Seat time on the bx

[Bxmike]

9 hrs this week. Mowed my yard for the first time this year . Love it . What would have taken 4 hrs with my 24 hp /50 inch poulan now takes 2.5 hrs I will have to change my mowing pattern to accommodate wider mowing deck . Will also have to trim a lot of tree branches . Should be able to get it down to 2 hrs . I spread a dump truck load of mulch chips at the inlaws. Good friday I took the tractor to my hunting property pushed over popler trees dug out stumps cleared brush for food plots . Hauled cut wood down the hill to truck . I only got tractor stuck 4 times in the mud . I'm loving it:

 

[85Hokie]

And they say the BX is a mere toy!

It will run all day long.....and the rider will have a smile on their face - all day long!

 

[skeets]

SHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH,,, dont say that to loud,, Mama will start to want to use it

 

[Bxmike]

Made the wife get on it and go dump sticks and leaf she struggled with the loader dumped everything about 10 feet short of the pile ... I was standing back hidden watching....

 

[skeets]

The hiding part was a smart move I just hope you didnt chuckle out loud

 

[Bxmike]

Well I was laughing she couldn't hear me . I then made drop the bucket and I racked the pile in the bucket and let her have another go at it.

 

[bearskinner]

And they say the BX is a mere toy!

It will run all day long.....and the rider will have a smile on their face - all day long!

Not to mention it gets wonderful fuel consumption and will go forever on 5 gallons of Diesel.

 

[Bxmike]

8 gallons of diesel 20 hrs of run time roughly.... 3.5 gallons of gas every time i mowed with the poulan.

 

[fatjay]

Sounds like a good time! Any seat time is a good time In my book though.

My last big mowing tractor was a cub lo-boy 154 with 60" woods deck, and I got rid of it because mowing under tree's was a real pain, even with them trimmed up. That's why when I got my b8200, I abandoned the belly mower for a 3pt finish mower, which would allow me to back under low areas around tree's.

 

[Bxmike]

Jay I like the idea of a 3pt finish mower but with all 33 trees in my lawn that's a lot of backing up . I will have to still trim with a push mower and a trimmer.

 

[kris77]

I dont have a level place to remove my loader and it was always a PITA to put back on because it was never level. I tore up my sidewalk this weekend to make room for a bigger patio and cut the sidewalk into 3' squares and used the loader to lift them out piece by piece.
Used the loader to dig a decently level spot near my shed and placed all the concrete there and made a decently level spot for the loader to sit. It actually worked pretty well. I had the wife driving the tractor while i told her where to dump the concrete. It literally took her every bit of moving 8 pieces before she got the hang of which direction the bucket moved when she moved the lever in a particular direction.
I would tell her to raise the bucket, she would lower it. I would say dump it, she would curl it up....lol

 

[cerlawson]

Easy fix. Just interchange the two outside hydraulic connections. I did that accidentally and got the reverse action of up and down your wife had.

 

[Missouribound]

Jay I like the idea of a 3pt finish mower but with all 33 trees in my lawn that's a lot of backing up . I will have to still trim with a push mower and a trimmer.

I bought my B2320 last year and opted for the 3pt finish mower because I have a lot of rough ground to deal with that I don't mow and it would have been in the way often when using the loader. That being said, the rear mower has some advantages you may not realize. First of all, no wind rows to deal with. That's a big plus for me. Secondly the discharge is about 8' behind me so any windy day isn't blowing the grass and dirt back on me. And it's quieter being tucked away behind me. I still have to trim since I have about 20 trees to deal with on my 3 acres but it easily cut my mowing time in half despite a little extra trimming.