BX1500 being discontinued for next year?
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MessickFarmEqu
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</font><font color="blue" class="small">( Neil Messick, if you see this, what's the scoop? )</font>
Its all rumor. No one knows for sure until we have our dealer meeting. Thats comming at the end of the month.
Its all rumor. No one knows for sure until we have our dealer meeting. Thats comming at the end of the month.
MessickFarmEqu
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with all the discounts being offered on the 1500 its going to be cheaper than you will probably ever see a sub compact again.
tractorman
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ATI makes a nice quick connect for the BX series. it wrks with the stock buckets. They also offer light duty pallet forks as well.
Tom_H
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Neil,
I presume that whatever Kubota brings out as its new top of the line garden tractor will fill the niche previously held by the BX1500. Am I correct? How will this unit compare and contrast to the BX1500? Will it have a FEL available? What size/type engine? Garden tractors usually have no ROPS, will this one? Will it have limited 3ph and rear PTO? Will a Woods BH6000 be capable of fitting it? Other pertinent details?
JD has some garden tractors that are bigger than 'Bota's BX2230. They did this as a marketing ploy so they could get around their dealer contracts and sell these things widely and more cheaply through dealers (big box stores, etc.) who sell low end stuff and have no ability to service them. BTW, these huge JD "garden tractors" have no ROPS. This JD decision was driven by $ alone, with no consideration to safety and service. I hope Kubota isn't heading down this same road.
I presume that whatever Kubota brings out as its new top of the line garden tractor will fill the niche previously held by the BX1500. Am I correct? How will this unit compare and contrast to the BX1500? Will it have a FEL available? What size/type engine? Garden tractors usually have no ROPS, will this one? Will it have limited 3ph and rear PTO? Will a Woods BH6000 be capable of fitting it? Other pertinent details?
JD has some garden tractors that are bigger than 'Bota's BX2230. They did this as a marketing ploy so they could get around their dealer contracts and sell these things widely and more cheaply through dealers (big box stores, etc.) who sell low end stuff and have no ability to service them. BTW, these huge JD "garden tractors" have no ROPS. This JD decision was driven by $ alone, with no consideration to safety and service. I hope Kubota isn't heading down this same road.
The BX1850 will be the same frame size as the 1500 with a larger engine. Kubota did a great job of holding the line on the price - can't remember exactly where it falls, but it is within $100 - $200 of the 1500, if that even. I'm very excited about that one - a small sub that will easily handle a 54" deck.
