. Simple, easy maintenance keeps it like new, and only the dirt and scratches from real work indicate that it didn't just roll off the lot yesterday. I've never owned a piece of equipment so ready for work, so easy and fun to use. There are cheaper models out there (more expensive too if you prefer green to orange), but I can't imagine anything better, stronger, faster, more fun.

Pros: Perfect size for a homeowner, super reliable, easy to use and maintain.
Cons: It's capabilities make me think it can do more than its size sometimes allows.

Kubota BX-24
Model Year: 2007

BX-24 LA 240 loader 601 backhoe 50-inch snow blower 48 inch bush hog DR 5inch PTO chipper.

Pros: Very useful, a lot in a small package.
Cons: The most uncomfortable seat ever made, but the new style is much, much better.

BX24
Model Year: 2008

I've cleared about 1 1/2 acres of forested land with it. It came with a bucket, backhoe and general-use tires. The tires were no good during the mud or snow season so purchased additional tires with goo treads. At the time of purchase, I also purchased an under mounted lawn mower and rear mounted snow blower. The lawn mower, I've never used since it requires changing to the original tires and (I think) removing bucket & backhoe. I purchased from DR a drag-behind grader and a rear-mounted chipper. I have no regrets except the lawn mower attachment.

Pros: Serves 80% of my purposes for clearing, etc.
Cons: Need more hydraulic power sometimes and more weight.

Small but Mighty
Model Year: 2004

This little tractor saves a lot of time. It's smaller size makes navigating the yard easy without damaging anything.

Pros: Small powerful diesel, and easy to maneuver.
Cons: Sometimes it doesn't weigh enough. The power of the backhoe is enough to want to tip you over.

BX24
Model Year: 2006

The tractor has proven to be very dependable. The attachments are reasonably easy to change with the exception of the belly mower deck, that takes some grunt work to position it to attach in as much as the mower will not slide in between the front and rear wheels.

Pros: Easy to use and easy to remove and install the front end loader and backhoe.
Cons: Plastic parts, had to repair fenders with fiberglass.

Good Worker Until Transmission Failed
Model Year: 2006

Intelligently designed, good power for its size. Used as backhoe/loader exclusively. But after 5 years of moderate use transmission (hydro-static drive) failed and could not repaired locally (used on a Caribbean island). Transmission returned to dealer who tried to fix it but returned it still broken. Upon complaint to Kubota HQ, Kubota offered to repair the tractor at their expense. This included sea shipment to U.S. and return. But the process took 18 months! Kubota would not sell us a new transmission. Factory and dealer lived up to their word and machine works again.

Pros: Great machine, strong and basically reliable.
Cons: Safety switches unreliable. Factory will not sell certain replacement parts.to individual.

Perfect Estate Maintenance Tractor
Model Year: 2006

My Kubota BX24 is my ten acre chore master! I use it to maintain my driveway in the summer it grades the drive and in the winter I have a front mount snow blower for it. I rough mow and have a weed sprayer for it. I use it to move boats and trailers out of my storage building. I am just in the process of ordering the new Landpride SGC05 series grapple from Landpride for the loader, that will be used on seven acres of tree's and brush that I need to get cleaned up. This machine has been flawless!

Pros: Maneuverable and dependable.
Cons: Wished the loader bucket was a bit bigger.

Extremely Versatile Machine!
Model Year: 2008

I bought my BX24 after retiring, to do various chores around the property. I haven't used a wheelbarrow or shovel since. It just makes everything easier. Ex: Working firewood, it hauls and holds logs while bucking to length; then lifts huge rounds onto a feeder pallet level with my splitter, and the split pieces go into the bucket to be driven and lifted to the appropriate loading height in the stacks. My back is in love with the change! It's small footprint and versatility makes it a money-making hit, too, working in the surrounding towns for supplemental income. My turf tires work great year-round, snowplowing in winter and landscaping the rest of the year.

Pros: Great on fuel, can do just about everything, handles all attachments, gets into small spaces with a 'light' footprint.
Cons: Max. lift with FEL is about 1,000 lbs (with little height) and 600 lbs to full height, but its great for this size.

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Project Tractor
Model Year: 2006

The problem is, this tractor had no real competition in the small tractor with backhoe department, at the time. If that's still true, then I'd buy the same thing because I like the small size combined with backhoe capability, but not because the tractor is free of problems (read further). On the pro side, I like the backhoe mounting directly to the frame and the way the regular tractor seat swivels for backhoe use. The main components are fine, the tractor does what I want, and I use it a lot. Now the cons: considering the great cars we get from Japanese manufacturers, it is amazing how they let something with this many design bugs get out. First the plastic body cracked in the running board area. I weight 180 lbs, not 220, and it cracked under my weight. It was repaired under warranty, but I still had to remove the bucket and backhoe and schlep it back to the dealer. The the hydraulic fan and rear driveshaft boot, unprotected on the underside, got speared by sticks and broken. To fix this right, without the Mickey Mouse split fan shortcut, you need to detach and lift THE ENGINE! Okay so I did that, and fitted a protective shield for the area. In the process of dismantling the tractor to get at the engine, the blind nuts holding the body to the frame twisted out (corrosion-welded to the bolts) and had to be replaced and re-glued in. I will need to make some kind of shields for the tie rod end boots, likewise unprotected and getting beat up by vegetation. The headlight covers quickly turned opaque, and I keep this thing in a shed. In reverse, it's practically impossible to stop smoothly. On the Web, there are elaborate fixes for this, great if you like lots of machine work, but it shows it's not just me. I've put the exhaust spark arrestor back on twice after it vibrated off. The fuse for the shut-off solenoid delay timer has blown twice---not a big deal I guess---but why? Every bolt on this thing is a different size I swear. I can take a Toyota 90% apart with a 10 and 14 mm socket, why can't Kubota do this?

