Mowing Kubota BX24. Real tractor or a glorified lawn mower?

[Megamoto]

I am about to buy a second hand BX24 with 140 hours on the hour meter. This is a 2007 model. Is there any way to make sure the hours shown are correct?

 

[radioman]

other then looking at the LCD hour meter yourself, there not other way to verify the hours. Just turn the key on but dont start it will show the hours.

 

[megaboz]

I am about to buy a second hand BX24 with 140 hours on the hour meter. This is a 2007 model. Is there any way to make sure the hours shown are correct?

I doubt it, the digital tacs are notorious for resetting on their own, let alone if someone would tamper with it.

Mine is a 2008, and I have about 165. So it is possible that it is accurate. Ask what he did with it, and you can figure it out from there.

If you are real supicious about the only other thing I would think you could do is do a compression and just look for obvious signs of wear. A more used tractor will have battle wounds, but if it was only used to mow, it won't show much wear and don't think the hours will make much of a difference. It just depends on how well it is maintained.

 

[Paul Wise]

My lawnmower never could have done this:

SWEEEEEEEEEEEEEET

 

[LBrown59]

1*I bought a JD X320 mower a year earlier than my BX24. Wish I saved that 4K and bought the BX from the start.

1*The 4000 would have made a good down payment on the BX24.

Real tractor plus a whole lot more.
I've had the bx24 now for about 2 years.
It is an amazing piece of equipment.
I've used a fair number of other machines, usually in new condition - Cases, Deeres, Terexs, backhoes, forklifts, front end loaders, track hoes, bobcats, and various weird pieces of big and small specialty equipment for loading planes in the military.
Even with this background, the bx24 has surpassed every expectation of mine and continues to amaze me.
It is *real tractor* made to be small, but that is all that distinguishes it from bigger backhoes. It is all tractor otherwise.
2* Oh - and whatever you do don't get a glorified lawn mower or some atv with attachments, no matter whose name is on it. Deere or not, those things just aren't made to do the things you'll want to do. Step up, pay the bucks, and get a sub-compact tractor - they really are different creatures.

2*What do you cansider a glorified lawn mower ?

 

[Trafficman]

Singlecoil,
Whoooraw, THATS' the way to do it!
Tom K
I've got a BX22, FEL with removable teeth, BH, 54"MMM, 60" RB, & now a B2781 52"SB. I've dig around 15 Fish ponds (1500G+), the foundation for my workshop (24x36x9), & will be digging the foundation for an addition on my house (24x65x9) inculding 200ft fo sewer trench 6ft deep. During the snow I've pushed/dragged snow for 10 of my neighbors driveways, & ~1200ft of road 18ft wide. Before I got my BX, I destroyed 5 garden tractors (albeit used) in 4 yrs. SWMBO was not a happy camper despite the $9200 in '04. (New old stock). She changed her mind when we got 30" of snow & she was buried. I cleared her parking place then hooked a chain up & pulled her right out, She just said "Wow, I guess you were right. I hate that." Then gave me a cup of coffe & said "How soon can you clear the rest out?" 4 Hrs later the whole neighborhood was done. The neighbors just kicked in some $$ & I could get the B2781. Gonna make my life a whole bunch easier.
T-Man.

 

[montelatici]

I have a BX24 and the backhoe will cut through an asphalt driveway, I had to run a control/power cable for a powered gate installation and it solved the problem.

 

[ddmargo]

I love my 2360 but wish the dump cylinder was stronger, is it possible to put a stronger cylinder on it?

 

[BXpanded]

I love my 2360 but wish the dump cylinder was stronger, is it possible to put a stronger cylinder on it?

The dump cylinder should curl about 900 lbs. Why do you need more? Are you doing something unusual?

 

[radioman]

dd margo- two things- its how you do the curl- and the breakout force is limited by relief spring. Perhaps you should find out what your relief is set at.

If you are already set at factory max setting, then going higher will get you a smilely put into your bucket. Not something I want in mine.

 

[oldebuttonwood]

I found my BX2230 on Craigslist while searching for a ZTR mower. The BX was a great deal with implements, so good in fact, I thought it may be a scam. It wasn't, and I bought it. It may be the best investment I ever made as it work unbelievably well for mowing, plowing snow, brush hogging, and light loader work. I wrote light loader work because I have tried to pick up things that are too heavy for the loader and the lift height is not as high as I have needed from time to time. Both of those limitations are expected.
I have not seen a lot of "great deals" listed on Craigslist for BXs that were not "scams". I think are a lot of scams based around the BX because a lot of the possible "targets of the scam" would love to own a BX. It take a very special person to buy a very large tractor, even if the price is too cheap to pass up.

 

[big bubba]

we'll, is this a thread on BX or Tonka? whatever works.....let them l'ittl wheels spin! brings out the manly pride in us all!!! bb

 

[montelatici]

It certainly is not a glorified lawn mower, it is a small tractor that will not start falling apart after 3-4 years of use, in fact, if it is like my first Kubota it will still be running strong after 20 years of use. I go to my BXs most of the time (I have 2) and only pull out the L (a full sized/big CUT) when it is a really big job. The L uses a lot more fuel and there are few jobs that the L can do that the BX can't do more economically (mostly it's a pain to run down to the gas station to pick up a bunch of diesel fuel). I've pulled out some very big tree roots with my BX24 and have dug some big holes with it. I have a lot more acreage than you, and the BX 24 handles the various normal jobs around here just fine.

 

[IC Smoke]

Im pushing 1300hrs on the BX, I would say about 60% of the time is spent mowing the rest is digging or using the FEL.

The size of the BX comes in handy when getting in small places with the backhoe or FEL.

It comes down to what youre going to use the tractor for.... If you think you could use the TLB more than a mower you could just get a L26 and then buy a 3-4K lawnmower OR get the BX and have one machine. Im in the position I either need a L48 or a full sized backhoe and a 30hp FEL tractor. Same situation... one tractor to do both or two at both ends of the spectrum.

Trenching to the house:

home made striping kit on the BX:

just some eye candy of the versatility of the BX

Ian