BX2230 max weight for rear PTO/3 pt hitch

[RickOliver]

Apologies in advance if this is a dumb question, but I'm one of those mechanically challenged types.

I bought my B2230 as a package deal with a Land Pride rotary mower/brush cutter, and the two have worked fine together since I bought them last spring (after adding some counter-balance weights in the front) . Recently, however, I was looking in the BX manual for some unrelated information, and came across a section that seems to indicate that the maximum weight for a rotary mower in the rear is 300 lbs. -- but the Land Pride mower is about 430 lbs.

Should I not use that hefty mower? Do I risk doing damage to the PTO or the 3 pt hitch? I've been hauling it around some reasonably steep terrain without much difficulty so horsepower doesn't seem to be an issue (and the Land Pride manual says the minimum tractor hp is 20, so I'm okay there).

When I bought the package, I knew absolutely nothing about tractors and basically trusted the dealer to get me the right type of add-on equipment. Am I, like, a complete idiot?

 

[ronjhall]

<font color="blue"> maximum weight for a rotary mower in the rear is 300 lbs. </font>
Could you be confusing Kg with pounds the Kg limit is 310. Max lift 24" behind 3PH is listed at 680 lbs.

<font color="blue"> (and the Land Pride manual says the minimum tractor hp is 20, so I'm okay there) </font>
Generally the HP listed for 3PH attachment is PTO HP. Your tractor is rated at 16.7 PTO HP. Land Pride shows the 42" mower (looked at one of your previous post) is rated for 15 to 20 HP. Looks like you have the correct Rotary Mower.

 

[RickOliver]

Sorry I wasn't clear before (told you I wasn't mechanically inclined). The BX manual gives weights in both kg and lbs. AFAIK, the max weight for a rear-mount 2 or 3 blade mower is listed as 140 kg/300 lbs. The Land Pride manual says in one place that the "rated drawbar PTO horsepower on a 3 point hitch should be no less than 20 hp and no more than 50 hp" but a later table lists the "horsepower rating" for the RCR1542 as "15-50".

 

[RickOliver]

The picture of the mower on the Land Pride site shows it being hauled by a Kubota tractor that looks a lot like mine, but it it's red and small I think it looks a lot like mine. If I could figure out how to attach a picture to a post, I would.

 

[ronjhall]

Looks <font color="orange"> Orange </font> to me. May be a BX1800. I do not think you have a problem.
<font color="orange"> Kubota </font> shows a RFM48 that weighs 450 lbs as a available attachment for your tractor.

 

[RickOliver]

</font><font color="blue" class="small">( Looks <font color="orange"> Orange </font> to me. )</font>

Did I mention that, in addition to being mechanically challenged, I'm also partially color blind? The <font color="orange"> Orange </font> in your post looks orange to me, but my tractor looks red to me until I see it next to my red truck, at which point it looks somewhat less red.

I didn't even know tractors were color-coded until I bought the Kubota. I guess Case is red, Deere is green, Kubota is orange, New Holland is blue. Others?

 

[Singlecoil]

Hi Rick,

I wondered the same thing about a box scraper on my BX24. We discussed it in this thread: Click here

Basically, they have to publish some kind of limit under the assumption that you could be driving on rough terrain, causing the thing back there to jerk up and down, thereby magnifying its weight which could damage your tractor frame. Rough terrain? Go slow and no worries.