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If you are looking for something safe to keep your water filled tires from freezing, try vodka. I would not use the good stuff like Absolute, but try something cheap the gallon bottles. It's not quite as heavy as water but it does not freeze, it is non-toxic when mixed into a martini, and if your tire springs a leak...well just drink it.

Tire Ballasting
Parts and Repair
Replies 13 Post by Dane

What will you be doing most? You cannot beat the turf tires for mowing and they give surprisingly good traction on packed dirt or clay. Ag tires and R4s are not good at all for mowing. You can bush hog a field, but don't take them on the nice grass around the house, especially after a rain. If you mostly mow, but still want the loader, get the turf tires and make a nice weight for your 3pt hitch (see Mike Simpson's counterweight under the heading "counterweight for tc21d"). The weight makes a big difference when using the loader and is almost required for safety (without weight on the back the loader can easily pick up the rear end of the tractor). Drop the loader and weight when you are mowing to reduce your ground pressure and save the lawn.

tires mower
Kubota Tractors
Replies 16 Post by Dane

Ballast with a two wheel drive tractor is very important. Consider having the wheels filled with liquid ballast. It is pretty inexpensive and does take up any space on the tractor. If that does not give you the traction you want, you can add wheel weights to the rear tires. As you start to get more traction with the rear wheels you may notice the front end starting to lift. Ballast can be added up front also.

Olde fashioned tractors were much heavier for their power. When I switched to a Kubota L3710 (or any other modern tractor) I was surprised at how much power it had for such a light weight. Even with 4WD adding ballast made a big difference.

L3010 2WD Traction
Kubota Tractors
Replies 5 Post by Dane

Is there such a thing as too big??? If there is enough room in your yard to turn around then the tractor is not too big.

Is a JD 770 too big for 5 acres and a lawn
Operating and Attachments
Replies 9 Post by Dane

How much will you pay for your JD 400 series. I was looking at a used one at my local dealer. He wanted over 10'000 for a 4 wheel steer gas unit with 600 hours. I thought that was crazy. For that money Kubota's BX 1800 or 2200 are the same price with a diesel engine, 4 wheel drive, and a category 1 (although small) 3 point hitch. The JD 400 series is a good mower and is used everywhere by commercial mowers. It's the last in the series that JD has not made cheap and plastic so I am a bit sentimental about it. Still when I compared the orange BX to the green 400 I had to buy orange.

PS: My last JD had a liquid cooled Kawasaki 17 hp twin cylinder. When it ran, it ran well but it had to have very clean fuel or else it whent downhill quickly. My parents had a 16 hp diesel on an older JD and it would cut a path 10 inches wider and never bogged down in heavy wet grass. If I had the choice and the money I would go for the diesel. The diesel uses much less fuel and it just can not be beat for cutting power

JD 400 series Yanmar diesel vrs Kawasaki V-twin gas
John Deere Tractors
Replies 4 Post by Dane

Here is a crazy airplane solution. I have six rather expensive and very important bolts holding the propeller on my airplane, an almost identical arrangement to a wheel. The heads of the bolts are drilled through. After tightening them all down, you safety wire pairs of them together. The safety wire for each pair of bolts is installed so that it is pulling on the bolts to hold them tight. If you have to remove the wheel, you just cut the wire and remove the bolts. This solution not only works on my plane, but it keeps muffler bolts on my Toro snow blower from vibrating loose. The wire is stainless steel, so it never rusts and it costs about $5 for a one pound spool which is enough to last a lifetime. E-mail me if you want more info.: dane.deal@worldnet.att.net

4300 wheel bolt problems
John Deere Tractors
Replies 72 Post by Dane

Let's get along. I have both the big and little. I put the 50" mid mower on my BX2200 to fit between some existing trees. I mow about 4 acres and can tell you that even with the smaller deck, the BX cuts about twice as fast as my old JD188 with a 48" deck. I think the extra power, larger tires, and faster ground speed make the difference. The BX seems to be about the biggest tractor that still mows well, I have seen many lawns destroyed by one use of a 4000 series John Deere. The BX handles a 4' box blade to keep my 1'000 ft. of gravel driveway in shape, it tows a sprayer for killing weeds, and the wagon for hay rides. When I bought the BX it was the same price as a JD 400 series with a gas engine and 2 wheel drive. The JD 4100 has a similar advertised base price but that was stripped. When you get the JD with hydrostatic, 4wd and a mower deck it ends up being considerably more expensive.

I also have a Kubota L3710 for the heavier stuff. You cannot beat the extra weight and R4 or ag tires for loader work or serious box blade work. Just don't get it on the grass or into really soft/muddy ground. My little BX with turf tires floats right across mud, sand and soupy wet grass without problem. The bigger L3710 with R4 tires leaves it's mark. And well, the olde JD188 just got stuck.

Kubota BX2200
Kubota Tractors
Replies 22 Post by Dane

Mowing is the key. If you are mowing the BX is a great tractor. Honestly, mine spends 90% of its life mowing and it does it well. The other 10% of the time is spent pulling a 48" box blade, a 15 gallon sprayer, and a 100 lb. broadcast spreader. It does everything well. Just look honestly at what you are doing. I have tried mowing with bigger tractors. They are fine if you are not trimming around trees and the ground is firm and dry. I previously had a John Deere lawn tractor that was perfect for mowing but could not do anything else. The BX was the best I have found at covering both worlds.

Kubot BX are dealers Pushing over B series
Kubota Tractors
Replies 7 Post by Dane

I have had my BX2200 for about two months now (25 hrs run time). So far everything is running fine. I have the 54" mid-mount mower deck so it can fit on my trailer and I regularly use a 48" box blade. I don't know what tractor you have had previously, so It's hard to compare. I came from a one wheel drive John Deere and I will never give up four wheel drive. The tractor is a small frame size and pretty light, but it can still handle a box blade full of dirt or gravel and it still works quite well mowing the lawn. The turf tires provide better floatation than my olde JD. I have no idea how it will do with a loader, but I imagine that it would do well, provided you are not trying to push over trees and dig out a basement for your new house.

The only thing I have had to get used to was the position of the hydrostatic pedals and steering wheel. Everyone who has used the tractor thinks the pedal is too close and the steering wheel is too far away. It felt funny at first, but after 20 hrs it has become natural.

KUBOTA BX2200 INQUIRY
Kubota Tractors
Replies 3 Post by Dane

I have just bought 7 hilly acres, 3 of which need mowing. My tractor will spend 90% of its life mowing and the other 10% will be spent dragging a box blade over the 1'000 ft. long driveway and helping drag trees out of the woods. Does the BX2200 sound like a good tractor? I currently have a John Deere LX188 (17hp liquid cooled lawn tractor), it runs great and was perfect for my old 1 acre lot, but now it is just not big enough.Thanks

Which tractor
Kubota Tractors
Replies 4 Post by Dane