So, today I decided not to be a professional programmer (at least for the day.) The landscapers showed up today, ready to redo my property. They had their shovels and rakes and plants and wheelbarrows and topsoil and mulch. And then I showed them my toy in the garage.
It was a dry day -- until the drool settled in.
I asked them (friends of mine) if I could give them an assist. I was amazed at the performance of this little machine.
There were a lot of big rocks in the old landscaping scheme and, for the most part they did not figure in to the new scheme. So the landscapers dumped the old stone into the front end loader.
I'd have to disagree with Glenn (tractorbynet Glenn that is) -- the BX22000 does not have what I would call a whimpy front end loader. I was yanking around buckets full of stone -- ok, 460 pounds is the maximum weight -- but the smiles on the faces of those guys that would have been carrying the stone said just what a load it was. And I was amazed as they kept tossing in more stone and I'd try the joystick just to make sure it still responded. I don't know if 460 pounds ever occurred -- but the loader kept lifting. So whatever the limit is, it is a reasonable limit for any chores I'd ever have to do around this property.
And the stability of the machine with a full load and nothing but the mower deck and loaded rear tires for ballast -- it never faltered.
Yanking out the old landscaping was a treat. The landscapers were planning on using their truck and a heavy chain. After seeing what the tractor could do hauling rocks they asked if I'd like to try pulling out the old stuff. They hooked up the chain -- I put the tractor in low and the old landscaping came out without putting a strain on the engine.
Moving around the topsoil was old news after my escapade from a few days earlier (see thread 'Loader Ballast'). And the mulch -- was I carrying anything? It sure didn't feel it.
Somebody at Tractorbynet mentioned feeling like Superman with their tractor. Well that's how I felt today. Friday the 13th. Another good day.
Huck
It was a dry day -- until the drool settled in.
I asked them (friends of mine) if I could give them an assist. I was amazed at the performance of this little machine.
There were a lot of big rocks in the old landscaping scheme and, for the most part they did not figure in to the new scheme. So the landscapers dumped the old stone into the front end loader.
I'd have to disagree with Glenn (tractorbynet Glenn that is) -- the BX22000 does not have what I would call a whimpy front end loader. I was yanking around buckets full of stone -- ok, 460 pounds is the maximum weight -- but the smiles on the faces of those guys that would have been carrying the stone said just what a load it was. And I was amazed as they kept tossing in more stone and I'd try the joystick just to make sure it still responded. I don't know if 460 pounds ever occurred -- but the loader kept lifting. So whatever the limit is, it is a reasonable limit for any chores I'd ever have to do around this property.
And the stability of the machine with a full load and nothing but the mower deck and loaded rear tires for ballast -- it never faltered.
Yanking out the old landscaping was a treat. The landscapers were planning on using their truck and a heavy chain. After seeing what the tractor could do hauling rocks they asked if I'd like to try pulling out the old stuff. They hooked up the chain -- I put the tractor in low and the old landscaping came out without putting a strain on the engine.
Moving around the topsoil was old news after my escapade from a few days earlier (see thread 'Loader Ballast'). And the mulch -- was I carrying anything? It sure didn't feel it.
Somebody at Tractorbynet mentioned feeling like Superman with their tractor. Well that's how I felt today. Friday the 13th. Another good day.
Huck
