Okay TBN Friends... To B or Not to B (Therefore BX).

[JOHNTHOMAS]

Darn it John! Now you will try to convince me I need a grapple and a thumb!
No, those are extras for the two acre owner that will rarely be used or I haven't because I haven't owned one, until Monday, when I get a thumb as part of my trade deal with Barlows on the B7100

This thing has spun out of control. If I had a few grand lying around, it'd be no problem. Keeping the cost down and minimal talk around Dodge will be the key to success.
I use forks that clamp to my bucket and for my uses they work, not as good as the forks that I had on my L3240 with SSQA but for the money and frequency of use for me the clamp on forks and my buckets never come off

I'd like this to be my last tractor, and if it's not a BX25D, at least the B's are hoe adaptable in the future. My demands are certainly the FEL, MMM, QA, Forks, and Front Blade. Now I find the B2620 is limited in availability, although it still is a mutt if I want the QA integrated part and piece from the LA504... Which has no blade. The B2650 ROPS replacement is another $2500 for Tier IV emissions garbage, which I don't want... Yada, Yada, Yada. Sitting here at the hospital waiting for results on my mother in law, I realize I'd better get more active and better my health. think I'm going to a push mower and wheelbarrow.

Most of us elders/seniors have tractors because we pushed and wheelbarrowed for to to long and they became requirements to keep us out of the hospital and keep active.
Go back to a Kubota lot and try the BX25 and a B2620/2920 or even 2320 and see which one makes you smile or come closer to smiling and buy that one because all of them will do your jobs with very little difference and near the same money except the BX25D will do so much more with the BH for so much less money than adding one to a B later with cash or high interest loan. If the dealer doesn't have the one you want then contact Barlows and I feel certain they'll have it or get it for you.
You've had enough experience that you know that your butt and smile is the main determining factor since they will all work. Turn your brain off and GO!!!:cool2:

 

[robertm]

Most of us elders/seniors have tractors because we pushed and wheelbarrowed for to to long and they became requirements to keep us out of the hospital and keep active. Go back to a Kubota lot and try the BX25 and a B2620/2920 or even 2320 and see which one makes you smile or come closer to smiling and buy that one because all of them will do your jobs with very little difference and near the same money except the BX25D will do so much more with the BH for so much less money than adding one to a B later with cash or high interest loan. If the dealer doesn't have the one you want then contact Barlows and I feel certain they'll have it or get it for you. You've had enough experience that you know that your butt and smile is the main determining factor since they will all work. Turn your brain off and GO!!!:cool2:[/QUOTE

 

[robertm]

Most of us elders/seniors have tractors because we pushed and wheelbarrowed for to to long and they became requirements to keep us out of the hospital and keep active. Go back to a Kubota lot and try the BX25 and a B2620/2920 or even 2320 and see which one makes you smile or come closer to smiling and buy that one because all of them will do your jobs with very little difference and near the same money except the BX25D will do so much more with the BH for so much less money than adding one to a B later with cash or high interest loan. If the dealer doesn't have the one you want then contact Barlows and I feel certain they'll have it or get it for you. You've had enough experience that you know that your butt and smile is the main determining factor since they will all work. Turn your brain off and GO!!!:cool2:

YES SIR! Orders received!

 

[GPintheMitten]

It sounds to me that you like the B better. I mow with the B2620 with R4s. Get it and dont look back.

 

[robertm]

It sounds to me that you like the B better. I mow with the B2620 with R4s. Get it and dont look back.

Any issues with tires cutting circles around trees when turning?

 

[ovrszd]

The picture also includes a larger bucket on a larger tractor. A BX can have a bucket and blower as well, the size of each would have to be in proportion to the tractor. But your comment was pointed *directly* at the work.

Jeez, you just can't let this go can ya???? No way a BX is gonna move snow as effectively as a B. Can you move snow as effectively as this???

 

[robertm]

Guess I'll get an L and move outta the snow belt.

 

[GPintheMitten]

Any issues with tires cutting circles around trees when turning?

Yes, there is if the lawn I'd really wet and I turn as tight as posdible. I have about 30 trees to mow around. But I have a very large lawn that I have to go around many times. So I cut back and forth catching an arc around each tree at each pass taking about a third of the circle around the tree. So I don't try to catch the whole circumference in one pass around. I hope that makes sense.

Basically, I work it out so I don't cut real tight and keep it in 2 wd and I'm happy with the results.

 

[RaydaKub]

Jeez, you just can't let this go can ya????

Not gonna pollute the thread any more.

 

[AStanton]

My neighbor does commercial snow removal. I got a chance to park my B3030 next to his machine.
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