Broken BX23 traded up to B3030

[jusdande]

As the service manager said, I had a "catestropic gear failure" of the transmission of my BX 23 at 225 hours. In frustration after 3 weeks I went to see the management of the dealer and sent an e-mail to Kubota. Result, we found that the replacement gears would be another 3 weeks arriving from Japan plus putting it all back together so I insisted I needed a loaner to bush hog my now overgrown field. They agreed and hauled me out a brand new B3030 with my bush hog on it. They knew what they were doing. After using it this weekend I went in today and traded my BX for the B3030.
I am getting the B3030 with the 54"QA FEL and the BH75 backhoe with 16" bucket. I can't wait for these attachments to arrive. The tractor is so totally different from the BX. All day Saturday I didn't need to go into 4wd and it seems more stable on slopes. I thought the B3030 would be too large to get around mowing in the woods but the turning radius is to tight I think it could get into more areas than the BX.
Anyway, I am excited and can't wait to get the FEL and BH to play with. Now all I have to do is get the courage to tell my wife!

 

[Don R.]

Good luck on your new purchse.

 

[Killer_B]

Can you say serendipity? That BX failure has got to be a 1 in a million, quite literally.

Congrats on the B3030. It's an incredible machine and a healthy upgrade from the little guy.

KB

 

[jusdande]

Actually the dealer said there were six orders for the same gear this year which in his opinion indicated that it was a common problem.

 

[Killer_B]

That's surprising. Usualy even the minor issues turn up here way before the dealers are aware of it. And I have not read of this one before.

It's also odd that they would not have parts in the US for something that happens this frequently.

 

[AMR]

Sorry to hear about the BX23 but congratulations on your new B3030! I made the same trade a couple weeks ago now and can't believe the difference in the two machines. The dealer knew exactly what he was doing!

 

[swmpbgy1]

Congratulations on the upgrade! I traded my 2230 in July for a 3030 and have never looked back. I'm not knocking the 2230, it was a great training machine as it was my "real" first tractor.

Enjoy!
Swmpbgy1