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 | gdinius
Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 2 Los Angeles 
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2004-11-30 101318
I'm considering a BX23. I have 100acres of brush, woodlands, grasses, some level, some hillsides. Got a lot of big brush to mow, lots of holes and trenches to dig and some amount of dirt to move, trees to drag, rocks to roll etc.etc.
Is the BX23 big enough, heavy enough, anything else enough to do what I need to do? I'm not in a hurry to get it all done.
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| unit5alive
Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 250 Latrobe Pa
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2004-11-30 101320
It wiil get the job done,but you should look into a bigger model tractor. ....
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 | AV8R
Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 882 North Central Wisconsin 
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2004-11-30 101321
I agree with unit5alive. I love my BX, but you need more than that. B7800 at least IMHO. ....
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| Ironpeddler
Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 111 Science Hill,KY USA
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2004-11-30 101323
I believe you would be better served with the Grand L series tractor. The L series will have more capacity and durability than the BX. ....
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 | DRankin
Join Date: Jan 2000 Posts: 5116 Northern Nevada 
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2004-11-30 101333
If you had two acres.... yes. But 100? Go bigger.
How big are the trees you intend to drag? ....
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 | beagle
Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 1333 Michigan 
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2004-11-30 101349
Another vote for bigger!! You should be looking at the L-series Kubota, 4200 series Deere, or DK Kioti, and at least 30 hp. ....
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 | Art White
Join Date: Jan 2000 Posts: 6898 Waterville New York
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2004-11-30 101351
Wow! I think I've bragged up the BX a little to much here! Just joking I have many customers enjoying the complete versatility of the tractor near 10 acres but thats about it. You would be getting a lot of seat time to tackle the job but which way would you have the seat facing the most and are you figuring on keeping the 100 acres mowed? Some of it woods? How much ditching and how deep? How much time do you wish to spend doing the different tasks to prep and how much time do you wish to spend maintaining it? Definitely I feel you should go larger! It's just how much? ....
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| beagle
Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 1333 Michigan
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2004-12-01 101365
I know what's going on here. gd is going to take these posts back to the CFO to re-negotiate what tractor he needs. Glad we could help!! ....
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| botamac
Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 71 MI
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2004-12-02 101452
I love my BX23, but I only have 2.5 acres at this time and it’s just the right size, but if I had a 100 acres I would go bigger,because the bigger the tractor bigger the implements you can get for it. ....
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| offtrack
Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 17 New England
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2004-12-02 101474
I have a BX22 for over a year know and love it. I have just under three acres, and if I had a hundred I wouldn't consider it to be big enough. 7800 or 2910 at the very least. ....
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 | WillieH
Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 543 New England 
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2004-12-02 101476
gd-
There are many different criteria that must be considered when properly sizing out a tractor. All previous postings take many aspects into account, except some very important ones:
1) 100 acres, Quite a distance from the nearest refridgerator for a cold drink. Sit on a few different size units and decide which will hold the most bottles conveniently, or, which unit may accomodate a small cooler the easiest.
2) How much time does your wife plan on using the tractor? Once she sees how much you enjoy it, she'll want to be on it - NOT you! Plan ahead, buy a large enough unit that your wife deems to be too big for her to use. Then you can spend all the time on it yourself, WITH her blessings!
Willie H. ....
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| gdinius
Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 2 Los Angeles
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2004-12-07 101777
Wow, I'm overwhelmed by all the replies. Thanks to you all.
I hope you'll bear with me if I refine the question somewhat based on the replies received:
A good 75% of the 100 acres is covered with Pinion Pines. I only need to occasionally drag dead ones out of the forest for cutting and splitting. I have probably 10+ acres of sage and other large brush. I have been slowly (and I mean slowly) clearing this with a DR brush mower. Of course it grows back so this is never ending although it gets easier. As for ditching, I have pipes to bury and a stream to occasionally reroute. Some foundation building. All the other myriad of jobs you suddenly find when you have a tractor.
Any additional thoughts on the suitability of the BX23 would be greatly appreciated. ....
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 | jamesrm1
Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 29 Central New Jersey
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2004-12-07 101794
I also have the BX23 and 2 acres and it is deseptivley strong for its size. My wife cannot belive how much I have gotten done. But just to traverse 100ac of land would be tough on such a small machine. A bigger tire would be more comfortable. Just another point other than the fact that a larger machine would accomodate bigger impements. ....
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| cthonestguy
Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 267 northeast
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2004-12-07 101803
I have a bx2200. Like a bx23 minus the hoe. I have about a 5 acre plot I use it on and am almost done putting in a 600' path over heavy rock wash out. Boulders the size of a VW bug! It took me some time and now that I'm in around the 550' mark from where I dump my piles of chips from the local services I wish I had a bigger machine. This is only 5 acres not 100. Keep this in mind. The smaller machines hold about a big wheel barrow of material so it takes a while if you need to move stuff a long distance. As far as power? If you know how to operate a machine which comes with time there isn't much you can't do. I've dug some serious stuff with this little machine. What it can't lift I can certainly push to where I need it. Some of these big rocks were harder than others but they are a very powerful little machine. I have 5 acres and wish I went bigger, with 100 you will more than likely have the same wish. ....
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