BX-23 Sell or Mow!

[bandit67]

Well, people have there reasons. In my case, I did not buy the tractor for my sliver of land to mow. I put the tractor to good use. I only posted the question as to wether it can mow well to give me an excuse to keep it past its primary purchase use. This thing is way to expensive to buy as a mower, on that I agree with you, MOPAULY.

The answer is yes, it can mow well and therefore gives you your excuse to keep it past its primary purchase use. These subcompacts do a surprisingly very nice job of mowing - far superior to any of the cheap lawn tractors you find at the big box stores these days.

This summer, I took a look at a neighbor's broken down riding mower, and couldn't believe what a flimsy piece of junk it was. I also towed another neighbor's broken down riding mower out of their front yard and bent its rear hitch assembly just pulling it out of the yard. You'd really miss your BX once you sold it. It would be very difficult to go back to a cheap riding mower after having something more solid like your BX.

And if you guys start getting some snow in the Northeast, you can get a lot of use out of it, including digging out the little old lady down the street gratis, and charging a bunch to the neighbors that don't want to kill themselves digging out with a shovel.

 

[LBrown59]

1*my wife has dictated I cannot drive the tractor over "her" new lawn.
2*If I remove the loader and BH and put a MMM mower on it, will it give a nice finish cut, comparable to a smaller mower?
3* I guess I am wondering if it is too heavy to mow without compacting the soil.
4*I don't want it to fall in the septic tank!

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1* That's plain silly. It hain't gonna hurt it none.
2*You don't even have to remove them. just put a MMM on it.
I mow my yard with my BX23 with the FEL and the BH installed.
The cut is excellent.
3*No It's not to heavy and it don't damage the lawn even with the Loader and Back Hoe attached. If you want to take the FEL and BH off to mow then you're more than good to go.
4*It's better/safer to mow over the Septic Tank with a push mower or string trimmer no matter what tractor you have to mow with.
Still if you want to get rid of the BX23 I'll take it off your hands for $5000.00.
How many hours are on it?

 

[LBrown59]

This spring, the lawn goes in and my wife has dictated I cannot drive the tractor over "her" new lawn.
My wife suggested a riding mower with a small trailer.
*She does not get it.
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...The quality will be much higher out of the BX23 than any Box Store cheapo.
So why would she want to put a machine that would be worse on the lawn than the BX23 on her new yard?
*What an understatement ! ! !

 

[LBrown59]

Well, people have there reasons. In my case, I did not buy the tractor for my sliver of land to mow. I put the tractor to good use. I only posted the question as to wether it can mow well to give me an excuse to keep it past its primary purchase use. This thing is way to expensive to buy as a mower, on that I agree with you, MOPAULY.

This spring, the lawn goes in and my wife has dictated I cannot drive the tractor over "her" new lawn.
My wife suggested a riding mower with a small trailer.
*She does not get it.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
...The quality will be much higher out of the BX23 than any Box Store cheapo.
So why would she want to put a machine that would be worse on the lawn than the BX23 on her new yard?
*What an understatement ! ! !

 

[BlackforestBill]

Keep it! Keep it! Keep it!

Since you'll be mowing more than landscaping with it once the new lawn is in put on the mower deck, take off the BH and FEL and park them someplace nice where she wont trip over them. Out of her sight would be even better. They're still there when you need them and easy enough to put back on and take off once done. Plus the lighter look may ease the wife's concerns about "that heavy tractor on my new lawn." And get a set of turf tires if you don't already have them.

As said numerous times above the BX is a mowing machine. Either the 60" or 54" MMM will give you a great cut with less hassle than an el-cheapo rider. I mow my 5 acres with the FEL off to improve the ride over my very rough old pasture. Part of that includes the top of my septic. Never an issue.

 

[JBX]

Keep it!
That may be a no-brainer kind of question in this forum.

It may be just me, but years after I have sold a tool or piece of equipment because I "just don't need it anymore", a situation arises where that tool or equipment would have been just the ticket. The only cure is to.. get a bigger & better one.

 

[LBrown59]

If you have snow its worth while to keep it. I mow an acre or so at home and five at my gun club from time to time and the BX is killer. I'm still doing landscaping but the winter snow work is also a bit plus.

I also like the tractor envy from the neighbors.
*I'm still introduced at neighborhood party as the Kubota guy.

*Know what you mean:
Told my wife I never knew I was so popular _ Funny part is that didn't happen till after I got the BX23.
Everybody from My Wifes boss to one of my high school classmates to the Kubota dealer knows about every project I've used the BX23 on at my place.

 

[LBrown59]

Keep it! Keep it! Keep it!

Since you'll be mowing more than landscaping with it once the new lawn is in put on the mower deck, take off the BH and FEL and park them someplace nice where she wont trip over them. Out of her sight would be even better. They're still there when you need them and easy enough to put back on and take off once done. Plus the lighter look may ease the wife's concerns about "that heavy tractor on my new lawn." And get a set of turf tires if you don't already have them.

As said numerous times above the BX is a mowing machine. Either the 60" or 54" MMM will give you a great cut with less hassle than an el-cheapo rider. I mow my 5 acres with the FEL off to improve the ride over my very rough old pasture. Part of that includes the top of my septic. Never an issue.

A guy in my area drove his lawn tractor over his septic and the tank collasped from the weight of the lawn tractor.

 

[BlackforestBill]

A guy in my area drove his lawn tractor over his septic and the tank collasped from the weight of the lawn tractor.

I think I'd be looking for the guy that laid in that tank. And I wouldn't at all be happy about it.

 

[DK35vince]

I think I'd be looking for the guy that laid in that tank. And I wouldn't at all be happy about it.

So would I..
That is one poor quality tank.