DaveInColorado
Silver Member
260 hours on my BX1500 - 230 just this summer. No problems whatsoever, except for that time I put gasoline in it and ran it for over an hour with me trying to figure out why it wouldn't run at full throttle anymore. It is an amazing machine and will mow a lot of grass in a very short time if you can run it at 8mph. After much practice, I can put the FEL on or off in less than a minute. It still takes me 10 minutes or more to put the mower deck on though I have added ramps to my technique and am getting better at it.
I have a 36" Land Pride tiller. It has more than enough power for the tiller. I usually run at less than half throttle to keep the tiller speed down when I'm tilling a rocky area.
I also have a 48" Land Pride box blade. Contrary to popular tractorbynet opinion, I don't find the box blade to be very useful. Just about anything I would do with it I can do with the FEL. I've borrowed a 6' York rake (curved tines) and that is far more useful for leveling ground than the box blade.
I wish it had more weight capacity in the FEL. That would require lots more rear ballast and be more dangerous but I would take that chance for more lifting capacity. It isn't bad - it strains with a very full bucket of rocks or dirt. I can fill three large wheelbarrows too full to push with one FEL scoop. I'm now a very popular fellow on neighborhood work day!
I have a 36" Land Pride tiller. It has more than enough power for the tiller. I usually run at less than half throttle to keep the tiller speed down when I'm tilling a rocky area.
I also have a 48" Land Pride box blade. Contrary to popular tractorbynet opinion, I don't find the box blade to be very useful. Just about anything I would do with it I can do with the FEL. I've borrowed a 6' York rake (curved tines) and that is far more useful for leveling ground than the box blade.
I wish it had more weight capacity in the FEL. That would require lots more rear ballast and be more dangerous but I would take that chance for more lifting capacity. It isn't bad - it strains with a very full bucket of rocks or dirt. I can fill three large wheelbarrows too full to push with one FEL scoop. I'm now a very popular fellow on neighborhood work day!