Upgrading to B model.

[Shawn T. W]

I'm not sure there is gonna be a big upgrade from a BX to a B ... A L has quite a bit more weight, hence more lifting and carrying capacity ... Unless your needing PTO HP, I'd skip over the higher HP B's ... My brother has a cabbed B3030 for snowblowing ...

I think you can get more HP in the little tractors than your tractor tires can handle ... I have a SCUT and the 25 HP engine is more than capable even with filled tires and steel wheel weights, it can still spin the tires and get pushed around!

Here you can barely see the additional 275 Lbs of steel weight lifting plates I've added to the BH frame for additional weight, the rear blade still pushed me sideways!

 

[PoTreeBoy]

I'm not sure there is gonna be a big upgrade from a BX to a B ... A L has quite a bit more weight, hence more lifting and carrying capacity ... Unless your needing PTO HP, I'd skip over the higher HP B's ... My brother has a cabbed B3030 for snowblowing ...

I think you can get more HP in the little tractors than your tractor tires can handle ... I have a SCUT and the 25 HP engine is more than capable even with filled tires and steel wheel weights, it can still spin the tires and get pushed around!

Here you can barely see the additional 275 Lbs of steel weight lifting plates I've added to the BH frame for additional weight, the rear blade still pushed me sideways!

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How about a B26 TLB? According to TractorData, it weighs almost twice what a B3030 does; that may include FEL and BH vs bare B3030.

 

[Shawn T. W]

Yeah, most tractor weights are bare tractor ... My little SCUT is roughly 1500 pounds if bought as a tractor ... The removable part of the loader with bucket is 453 Lbs, and the removable part of my BH is 651 Lbs ... But the TLB as I bought it is listed at 3000 Lbs ... Plus I have 300 Lbs of wheel/tire weight ...

 

[Bald1]

I move more boulders with my FEL and pallet forks than with the BH, because it can't lift them.

I would need the bh to dig them out and drag up onto logging road. Then I’d use the FEL.

I move more boulders with my FEL and pallet forks than with the BH, because it can't lift them.

 

[Bald1]

As @someguy9000 mentioned above, the backhoe is not good for lifting much above ground level and carrying things. To lift very high the boom and stick have to be out so far you lose lifting effort.

And if you use a thumb, you'll be kicking yourself before long for not getting a hydraulic one.

hoe would be to dig out and drag boulders up onto road where I would then use FEL

 

[someguy9000]

hoe would be to dig out and drag boulders up onto road where I would then use FEL

I would seriously suggest renting one/borrowing one and trying it out before you buy. I think you will be surprised at how underpowered it is.

I have a mechanical thumb (i bought the bxpanded mechanical thumb, quick coupler, trench bucket, ripper hook...all are good). I don't find the mechanical thumb as painful to deal with as just the backhoe moving the tractor (constantly pulls tractor towards the bucket) forcing me to reposition freqeuntly.

I use the BH77 as a poor man's grapple all the time. I am sure I lift ~500-800lb sections of trees at least 6ft high to clear my fence....but big rocks, and 2.5+ diameter tree stumps...it has a very hard time with. I still have to rent a 7 ton mini from time to time.

 

[Bald1]

How about a B26 TLB? According to TractorData, it weighs almost twice what a B3030 does; that may include FEL and BH vs bare B3030.

So if I may ask ,where are you build in WVa?

SE corner of state. Greenbrier County

 

[miker2702]

With 50ac, if you have alot of digging, id be looking at a mini excavator instead of the (back of the CUT) BH. I have an l3901 and a bh77. While I don't "regret" this decision fully, it has alot of frustrating moments and also isnt as strong as you hope its going to be.

I needed a robust mower, so I ended up with a bx2680 as well, and I constantly internally debate getting rid of my L series, for a mini ex. My BX is doing 75% of what the L does, just slower. Like the L bucket is 4x the size of the BX, so chopping firewood means more stopping with the BX when filling/unloading the bucket.

I started with a bx2200 i got a great deal on decided i need bigger jumped to a b7500 then after a few years decided i need a l2501. i have never missed the bx the b sometimes i miss the size and wear and tear on the yard after after using the l2501. key thing with a b is the 3 speed hydro the old two speed was either to slow or no power that would be a deal breaker. neighbor has b2901 it seems the right mix of power and weight to be honest...since i got the l all those i was doing side jobs for have aged out of needing anything done. sometimes i dont know what i want or need...i had a 3 point backhoe on the b7500 was afraid to ever do any serious digging, the l2501 has the bh77 but ive not had anything need for it yet, it will come soon enough...in my mind i need a 100+ horspower tractor for my 1 acre...

 

[miker2702]

I started with a bx2200 i got a great deal on decided i need bigger jumped to a b7500 then after a few years decided i need a l2501. i have never missed the bx the b sometimes i miss the size and wear and tear on the yard after after using the l2501. key thing with a b is the 3 speed hydro the old two speed was either to slow or no power that would be a deal breaker. neighbor has b2901 it seems the right mix of power and weight to be honest...since i got the l all those i was doing side jobs for have aged out of needing anything done. sometimes i dont know what i want or need...i had a 3 point backhoe on the b7500 was afraid to ever do any serious digging, the l2501 has the bh77 but ive not had anything need for it yet, it will come soon enough...in my mind i need a 100+ horspower tractor for my 1 acre...

b2920 to many numbers to remember