Pros: Small size, backhoe, reliable main components.
Cons: Design flaws, poor plastic materials.

"Small Peanuts" Among the Big Boys
Model Year: 2007

I haven't taken any personal photos of my BX23 (but the included photo of a later model (BX25) will at least give any other 'tractor neophyte' a representation similar to what I have. In addition to the backhoe and front-end loader, I have a stock Kubota canopy, 36" forks to attach to the FEL, a John Deere 4' snow plow that has been modified to attach to the FEL (similar to the forks, but I have a 24" x 36" steel plate that I use as a gusset to strengthen where the plow attaches to the FEL), and a 3-point hitch platform. I am debating about getting a box scraper (although now too lazy to want to detach the backhoe to use one). I have already trenched for about 350 feet @ 3-4 feet deep, which currently makes me more proficient (?) at using the backhoe than the FEL. A mechanic friend advised me on how to lower the rollover protection bar without compromising its strength and purpose; consequently I store my tractor in the 3rd bay of our 3-car garage---attached to a battery maintainer. As most on tractor forums will attest: always try to work at the lowest center of gravity possible; try not to rush and always know the position of the attachments (especially the FEL, BH, and stabilizers).

Pros: Does moderate jobs well, as was needed.
Cons: Foot brake should be on left side (resolved on newer models).

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Kubota No Start Problem
Model Year: 2008

Well, this one will have to fall under the "well duh" catagory. Long story shortened: my friend has never had a mower with his tractor although he does have front loader and backhoe attachments. As a result, he has never had a need for the PTO. Apparently, the PTO lever never got exercised to the point where it would spring back to the OFF position. The operator, or a tree limb, moved the lever off of the start safety switch. I could have fixed this one over the phone.

Pros: Good tractor.
Cons: Hard to get the hood off.

Family Tractor: Do It All Assistance
Model Year: 0

I bought this tractor because of its reviews. I was raised on a farm where bigger was always better, however I have only 1 acre and I am limited. Since I haven't bought a trailer to pull behind our 4 cylinder Ford Ranger, something I will have to find about more about, weight with backhoe and loader, length, etc. My wife is an avid gardener/landscaper and giggled when she 1st saw the tractor with its attachments saying it looked like a little transformer or scorpion. She is not afraid to drive it and is quiet enough she does not complain about the noise. So far we are still experimenting with all it can do and are proceeding cautiously. The commercial show a lady driving one and now I know why.

Pros: Versitility.
Cons: None so far.

Great Tool
Model Year: 2007

I have moved a lot of dirt, stone and snow with the FEL, dug over a thousand feet of trench with backhoe and dug out up over 30 stumps. Used it with a box scrapper, brush hog and tiller. This thing is a beast.

Pros: Lot power for its small size.
Cons: Front tires needed tubes added to keep from going flat every few days.

BX24 Does It All
Model Year: 2007

My BX24 has been a great addition around the acreage. The backhoe is extremely useful for removing stumps and other things. Tried a friends New Holland of similar size and found the Kubota to have more power in the drive train and hydraulics. The BX has been extremely reliable and even starts quickly when the temperatures drop. Added a snowblower to this unit to clear 300 yrd driveway; making yard work easy. Have to use square bales of hay; due to limited front end lift but traded off for the compact size and can even clean stalls with it. Have a mid-mount mower deck that never stalls even in tall grass. For me this Kubota BX24 was the right decision.

Pros: Nice to have backhoe attachment with the base package.
Cons: Some of the plastic foot deck cracked in the cold. Replacement with the same material seems pointless. Wish I could find larger selection of aftermarket parts.

Kubota BX24
Model Year: 2010

I bought this machine used with turf tires, a loader and plow. I also have a 48" finish mower and airator. This machine does everything I want it to. The only complaint I have is my last b7200 had a manual transmission and in low gear it couldn't be stopped. These hydrolic transmissions are convenient but really take away the power.

Pros: Hydrostatic has it's limits.
Cons: Great machine, would recommend it.

The BX24
Model Year: 2009

It is a fine small tractor. The back hoe is great. Only problem is the front tires go flat when I move a lot of soil or rock with the bucket. I have to keep the pressure up around 24 psi.

Pros: Lightweight---fits into small tight areas.
Cons: Poor front tires and sticky forward throttle pedal.