I wish I had that pile of rocks, or some of them for my pond project. When it cools down to bake only temps, I will be out there setting stones for the waterfall. Until then, study and watch some tube
I'm trying to catch up with you Steve, I purchased my BX four months ago and I will turn 200 hours by the end of this weekend. So far only 1 flat, and 3 broken turnbuckles.
By that rate you probably will. I was the same. I had about 300 in the first 6 months. But then, now I have planted grass and bought a new finish mower so I will be getting hours mowing plus the other projects /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
I'm glad you like the bucket Jim. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif I must say that I miss it most of the time when I use my backhoe. /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif It looks great on your BX23 (I wish I'd took a pic on mine at that time to make a good souvenir). I used that bucket exactly for the same purposes as you. As you said, you should start a business of wider buckets for BX23. People don't know what they're missing. I think Kubota's missing a great opportunity here. There's a big difference between 12" and 24". And the major point here is: the tractor can do it.
About 500 hours on a BX23... wow, I put 115 hours on my former BX23 and 40 hours on my B3030 so far. 500! congrats... keep up, I saw the pics of your property, you've done a really nice job. /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif