What is latest opinion/position on BX series slow braking (is it an issue or not)?

[Stargazer]

wow all of this makes my head hurt, guess makes me happy with bx-23 with metal hood/pan poor seat replaced for $25 need to diaelectic grease flasher switch to stop water turnon, added cheap 12v outlet marine plug, tack might b nice but normal wot mowing bulk of use

 

[Poopdeck Pappy]

wow all of this makes my head hurt, guess makes me happy with bx-23 with metal hood/pan poor seat replaced for $25 need to diaelectic grease flasher switch to stop water turnon, added cheap 12v outlet marine plug, tack might b nice but normal wot mowing bulk of use

Same here. Very happy with my BX23. The HST works exactly as it should. My BX2660 rolls a little bit more than my BX23 when I let off the HST pedal, but nothing like Paul Short's BX25.

 

[Henro]

Hi,

I do not get here much these days...

But I find it curious that the complaint is about exactly opposite to what I remember 10+ years ago. At that time people were complaining about abrupt stops on BX tractors.

This may have been mentioned already...I ran out of steam reading this thread after the first page :ashamed:

Bill

 

[Baby Grand]

Bill,

Yes, somewhere back in the early posts there was some speculation that the slow braking may be a result of Kubota overcompensating for the abrupt stopping thing, which kind of makes sense to me. There is a strange behavior, in the wild & wonderful world of engineering, that a field problem must be completely eliminated, to the point of absurdity and the creation of unintended consequences. This may well be such a case.

Nice to hear from you again & keep that home brew perking!

-Jim

 

[check]

Here is some more data to throw into the ring. I have the first model year BX25, which I believe was in 2008 or 2009. I got one of the first ones available to the dealer when it came out as a new model, replacing the BX24. And I remember they made a big deal in the manual about how the abrupt stop had been eliminated. And, fortunately for me, I have no problem with it coasting after I let my foot off the HST pedal. So, Kubota obviously does (or did) know how to do it right, and so it seems that they just screwed it up again later.

Also, I am not 100% clear on whether the BX 25D, as opposed to the BX 25D – 1, does not have the creeping problem. Looking through the many posts here, I don't recall seeing someone definitively
saying that they don't have the problem AT ALL with the BX 25D. In the meantime, however, I would never ever buy a tractor that does not stop dead when I let my foot off the HST pedal, and I will stick with my (now seven year-old BX 25D. It is an amazing tractor, and I've had no problems at all with it, other than a bit of leaky tires.

Good luck figuring this out, guys! I do not envy you.