BX2370-1 / buyers remorse?

[Michael Aos]

I'm just over 40hrs now on the 2016 BX2370.

I still wish I'd purchased the B2601, but I've been getting a lot done with the BX2370.

Moved around 4.5 yards of topsoil, 1 ton of pea gravel, and 2 tons of 1.5" crushed granite yesterday.

I had been planning on rock everywhere. Around 200 tons.

Now that I see what that's going to cost, I'm thinking about leaving it as dirt and purchasing a mower for the weeds instead.
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[dragoneggs]

I'm just over 40hrs now on the 2016 BX2370.

I still wish I'd purchased the B2601, but I've been getting a lot done with the BX2370.

Moved around 4.5 yards of topsoil, 1 ton of pea gravel, and 2 tons of 1.5" crushed granite yesterday.

I had been planning on rock everywhere. Around 200 tons.

Now that I see what that's going to cost, I'm thinking about leaving it as dirt and purchasing a mower for the weeds instead.
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Time to forget about the coulda, woulda, shoulda... You will probably find soon and appreciate that your BX sips fuel, relatively cheap to maintain, and fits where you never thought a tractor could fit. I recall 40hrs is your first maintenance interval... here's a good thread started by johnthomas with some great tips. Worth a read if you will be doing your own maintenance.

http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/...08-do-your-own-fluids-filters.html?highlight=

 

[Oldoak]

With a lot of time and patience, I'm sure things will work out for you. Your decisions have been made and now you are learning from personal hands on experience.

I see you got a lot of good advice from others, accept for "Ignore the naysayers". Always listen to both the pros and the cons. Then balance the two and decide for yourself. It's your money and your work load.

As far as for planning on selling you BX and recovering X amount of dollars in the future, you never know what the market will be at that time or how much you actually will be able to sell it for. That goes for any kind of equipment. I never factor that into my purchase decisions.

 

[JOHNTHOMAS]

With a lot of time and patience, I'm sure things will work out for you. Your decisions have been made and now you are learning from personal hands on experience.

I see you got a lot of good advice from others, accept for "Ignore the naysayers". Always listen to both the pros and the cons. Then balance the two and decide for yourself. It's your money and your work load.

As far as for planning on selling you BX and recovering X amount of dollars in the future, you never know what the market will be at that time or how much you actually will be able to sell it for. That goes for any kind of equipment. I never factor that into my purchase decisions.

As far as for planning on selling you BX and recovering X amount of dollars in the future, you never know what the market will be at that time or how much you actually will be able to sell it for. That goes for any kind of equipment. I never factor that into my purchase decisions. I've bought over 20 Kubotas in 13 years and over 160/180 (Can't remember for sure) cars/trucks since 1964 and buy and sell Real Estate and other stuff. I always factor in the possible return on my money spent when I buy when it's non depleting items that I don't expect to keep till they dissolve or become just weight items. Different strokes for different folks is the key. I know, I know no one knows exactly what something will sell for in the future but as long as records of mankind have been kept there is evidence of specific items being bought and sold and the price the item sold for new and the price it sold for over time and usually condition of used item sold is mentioned. They may end tomorrow but I don't expect it to. :cool2:

 

[moriboy]

FWIW- I just traded my 2.5 year old BX2370 for an L3901. I lost a little over $2000 on the trade. It stings a little, but I feel like that was fair.

 

[Oldoak]

As far as for planning on selling you BX and recovering X amount of dollars in the future, you never know what the market will be at that time or how much you actually will be able to sell it for. That goes for any kind of equipment. I never factor that into my purchase decisions. I've bought over 20 Kubotas in 13 years and over 160/180 (Can't remember for sure) cars/trucks since 1964 and buy and sell Real Estate and other stuff. I always factor in the possible return on my money spent when I buy when it's non depleting items that I don't expect to keep till they dissolve or become just weight items. Different strokes for different folks is the key. I know, I know no one knows exactly what something will sell for in the future but as long as records of mankind have been kept there is evidence of specific items being bought and sold and the price the item sold for new and the price it sold for over time and usually condition of used item sold is mentioned. They may end tomorrow but I don't expect it to. :cool2:

"Different strokes for different folks is the key" That covers it all. I always repeated: "To each, their own". I too have made a couple of great deals on selling tractors (2) I had previously owned, but I NEVER counted on it when I originally purchased them.

Naturally someone who buys and sells for a living counts on making a profit. That's not what I do.

 

[JOHNTHOMAS]

FWIW- I just traded my 2.5 year old BX2370 for an L3901. I lost a little over $2000 on the trade. It stings a little, but I feel like that was fair.

Why do you think you "lost" $2000+? You used it for 2 and one half years or 30 month or about $70 a month or about $2 a day. Check what renting one for a day plus hassle comes out to be or what you would have had to pay someone to do the jobs you did with your tractor.

"Different strokes for different folks is the key" That covers it all. I always repeated: "To each, their own". I too have made a couple of great deals on selling tractors (2) I had previously owned, but I NEVER counted on it when I originally purchased them.

Naturally someone who buys and sells for a living counts on making a profit. That's not what I do.

I to would expect to make a profit if I sold "stuff" for a living. I am a Retired Counselor/State Gvmnt Administrator
and College Educator and i did have a Real estate Company and was the Broker so I did expect to make a profit on the Real Estate Investments I made for myself and did make profits on them to buy more tractors, my hobby.:cool2: I don't love tractors/cars/trucks but I "like" them but I also know their time with me is limited and expect to not have spent to much money for using them for the period of time I owned them.

 

[BrokeFarmerJohn]

I'm just over 40hrs now on the 2016 BX2370.

I still wish I'd purchased the B2601, but I've been getting a lot done with the BX2370.

Moved around 4.5 yards of topsoil, 1 ton of pea gravel, and 2 tons of 1.5" crushed granite yesterday.

I had been planning on rock everywhere. Around 200 tons.

Now that I see what that's going to cost, I'm thinking about leaving it as dirt and purchasing a mower for the weeds instead.
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Your moving right along with your BX, sounds to me like your getting all your projects done.

The way I see it, everyone can have regrets about not buying a bigger tractor, but even a BX is better than doing it by hand.

 

[JOHNTHOMAS]

Your moving right along with your BX, sounds to me like your getting all your projects done.

The way I see it, everyone can have regrets about not buying a bigger tractor, but even a BX is better than doing it by hand.

For the last 13 years I've been up and down and up and down and up in the size of my Kubotas. I've been disappointed as much by having one to big as I've been disappointed with having one to small. I've owned most sizes of the BXs and Bs and now on my second L. My needs/desires have changed several times over the past 13 years so my tractors have changed over the past 13 years. Bigger isn't always better, it's just bigger from my personal experience.
I've owned the smallest BX1500 MMM to the largest I've ever owned now with the L3901. Both have their high points and low points. The BX1500 MMM was the "Best" mower pre F models and the L3901 is the best crashing thru the woods knocking down the small trees model which I now need after buying an additional 25 acres of hillside/wooded land in February. Never needed a tractor this big before which I know after buying an L3240 once and being very disappointed with it being to big for my needs/uses.

 

[Michael Aos]

Should you decide to buy a heavier tractor than your current 1,410 pound (bare tractor) BX2370, know that it takes a full 50% increase in weight, the key metric, before you notice a great improvement in capability.

The heaviest open station 'B' is the B3350/HST at 1,896 pounds (bare tractor).

The L2501/HST is 2,623 pounds (bare tractor) and has 13"+ ground clearance.

I was actually looking at the L2501 online last night!

One perceived advantage of the B2601 is the much larger rear tires could afford more liquid weight.