Just Delivered - BX2370 with drive over mower deck & FEL

[nwlynn]

Video is now posted. I'm curious to know what you think of the drive over in comparison to the standard deck setup.

When my dealer demo'd the standard deck it was painful to watch him crawling around struggling to connect the PTO. It just didn't look very easy. Maybe it was a bad day for him. He owns a BX1870 himself so I figured that was a pretty good representation of what I might encounter...so I spent the extra $500 and waited 2 additional weeks. Hopefully it proves to be a worthwhile investment.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fBtr9M5xNDo

 

[nwlynn]

atech,

I wouldn't try talking you away out of a 1025R at all but the main benefits that I found with the BX were:

- Compactness. The FEL on the JD is significantly wider and the bucket is larger as well. The tractors themselves are similar in size but the Kubota FEL is significantly more compact. I was going for a subcompact because my indoor storage space is limited so the Kubota won here.

- Price. For me at least, after a lot of shopping around, I was only able to come within $1500 for the package that I wanted BX2370 vs 1023E. The 1025R was an even larger gap...but would be very nice to have.

Hope that helps

Thanks,
Nick

 

[TripleR]

Just for a quick comparison, neither seem quite as easy as advertised, but are an improvement needed by some: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QbVG5BdDXfw