Getting Closer To Making Up My Mind

RFischer · Jul 23, 2002

After reading all the posts on this forum and gathering all the information I could for the past two months I finally went and got a quote from my dealer here in Kentucky yesterday on a B7500 HSD with 60" MMM and LA302 FEL delivered $14,375. He also quoted a B2410 with a 60" MMM and LA 352 FEL delivered $16,150. Prices include the rebates. Hope to decide and go buy one or the other on Thursday and use it to tend to my newly bought 5.5 acres. Thanks to all on this forum for the honest and well informed answers to all the questions. It would have been much harder to make a decision without the posts and information from here.

B7500 · Jul 23, 2002

I'm not familar with the B2410 because I was only comparing the BX22 and the B7500. I went with the B7500 and Im glad I did. I now know the BX22 would have been to low of a clearance for my 5 acre woodlot to play in. Last weekend I dug a 360 ft. trench for my electrical service. This weekend I'll dig for the power pole and breaker box.
I can't imagine life without a tractor..
Have fun!
-T

RFischer · Jul 23, 2002

Did you dig the trench with the FEL or did you get a BH? Which tires did you get on your 7500?

B7500 · Jul 24, 2002

I got a Backhoe with mine because I knew I would be installing my utilities on the property. Plus, I have many stumps to dig up. I went with the industrial tires because I need the traction for snow removal yet I also want to use the machine to mow. They are a good all around tire.
-Terry

ethiojazz · Jul 24, 2002

Hi there,

So which back hoe did you get and how well does it work ?
I have a B2410 and I am thinking of renting or buying a back hoe., I need to lay about 400 feet of wiring and water lines from my house to the dock.