How Many Hours on Your BX?

[Tractor Seabee]

Just wondering about some of the posts on BX maintenance and the bragging about not having any issues. It seems the average user of compact tractor only put a max of 50 Hrs/year. My BX 25 is a 2011 year and I now have 1500 hours on it. I just lost 3 months of seat time due to my Gall Bladder emergency and surgery or it would be a lot more. Little things are starting to break now. If I had to take it to the dealer shop for every little thing I would never have it to produce work. The WSM has saved me a bundle of labor costs ($125/hr here).

So lets start a little poll on life cycle of BXs. Mine: 5 years at 1500 hrs. still only minor problems.

Ron

 

[JFoy]

Mine is 8 months old with 75 hours on it. Only thing that broke on it was a backhoe control lever. The part was replaced under warranty and I did the work.

 

[check]

2009 BX25, about 700 hrs. No problems with the tractor, but the front tires leaked, so I got new ones and filled them. The seat is getting a bit worn, and the fuse went on the 12-volt outlet. All in all, a very reliable tractor. Money well spent!

 

[MessickFarmEqu]

I've had a few though over 3500 hours. Daily use in dairy barns.

 

[HeLa]

just short of 5 yrs. @ 370 hrs. BX25. primarily used for mowing.

• front tie rod boots failed (cracked)
  
• main driveshaft boots failed (cracked)
  
• front tires lose air occasionally
  
• top radiator hose started leaking recently. replaced it

the boot rubber is definitely a materials defect on kubota/supplier side. all failed within 20 months and have failed again since. wrote to kubota - no reply.

other than these, no issues.

 

[ehenry]

2002 BX22 with 1275 hours digging, tilling and general work with bucket and forks.

1998 B7300 with 2255 hours mowing.

Both still going strong.

 

[davesl708]

My 2003 BX2200 has 1420hrs on it. FEL, MMM, Tiller, Sprayer, Snow.

 

[Danner]

2011 BX2660, 500 hours, steering system hydraulic lines wore through against frame rail, I replaced them.

 

[wrooster]

2010 BX1860, 470 hours, used 4 seasons out of the year for all sorts of activities including mowing, tree pulling, aerating, PTO generating, snow moving, FEL'ing, and so on. No inherent product quality issues to date. I self-inflicted a few problems, for example just about tearing off the left side ROPS-mounted blinker/indicator light assembly and breaking one of the lenses in the process. This was due to a tree and associated branch that came at me out of nowhere.

ps
I would be interested to know whether folks having issues with rubber boots (etc) store their tractor indoors or outdoors. Mine is stored indoors (in a non-climate controlled environment, but out of the sunlight).

 

[dodge man]

I'm not sure of how old, probably about 8 years old, has 600 hours on it. All my problems I would consider minor. My current problem is a problem with the steering, its my understanding some O rings need replaced, but the problem comes and goes.