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Just illustrating a lot of ways even a small BX can make life easier.....even on a small piece of property. Just depends on what your projects are. Winter plowing area Digging up an old stump. The FEL is not the best tool for the job, but I was able to expose the roots enough to powerwash...

To give you an idea of work I have done with the BX. I have a lot more not listed. My hillbilly dump trailer. Previous owner drilled a hole in the bucket lip. I use it to mount a trailer ball so I can move my trailers around and to make it easier to unload rocks and dirt. Just have to watch...

I would assume from you posting this that you want to do a lot of the work yourself. If this is the case then I would say getting some kind of a tractor is a good idea. I have a BX2200 that has made my life a ton easier. I purchased a house on 5 acres that had been neglected. No real trees...

I used my bx2200 FEL to move 20 tons of top soil for my garden earlier this year. Worked great. Didn't have an issue lifting a full bucket, although I definitely needed a ballast on the 3 pt hitch to balance it out. If I buried the bucket close to the bottom of the pile I had to work the HST...

I get black smoke right at start up, but don't notice much while working the tractor. Black smoke is unburnt fuel. If yours is putting out a lot then it I would think you might have an air or fueling issue. Not enough air, too much fuel or (if it is anything like my old IDI) maybe an injector...

I used my bucket to drive/hammer in a number of T-Posts around my garden. I would just stab it in the ground by hand and then push/hammer it down with the bucket. Softer areas it would just push. Harder areas I had to hammer. Worked great and saved a bunch of time/effort. Any post thicker than...

Whenever I do a project with the kids, I run the equipment and they are on shovel duty. Young backs and all…… When working with the wife I make sure I participate.I’m really thankful she isn’t afraid of hard work and will be the first to grab a shovel or even turn a wrench when we are doing a...

You are correct!! That is my better half. I am behind the camera. I assisted with the work after the pic was taken.

I ended up doing this. It worked fairly well as long as the load wasn't too heavy. We had to push the rocks out with a shovel, but was a whole lot easier and faster than having to empty the trailer a shovel full at a time. The next load was heavier and I could still do the same thing, but I did...

The previous owner of my BX drilled a hole to mount a trailer ball. I have used it for some small trailers I have and it worked okay. Biggest issue is that I can't see the ball while sitting in the drivers seat. I only use it if I have an implement on the 3-point that I don't want to take off...

Went over the driveway with the box blade before starting to bring in more rock. Worked best without the teeth down. I did a small area with the teeth down just to see what would happen. Tears up too much dirt and can almost bury some rocks. Thanks for the assistance.

Yes I do. I was about to have a load of gravel brought in when I got a call from the same guy I got the other rock from. His brother-in-law wants to get rid of all the rock in his landscaping. It is mine for free if I come get it. So I should have quite a bit more to add in the next few weeks.

For the gravel portion it needed to be loosened up to drag it over holes/lowspots and smooth it out. No loose gravel on the edges.

Thanks for the ideas. Unfortunately, I don't have either of those implements. Just a box blade. I was gonna follow the same thing I did with the gravel part of the drive. A few passes with the scarifs down to loosen it all up and the use a combo of the box and FEL to drag it all level again...

Here are a few pics. They aren’t the greatest but can give you an idea. You can see the river rock I am talking about in this one. The gravel part leading up to the attached garage that I redid with the box blade. Here is an old Google pic showing the U shape I was talking about. When I...

Hi all , I have a U shaped driveway. The drive leading up to my attached garage is gravel. The drive leading up to the detached and the area connecting the two is river rock. I used my box blade to reconditions etc the gravel portion and it worked great. Have any of you used your box blade on...

Probably. I did an oil and hydraulic fluid/filter change before the dirt arrived. Figured maintenance is key.

Also unloaded and moved the box scraper around a few times with the BX bucket hooks and chains. Definitely a back saver vs wrestling it.

of that I mowed my 3 acres twice, seeded the lawn filled areas, covered them in straw, tilled and planed the garden and then went and picked this up for the wife….I get a box blade and she gets a Jeep. Not sure if that equals out…lol

I also picked up this 48” box blade for it, so I hooked it up and smoothed out the gravel drive. Quite a few pot holes etc. turned out good. I still have the rest of the parking area to do.