BX2200 Vs B7500: The Age Old Question

[RPM]

Mr Fixit,

I'm assuming that your post is just a 'troll' for responses from the BX community.

In future if you are trying to make comparisons between tractor models please include some objective details. You are otherwise just wasting space on the server.

Patrick

 

[Jeff396]

Check his bio, his occupation is Kubota tractor mechanic...

Jeff

 

[Anonymous Poster]

Hi Patrick,

I noticed Mr. Fixit's occupation as a "tractor mechanic" and took his written statement to be his professional opinion... and nothing more...

I imagine if he just left a particular word out... feelings wouldn't have become so inflamed...

such as:

<font color=red>...the 7500 is a small tractor and built like a larger tractor. the bx has some tractor options the bx is ok but the 7500 is better built...</font color=red>

Patrick, I know you're a proud owner of a BX and are passionate about it as most people are about their personal things... but to me, it didn't appear to be a "troll remark"... only one man's opinion... /w3tcompact/icons/crazy.gif

 

[huckflynn]

I don't consider it a "professional opinion." And I don't consider it a troll. I consider it one of the standard jabs to be encountered in a thread titled "BX2200 vs B7500: The Age Old Question"

 

[Jeff396]

Boy, I'm glad there isn't this "hyper sensativity" between all of the lines Kubota produces. It doesn't bother me in the least when someone directs a newbe to a higher tractor than mine because I figure they are looking for some additional features or capabilities and in the case of jumping up an entire class, something tougher. If I would have wanted it or thought I needed it and could have afforded it....I would have gotton it too. But when we are not considering the "opinion" of a person who works on them day in and day out as a "professional opinion" of how they're put together and how well they hold up, we've totally lost any hope of being objective. IMHO. That said, I do enjoy the "light hearted" banter between the BX and the B series. It kinda reminds me of the rivalry I had when we had a John Deere snowmobile with the Suzuki and Massey Fergusson crowd....all in the spirit of fun!

Jeff

 

[huckflynn]

<font color=blue>It doesn't bother me in the least when someone directs a newbe to a higher tractor than mine because I figure they are looking for some additional features or capabilities and in the case of jumping up an entire class</font color=blue>

I don't think that bothers anyone -- but such is not the case with the BX versus the B7500. It is not so much a move up as a move over.

I think the comparison of a BX to a large lawnmower actually has some merit in terms of what the BX shines at -- it is a phenominal mowing machine with a low center of gravity which is great for mowing on slopes. This lower center of gravity has a cost -- less ground clearance which can be consequential for attaching other 3 point implements and might be consequential based on the terrain you plan to use the equipment on.

There is no demonstrated merit to the idea that the B7500 is built better than the BX series. There is certainly nothing in the specifications that would suggest that the B7500 is built better. Nor does it seem logical that Kubota would build a cheap product and price it about the same as another model so that Kubota dealers and their mechanics could take shots at it.

The BX shines as a lawnmower when its mid-pto is driving a 60" belly mower. And it shines as a snowblower when its mid-pto is driving a 50" two stage snowthrower. It shines as a landscaping tool, both in pulling out old landscaping, and dropping in and mulching the new -- with its very capable FEL. I can speak from experience of these merits. I can also speak to the merits of the BX2200 in handling the trenching and cultivating tasks I performed with the 3pt and a middle buster.

I am not a professional mechanic -- Kubota or otherwise -- but I can say with conviction that anyone who would call the BX2200 a lawnmower was simply trying to get someone's goat or they were not so adequately informed as to be considered a professional. And yes, I've read Mr. Fixit's bio -- and he seems inclined to use some humor. I'd say he was going for the goat.

 

[TresCrows]

This controversey has become more than old and only flames up when someone new jumps up and attempts to insult us BX'ers. Yes, the BX does handle more like a GT! It says so in the Kubota adds and brochure and was done intentioally--that is why it has a lower CG and a thus greater stability. It is also more manuverable than the 7500/2410.
Among other things, I too am a trained mechanic and can certainly apprecialte the differeces between the 7500 and the BX. NONE of these differeces lead me to believe the BX is built cheaper or is somehow less a Kubota than the 7500. I too think the 7500 is a different flavor--not so much a big move up but a side step over that emphasises a different mix of capabilities.
You know, just because someone is an alleged Kubota mechanic does not mean his word is final. I work with lot's of trained mechanics that I would not allow to work on my "Lawnmower" /w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif .
The BX is a small utility tractor, a sub-compact that combines the power and durabilty of a compact with the manuverability and stabilty of a GT and was intended for homeowners--not someone intending to plow the south 40 and then build a mini-Hoover dam. J

 

[RPM]

John, others,

I also read Mr Fixit's bio. If he is a Kubota mechanic and genuinely interested in the discussion I'm sure it wouldn't have taken him more than a couple of minutes to point to specific details that would back up his claim.

As it is I doubt that he has much to say - he's just trying to get responses.

Patrick

 

[woodstock]

Unless my neighbour starts surfing, I can't back up my next claim, you'll just have to take my word. But the old adage holds true, "The tools don't make the man. The man makes the tools."
Case in point, two neighbours, both with prior loader experience, (one more than the other (him)) two Kubotas, one B7500, one BX2200. Two piles of crushed lime stone 3/4 down, his 14 yds, mine 26 yds.
Now please, take my word on this matter, I am not boasting just relating the facts.
My BX ate the 26 yds faster than the 7500.
Why you ask?
Is the BX better at such work? Not really, in fact if you read the stats, it can't lift as much, really?
Were the site conditions identical? No but very similar. In fact, the BX had to move the gravel farther, to make a 100 ft drive, ditch crossing and parking pad. The 7500 was covering a ditch crossing.
How long did they take? The 7500 can over to help me, to his shock and amasement, just as I was taking off the 6 foot rear blade.
So why did I get the bigger job done in the sametime? The BX feels like an extension of my body.
My neighbour hasn't admitted it yet, but he bought a new tractor because he borrowed the BX for a day. When he went shopping, the salesman taked him into the bigger tractor. The sam way mine tried too. He told me he is still not comfortable with his B7500 yet. I hope he does some day and if not trades it in for something he is.
I am not saying I'll always be this happy with the BX. I may not. Some day I may need a bigger tractor. If I do I hope it too will eventually become an extension of my body, the same comfortable my mule the BX has become.
None of them are the little tractors that can if they don't fit.

<font color=red>Winnipeg, Manitoba</font color=red>

<font color=blue> Rest in Peace Pamela 2</font color=blue><font color=purple>
2001 BX2200 (68 hrs)

 

[TWINKLE_TOES]

<font color=blue> I work with lot's of trained mechanics that I would not allow to work on my "Lawnmower" </font color=blue>

Grand Exhalted Ruler of BXDoom, pray tell, of which Lawn Mower does thou speak. /w3tcompact/icons/wink.gif
Al