Buying Advice 2013 Kubota BX2370?

[Kubota Proud]

Looking to buy a scut. Tossing around the idea of a BX1870 with 54 deck or BX2370 with 60 deck. Not really plan on getting the FEL. Main use would be for mowing, pulling a trailer (firewood etc) and snow removal. I have a 200 ft blacktop driveway and about 3 acres to mow. 3pt hitch would be used for aerator, sprayer, spreader, etc.. Dealer priced me the 2370 with 60 deck at 12,500 OTD. I want it to be a 20 yr tractor if I'm going to spend that kind of money... Is this overkill? I tried a ZTR for mowing and HATED it! Is this the way to go, is it worth the money?

Also looked at New Holland Boomer and Mahindra Max both with Mitsubishi diesel.

I had a kubota gas riding mower years ago - zero problems.

 

[Happy Gilmore]

I would highly reconsider the FEL, especially if it's going to be a long term keeper. You have a decent sized yard and once you have a loader you'll wonder how you survived without it for all of your chores. I have a BX1500 with 48" MMM and FEL, less power than the 1870, but I love the little tractor.

 

[robertm]

Looking to buy a scut. Tossing around the idea of a BX1870 with 54 deck or BX2370 with 60 deck. Not really plan on getting the FEL. Main use would be for mowing, pulling a trailer (firewood etc) and snow removal. I have a 200 ft blacktop driveway and about 3 acres to mow. 3pt hitch would be used for aerator, sprayer, spreader, etc.. Dealer priced me the 2370 with 60 deck at 12,500 OTD. I want it to be a 20 yr tractor if I'm going to spend that kind of money... Is this overkill? I tried a ZTR for mowing and HATED it! Is this the way to go, is it worth the money?

Also looked at New Holland Boomer and Mahindra Max both with Mitsubishi diesel.

I had a kubota gas riding mower years ago - zero problems.

20 year?A kubota will be a team player ALOT longer than that on 3 acres if taken care of. I pronise you that a loader will pay for itself 100x over in 20 years. I have used my loader for more things that a wheelbarrow would gave taken time for than i could ever recall. The $2k will come back when anf if you sell it, and the deapreciation will be less than you think. These scuts are realized as workhorses, and youll find things to use it for. Think the firewood you could load alone.

 

[JOHNTHOMAS]

I bought my first lifetime Kubota mower 11 years ago. A BX2200 MMM with the high priced wheelbarrow on the front since it was going to be my last ever to buy mower. Couldn't believe that I had such a power house mower that I could mow with on my 5 hillside, rocky, treed, gullied acres plus tame the land with the wheelbarrow (FEL) it would dig like a demon, move trees, rocks, trash, a couch, more rocks, and more trees and more dirt and gravel and tree stumps. Get the FEL.
My neighbor built his house at the same time as I did. He bought a Cub Cadet and then a Zero turn and then a Kubota BX1800 MMM FEL after watching me for a couple of years. He later traded it to a BX2350 MMM FEL just to be trading, he had all the power he needed with his BX1800. If money is that much of an issue, go for the BX18XX with FEL. These are lifetime machines that can be sold or passed on and after getting one you'll never go without again especially if you have more than a half acre lot.
When the other brand trolls show up just block them from your page and you'll never see their posts again.
I've bought 15 new Kubotas and 2 used ones because I like them and Barlows has traded and treated me well.
Go forth and join a new world that you never really knew existed. If you do and decide you don't like it then you can sell the Kubota for about what you paid for it and especially if it has the FEL.

 

[rbarker]

Looking to buy a scut. Tossing around the idea of a BX1870 with 54 deck or BX2370 with 60 deck. Not really plan on getting the FEL. Main use would be for mowing, pulling a trailer (firewood etc) and snow removal. I have a 200 ft blacktop driveway and about 3 acres to mow. 3pt hitch would be used for aerator, sprayer, spreader, etc.. Dealer priced me the 2370 with 60 deck at 12,500 OTD. I want it to be a 20 yr tractor if I'm going to spend that kind of money... Is this overkill? I tried a ZTR for mowing and HATED it! Is this the way to go, is it worth the money? Also looked at New Holland Boomer and Mahindra Max both with Mitsubishi diesel. I had a kubota gas riding mower years ago - zero problems.

How are you planning to remove snow? You don't mention anything about a blade or a snow blower so you need to figure in more money for some snow removal device. Which device you get would depend on how much snow and how urgent it is for you to clear it.

I join the rest in suggesting that you add the FEL to the package. Cheaper to buy it up front at 0% then to wait if it is financially possible. I think that it is worth it, but then, I have owned one for about a dozen years.

Good luck,

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[Kubota Proud]

How are you planning to remove snow? You don't mention anything about a blade or a snow blower so you need to figure in more money for some snow removal device. Which device you get would depend on how much snow and how urgent it is for you to clear it. I join the rest in suggesting that you add the FEL to the package. Cheaper to buy it up front at 0% then to wait if it is financially possible. I think that it is worth it, but then, I have owned one for about a dozen years. Good luck, Sent from my iPad using TractorByNet

I was thinking rear blade. I don't think it would be a problem with my blacktop driveway and the up and down Indiana winters.
I could get the 1870 with fel, or the 2370 with no fel. I would just prefer the 2370 for it's rear pto output for auger and such?

 

[Kubota Proud]

Any other thought about the FEL? The BX2370 with FEL and 60 inch MMM was priced at 14,500 OTD with 0% for 72. Or 12,000 without FEL..

 

[dragoneggs]

I would bet... and I am not a betting man... you will regret not having the FEL. Do you like your wheel barrel???

 

[rbarker]

Any other thought about the FEL? The BX2370 with FEL and 60 inch MMM was priced at 14,500 OTD with 0% for 72. Or 12,000 without FEL..

It's very easy to spend someone else's money but the difference is $35 a month over 72 months. I will all but guarantee you will add it at some point anyway but then it will be a lump sum of at least $2500, probably more with Installation and transportation. Just sayin is all! LOL

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[Kubota Proud]

Yeah, dealer quoted me 3400 if added later for the loader "package"