What would you do?

[GreensvilleJay]

re: Once you go Zero turn you'll never go back!

well I went back ! After 3, yes, THREE, different zero turns ,including a TORO with a Kubota diesel in it, I went back to a 'riding mower'.
In my situation(health and property) ,the rider is the better choice.

also 'bigger is better' isn't always the case

 

[Bearcatrp]

John, any plans for grass cutting with your B? Am considering a B but not sure yet. If you do cut grass with it, let me know how it does. Thanks.

 

[John D 2]

I just read your message.

95% of my tractor time is mowing with the MMM. Average about an hour per week.
It does fine.

100 hrs and no problems or complaints.

 

[nbryan]

Get B/B50/LX with a loaderand any 3-point tools you'll need, like a box scraper, and don't bother with a belly mower for it.
I use a rotary mower on my B2650 for general field maintenance, and got a basic riding mower for finer tuned yard mowing.
For the cost and mount/unmount/ trouble of a MMM for the kubota, go standalone zer0-turn or whatever for the lawns. I went with a JD D130 on sale. With the rotary doing the heavier work the D130 mower is not putting on many hours.

 

[JonM]

ive thought about a 3 point mower of some sort but i already have a really good commercial zero turn. and it seems like a huge step back.

the horses do a decent job of mowing in the pastures and i just hit their pooping spots they dont eat in with the mower now and then

 

[WI_Hedgehog]

I'm in much the same boat as @fransser, with dirt and stone the BX is a bit less than I want, a BX3050 with MMM, FEL, & backhoe would be great, EXCEPT for the regen (or "not gonna regen") issues. The current B line doesn't lift that much more than a BX, and the B3050 is now a LX with price to match.

An LX is getting hard to swap from lawn to woods regularly, so that means keeping the BX and an LX, which means building another out-building, and that's getting spendy just to move dirt and heating wood. For that expense a used MX makes sense, BUT, do I really have that much work I want to pay to do? Likely not.