Woods BH6000 or new tractor

[JOHNTHOMAS]

How is the front end loader between the BX1500 and BX23 differ. Is there a noticable difference when it comes to digging, lifting, etc.

I may nix the BX25 idea and get a BX2660 with a loader. It would definitely take up less room in my garage.

Side by side BX25 and BX2660. Are you nixing BH idea?

 

[bxkubota]

Side by side BX25 and BX2660. Are you nixing BH idea?

Probably not, the backhoe will save me alot of time digging holes for trees and footers for retaining walls.

 

[JOHNTHOMAS]

Probably not, the backhoe will save me alot of time digging holes for trees and footers for retaining walls.

Then where did the BX2660 without BH vs BX25 with BH come from?

 

[bxkubota]

Then where did the BX2660 without BH vs BX25 with BH come from?

My father in law just picked up a BX2660 with a bagger and 60" deck and I am super impressed with the power the thing has going up hills using both PTO's. My little BX1500 will go a little and I usually have to stop to let the RPMs pick back up then it is OK (I was in low range on both tractors). The BX2660 doesn't even grunt.

 

[Tom_H]

Two thoughts come to mind: what soil type do you have, and how much money are you willing/able to spend?

My BX2200 with Woods BH6000 can dig fine in the clay when it has light moisture content. I can dig in the hardpan only when it has been soaking under water for a couple of months in the winter, and even then, can dig one inch at a time. With the Bro-Tek ripper, modified to have a sharp point miniature tiger tooth on the tip, I can cut a 2" deep groove. In both cases, the bh really throws the tractor around a lot.

If I had some more money to spend, I would buy the biggest B series tractor that will cut while the MMM is in the fully lifted position, and put a bh on it. If money were no object, I would buy a ZTR, or even an F series mower for the grass, and have a full sized utility tractor for FEL, BH, brush hogging, and other heavy work.

If you have sandy or silty loam, and no huge stumps to dig, blackmajicwoman's thread shows what the BH6000 could do on even a BX1500. If you have caliche, ironpan, duripan, or any true hardpan (fragipan, clay packed by heavy equipment, is not true hardpan), you will have difficulty with a BH6000 on any sized BX.

Having two machines to do widely different tasks can be a wise choice. A person certainly has the right to spend his money any way he decides is right for himself and his family. Nevertheless, the only way I could only see having three machines in the same class as a practical thing, for a majority people, is if he owns a business and has three employees producing income by operating all three machines at the same time.

I hope this helps, but ultimately, only you can decide.

 

[Gale Hawkins]

Why does every machine I buy encourge the purchase of two different machines.

Even with the 60 HP backhoe I find the trackhoes on Ebay catching my attention. :laughing:

I do think there has been a lot of valid input on this thread but in the end only the thread started can say what is best for his short and long term future.

Oh the limits set by the bank account and wife at our house.

 

[wallace]

I have a solution to your problem.
Give me $8,500 and your Kubota and I will give you a brand new Massey Ferguson GC2410 TLB

 

[TripleR]

I always find these discussions interesting and they always make me want to get a BH until I realize I have no need for one, drat.

Who knows what the future holds though.

 

[JOHNTHOMAS]

I always find these discussions interesting and they always make me want to get a BH until I realize I have no need for one, drat. I said the exact same thing several times. I was itching to get one but my practical side always talked me out of it.

Who knows what the future holds though.

I posted a thread a year or so ago asking what possible uses I would have for a BH and got no response other than great for stumps and ditches which I needed neither one done. (Mine isn't great for stumps) You know I recently traded my B3200 to a BX25 to move to my rental property with the 6 septic tanks. Well, the BX25 is still at my home. Good side is I'm using it alot for digging plants up, digging to install plants, digging hill side to level it out, digging down reserve dirt pile to scoop up with bucket, digging out clay from garden and then filling with scoops of black dirt and moving some rocks on hill side that pushing with FEL is scary. Have I gotten $5000 of value out of it, no. Will I, depends on how much back pain it saves me. Bad side, my Brother next door needs holes dug for some reason or the other pretty often and my Nephew that lives down the street and saw my BX25 sitting out needs ditches for gutter drain pipes dug. I noticed your remark to the future and me the skeptic about the value of a BH has to grin.
Digging, digging holes that's what they do. If you don't need holes dug, I doubt you need one. Now just think if there are any holes you'd dig if it was really easy and a bit of fun digging them. Tomorrow could be the future.:laughing:

 

[LBrown59]

Then where did the BX2660 without BH vs BX25 with BH come from?