Looking at BX23 and others

[HoggyB]

</font><font color="blue" class="small">( ...I've dug out several stumps this size (12"). It can be done, but be prepared for a good game of hide and seek: dig awhile, pull/push awhile, look for that one root that won't let you pull it out, dig some more, etc...)</font>

There is no problem that can't be solved with the right amount of explosives.

Hog

 

[jfhall]

Thanks for all of the advice everybody. I have already tested out a Kioti and was going to may a Kioti purchase but after hearing all your posts, I think I should give the Kubota a test drive then make my decision. It sounds like a very capable SCUT.

 

[UncleAl]

Hog, I'm afraid explosives are not an option in my neighborhood, as fun as they sound. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif One of the neighbors called the fire department on me the last time I burned some brush! (The firemen just laughed when they came rolling up.) I can't imagine what they'd do if they heard me blowing stuff up. /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif

 

[Junkman]

In CT, you are supposed to get a burning permit before burning brush just so they don't respond to a "brush fire" being reported by a neighbor. I believe that you can get this by phone in some towns. All they want to know is where and when. The only time I have heard it refused is when the ground is extremely dry or the winds are strong. What I did find strange, was my neighbor was told that he couldn't burn during a rain or snow storm. That seems like the safest time.

 

[UncleAl]

Yeah, I know now that we need burning permits here, too. Luckily, no fine for my past indiscretion. Oh well, lessons learned.... I guess if I blow something up, I'll learn whether we have a local "exploding permit" requirement... /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[SCB]

jfhall,
I posted some pics on the Kubota owning/operating forum this morning of some stump removals that I did yesterday with a BX23. The post is "stump removal with BX23". hope the info helps.

 

[ScotR]

John:

I took delivery of my BX23 two weeks ago. My only other tractor experience was on a much larger Kubota TLB loaned to me by a friend. It was a sad day when his machine left . . . but it was just the nudge I needed to make my purchase. I was concerned over going with such a small machine, but the posts on the tractor discussion boards and my budget made it clear that if I was to have a back hoe, it would have to be the BX23. I have 12 hours on the machine and am nothing but impressed. Tilled the garden with a 49" Machio tiller. Carried all manner of stuff around the property - much of it in places a larger machine could not go. I am now cutting a ROAD through the forest up and across the mountain side above my garden - so I won't tear up the lawn getting the tractor in and out of the field. I dug small stumps and moved downed trees effortlessly. The small machine more than makes up for its limitations with the ability to go where others do not dare to go . . .

 

[BotaGuy]

I have noticed the same thing. I replaced my small Bobcat with a BX23, and I was worried about giving up my Bobcat. I almost pulled it back from the deal and kept it too...but after just a few short chores, I don't miss it. The hydraulics operate faster and cycle quicker with the BX, and the machine barely leaves a footprint in my lawn. I am really impressed so far.