should I get a BX?

[txkevin]

Wow! That bx25 sure sounds nice. Is 2 years too soon for an upgrade? How come I can't find this thing on kubota's site?

The BX 25 is like Big Foot and the Lockness monster... They are reported to exist and there are some pictures out there. However, I have a feeling, they are just BX24's in new suits or light trickery ........

I have no idea why Kubota would put a product in the market and not have the information on its website. Very strange.....

 

[lp333]

That is typically how I feel when I go to a craft show. I walk around saying " Are you kidding, I could make one of those in a few hours for half the price"... Then I never quite get around to it....

TXK, you are correct about the overpricing of most BXpanded products.

Last Saturday afternoon, I enjoyed making a BH storage dolly in a couple of hours. My only real cost was for 3 sets of wheels (about $45 in total); for the frame, I used 2x4s scraps that came from a 25 year old cedar deck that I am in the process of replacing. The dolly rolls very nicely on my smooth concrete floor.

 

[asylum575]

The BX 25 is like Big Foot and the Lockness monster... They are reported to exist and there are some pictures out there. However, I have a feeling, they are just BX24's in new suits or light trickery ........

I have no idea why Kubota would put a product in the market and not have the information on its website. Very strange.....

I saw a BX25 at Messick's a couple of weeks ago. After going over it with Neil, I'm satisfied with my BX24. Especially after using the included 3PH gear that came with mine. I'd be annoyed to spend a couple of hundred bucks on something that used to be included.

 

[KeithInSpace]

...a couple of hundred bucks on something that used to be included.

More than that...ANY bucks on something that is fundamental to the tractor itself. Why even offer a TLB without the 3PH arms? Silly.

Why don't they offer the entire rig but not include the headlight switch. Sure, it has headlights, wiring for the headlights, power to the headlights, and a spot for the switch...but not everyone NEEDS headlights. So the switch is now optional. $200, please.

Delete the freakin' turn signals. Not the 3PH assembly.

 

[sw03]

More than that...ANY bucks on something that is fundamental to the tractor itself. Why even offer a TLB without the 3PH arms? Silly.

Why don't they offer the entire rig but not include the headlight switch. Sure, it has headlights, wiring for the headlights, power to the headlights, and a spot for the switch...but not everyone NEEDS headlights. So the switch is now optional. $200, please.

Delete the freakin' turn signals. Not the 3PH assembly.

Because, like JD, they are starting to nickle-and-dime ya. I remember when JD would charge you for a PTO, a 3-pt hitch etc...Sad

 

[asylum575]

The turn signals and headlights are probably necessary for DOT regulations. The 3 point hitch should definitely be included.

 

[KeithInSpace]

POINT: How many of us give two hoots about DOT regulations with regard to slow moving vehicles (SMVs)? How many of us still have the stupid triangle mounted to our machines? How many of us have been driving down the road and been given the finger or ticketed for our inability to properly signal our lane change or turning intentions ON OUR BX TRACTOR? I can say how many times that's happened to me....

Compare that to those of us that give many more than two hoots about the presence of a 3PH.

I'm agreeing, by the way. I just get a little purturbed at some beancounter's bright idea of making something optional that is "unnecessary". Get out of the office, dude...use the machine, for goodness sake.

Starting to rant...Sorry.

 

[txkevin]

TXK, you are correct about the overpricing of most BXpanded products.
.

Don't get me wrong, I recently purchased one of their dolly's. The price to value was worth it to me. Sure I could likely have made one but I liked their design and it seems like a high quality piece. I thought about making one but realized that I would have put it off on my "to do" list and when I really needed it, it would not have been ready. I can tell you this, the man has a quality business model. They were a pleasure to do business with.

 

[Matt_Jr]

YIKES!! NO 3PH?!!!. Nevermind the downgrade thing. I can deal with bumping up from idle and plastic. The steel hood would be nice though.

 

[LBrown59]

POINT: How many of us give two hoots about DOT regulations with regard to slow moving vehicles (SMVs)? How many of us still have the stupid triangle mounted to our machines? How many of us have been driving down the road and been given the finger or ticketed for our inability to properly signal our lane change or turning intentions ON OUR BX TRACTOR? I can say how many times that's happened to me....
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I don't have it on any of my tractors.
Took all of them off because I don't drive the tractors on the road.