tractorshopper
Veteran Member
Personally, I don't care and don't get hurt feelings about whatever anyone calls my tractor. I know it's capabilities and limits very well. I have operated a few different CUT tractors on several occasions prior to buying my own first tractor, a Kubota L3800. I also operated many different tow motors and other equipment in the past. I used my L3800 pretty hard and was amazed at what it could accomplish, but found that when I was done with most of the big work that I had to do, that it sat in the garage a lot more than I thought it would. I have 11 acres split between my home with a little over 3 acres, and a property 4.5 miles away.
At the time my lawn tractor (mower 42") was getting to the point that I was putting regular money into it, I started rethinking things and figured that if my tractor could also mow my lawn, it would get used more and generate more value to me. I chewed on that for a while. My brother had bought a BX25D, so I had played with it some and was impressed with what it could do. I ended up selling my L3800 and buying a BX2370 with the same implements I had for my L3800 previously, but added a grapple this time and the MMM.
If I could afford to have 2 tractors, I would have liked to keep the L3800, but it didn't make sense in my case. I was worried that I'd miss the capabilities of that machine, and sometimes do to a small degree, but I'm really amazed at the capability of my BX as well. You can read other posts of mine where I did my initial review of the new machine. It is frankly more capable than I would have imagined and pretty versatile, so stepping down in size didn't have as much of a negative impact on me as I worried it might. And at the end, I was right. I use it a lot more, all year.
I say all this to point out simply after having experience with both sizes, I don't consider the SCUT to be an overgrown lawn mower. Frankly, it does cut grass way better than my old lawn tractor though and much faster. But it is also built like a tank in comparison and capable of doing real tractor work, albeit on a smaller scale than a large size tractor. I can only pop 2-3" trees, maybe a 4" with a lot of work with the BX Loader with tooth bar. The L3800 would pop 5-6" trees and do so faster. The L3800 would dig and move more dirt faster than the BX, but frankly I'm amazed at how well I can dig with it's loader. (both had tooth bars). I had mostly 5' implements with the L except a 6' box blade. I have mostly 4' with the BX except a 5' lighter weight box blade. I thought it would be a much larger step down that it was.
That anyway is for all my uses, but the SCUT is still much more "real" tractor than lawn mower. I think when people use the term overgrown lawn mower that they know what they are thinking and understand its uses and place. What I don't think they think about is the way that term is perceived by people that are very new to the tractor market and reading up on here to learn more.
Once again, I don't care what you call mine. I know the differences in them well. I do think though that if I didn't have any experience and saw a lot of comments about them being oversized lawn mowers (even with no ill intentions meant by that), it could lead me to believe that I wouldn't be happy with one and would look at a larger machine initially, whether I really needed it or not. Then maybe down the road end up with something for my small estate that is really not as helpful or useful for my situation.
At the time my lawn tractor (mower 42") was getting to the point that I was putting regular money into it, I started rethinking things and figured that if my tractor could also mow my lawn, it would get used more and generate more value to me. I chewed on that for a while. My brother had bought a BX25D, so I had played with it some and was impressed with what it could do. I ended up selling my L3800 and buying a BX2370 with the same implements I had for my L3800 previously, but added a grapple this time and the MMM.
If I could afford to have 2 tractors, I would have liked to keep the L3800, but it didn't make sense in my case. I was worried that I'd miss the capabilities of that machine, and sometimes do to a small degree, but I'm really amazed at the capability of my BX as well. You can read other posts of mine where I did my initial review of the new machine. It is frankly more capable than I would have imagined and pretty versatile, so stepping down in size didn't have as much of a negative impact on me as I worried it might. And at the end, I was right. I use it a lot more, all year.
I say all this to point out simply after having experience with both sizes, I don't consider the SCUT to be an overgrown lawn mower. Frankly, it does cut grass way better than my old lawn tractor though and much faster. But it is also built like a tank in comparison and capable of doing real tractor work, albeit on a smaller scale than a large size tractor. I can only pop 2-3" trees, maybe a 4" with a lot of work with the BX Loader with tooth bar. The L3800 would pop 5-6" trees and do so faster. The L3800 would dig and move more dirt faster than the BX, but frankly I'm amazed at how well I can dig with it's loader. (both had tooth bars). I had mostly 5' implements with the L except a 6' box blade. I have mostly 4' with the BX except a 5' lighter weight box blade. I thought it would be a much larger step down that it was.
That anyway is for all my uses, but the SCUT is still much more "real" tractor than lawn mower. I think when people use the term overgrown lawn mower that they know what they are thinking and understand its uses and place. What I don't think they think about is the way that term is perceived by people that are very new to the tractor market and reading up on here to learn more.
Once again, I don't care what you call mine. I know the differences in them well. I do think though that if I didn't have any experience and saw a lot of comments about them being oversized lawn mowers (even with no ill intentions meant by that), it could lead me to believe that I wouldn't be happy with one and would look at a larger machine initially, whether I really needed it or not. Then maybe down the road end up with something for my small estate that is really not as helpful or useful for my situation.
