BX22 Experience

[whaler54]

Hi Carl,

Thanks for your reply to my post.

Regarding the Low or Medium comment. Are you referring to the turtle/rabbit lever?

Thanks for the advice on the bucket teeth and tractor setup.

 

[Anonymous Poster]

My new BX-22 arrives tomorrow afternoon to replace the BX-2200 that I've been very pleased with. I'll be sure to post my impressions after I get a few hours on it and "lean to hoe..." I, too, have a few stumps to practice on, small and large.

J

 

[rdricks]

"Regarding the Low or Medium comment. Are you referring to the turtle/rabbit lever?"


The "Turtle/Rabbit" lever should do just the trick. These little machines continue to amaze me - any slope I have the slighest trouble with, and I mover it down to Low range (Turtle) and the beast just climbs right up like nothing was there.

 

[whaler54]

Hi,

Thanks, Ryan.

I tried the slope again today with the lever in Slow and it seemed to pull fine.

I did some digging w/o the bucket teeth and then put the teeth back on. Like Carl said seems to be more effective with the teeth on.

Thanks for the reply,

Paul

 

[Kiohio]

The tapping noise may just be some bad fuel. I've had fuel with water in it make the tractor sound like the engine was about to explode, some new some old all with good filters in them. Usually shutting it down and restarting will fix it, temporarily anyhow. After draining the fuel bowl and putting in fresh fuel all has been well with all of the tractors. Alot of times the tractor will be o.k. until it is bounced around then it will act up. For warranty sake contact your dealer so they know what is going on. Documentation is king in the warranty world.
KO

 

[NYTrainer]

Did you sell or trade in the BX 2200? I was looking to upgrade too and haven't moved on it because of the low trade in allowance. Probably about a 8.5k upgrade (16k for new BX22 and 7.5k for the trade in) Seems too much for me. I was looking into a local dealer who manufacters a small BH for the BX. I need it for light work and am considering it.

 

[Anonymous Poster]

I traded my BX2200 ($7500 trade in with FEL) and received my new BX22 this afternoon. $15500 less trade from Mid-State Equipment Co Inc in Titusville, NJ. (Just below Lambertville on Rt 29) These folks gave me a grand better in trade and a grand better in price on the new machine than my "previous" dealer. I had the unit shipped via common carrier for a hundred bucks so that I could pay the sales tax at my convenience. <G>

I would probably have preferred to sell the BX-2200 privately first for more money, but....I was impatient for the BH and have some work for it real soon. The cost difference will be made up for the labor I won't have to hire. I did keep my 60" MMM as it only has three seasons on it and is in excellent condition. Why buy a new one in that case?

Also bought a Woods 1120 PHD and had some hooks welded on the buckets for lifting puposes.

You really need to be very careful considering a third-party BH for the BX. The low cost 3-point units are supposedly pretty trashy and the stress on the frame could be serious. The BX-22 has a beefed up frame (by 200 pounds) and the BH is a four point mount. My first try this afternoon taking it off and on was really smooth. I can see doing it in about five minutes once I get comfortable with it.

Attached is a picture of its arrival!

 

[gobbler]

Sawsndust,

I can see that the new BX22 will really cut into your shop time. /w3tcompact/icons/grin.gif

Nice seeing you over here, I, myself haven’t made too much saw dust lately or visited Wood Online either. (dang tractor !!!)

Jim

 

[Anonymous Poster]

Well...many "home-improvment" projects cut into shop time, so the new 'hoe won't be any different!

Good to see you here, too. This is also a great site. (And has excellent software behind it)

Nice turkey! Looks just like the ones that visit our back yard regularly, although "ours" come to be fed, rather than fed on. hee hee

J

 

[BillG_in_TX]

I seem to remember another post concerning driving upslope with HST. The consensus advice was to only depress the pedal halfway for best results.
Counterintuitive, but effective. I'm sure that someone with HST can explain it.