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I thought I would give an update. I decided to go with the BX23, and I think I have made a good choice. I now have about 70 hours on it. Here are some of the major tasks I have done with it:

1) Tree Stump Removal

I have removed a variety of stumps from 4" to 12" in diameter. The larger stumps definitely take a while to dig around, but the BX23 was able to do the job.

2) Live Tree Removal

I needed to clear a place for a new Lester Building to be put up so I could park the BX23 someplace. I had to take down around a dozen trees in the process. They were poplar between 4" and 14" in diameter. I would dig around and break the outgoing roots and then push these over. Some of the 4" trees could just be pushed over. The 14" tree ended up with about a 4' in diameter root ball. This one took several hours to eventually push over. I do recommend doing this rather than cutting trees down and then trying to pull the stump.

3) Organic material removal

For my new garage I had to get rid of all the organic material (dirt, roots, etc) from an area of 48' x 41'. On my property it was about 6" deep. I did this mostly with the FEL but used the BH at times. It took me a couple of days, I would guess in total I moved about 10 yards of dirt.

4) Putting in fill

I had 12 truck loads of fill delivered, each about 12 yards. It probably took me about 30 minutes to spread out one load. I used the FEL and a King Kutter BX 48" Box Blade. The guy who delivered the fill was impressed with the amount of work the BX23 was able to do.

5) Making trails

My property is mostly Poplar and Birch. I have found that by dragging the box blade behind me I am able to do a great job of creating new 4' trails and smoothing out my current trails. I have had to remove quite a few boulders (12" to 18" in diameter) and was able to do so with a combination of the box blade and FEL (I didn't want to go back and switch to the BH and then have to switch back to the BB). This is probably going to be the main job for my BX23 and it does a great job. Typically when I come across (yet another) tree across a trail I just get the FEL under it and then push it either out of the way or push until it snaps and then push it out of the way. My trails have never looked so good! I find I prefer the FEL and BB with the BX23 over my Swisher Rough Cut and ATV for the trails.

I am very happy with the BX23. Sure, a bigger tractor would be faster in some instances, but if size and price are issues then I think the BX23 is a winner.

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