[Stonehenge]

Called our eqpt rental guys - asked for a mini-X. They said they didn't have any, but had a tractor with a backhoe. I said 'fine, here's the address to deliver it to.'

The pic below is what showed up. The tank on the thing held about 3 gallons of fuel..... And to me it's not a tractor if there are instructions of how to raise or lower a mowing deck....

Anyway, if the thing were bigger, I could see us adding one to our stable, as it was pretty useful, except for being woefully underpowered and small.

I wonder what something like that would cost new.

[jwholden]

That thing makes your skidsteer look HUGE!!!

There is a strange correlation between waiting until the last minute to call for a rental and it not being available. I learned that the hard way.

If you start looking at that type of machine look at the Bobcat 200 or 250, John Deere 110, or Kubota L48.

[Will Pacala]

I have used th Kubota model B2710 on numerous jobs. It has plenty of power and can handle about 10-15 different attachments. Just for the heck of it I asked what the base price was, the guy said around almost $25,000 new with 4WD, loader, and one rear attachment. That machine looks to be like a BX22 or something. That usually goes for about $15,000 to $20,000. That's a good amount for a small unpowerful machine like that.

[dan deutekom]

When you rent a machine like that Kubota you expect it to work like this

[dan deutekom]

But it is a lot better than this

[Stonehenge]

That's exactly what I thought I was getting!!

Dan - can I borrow that from you someday?

Will - I think you pegged the model number on the Kubota.

[dan deutekom]

Sure

You can have the yellow shovel any time you want.

[Will Pacala]

I thought that was the model number.

[tractornewbie]

Hey Stonehenge,

How did that little Kubota BX22 work out anyway?

Did you really find it useful? How well did it dig for such a small rig?

I'm actually thinking about buying one (the Kubota BX23, same size w/FEL and BH, 23hp diesel) for taking care of my own property/planting trees, etc.

Tractors are very easy on the turf.

Thanks for any info,

DT.

Originally posted by Stonehenge
Called our eqpt rental guys - asked for a mini-X. They said they didn't have any, but had a tractor with a backhoe. I said 'fine, here's the address to deliver it to.'

The pic below is what showed up. The tank on the thing held about 3 gallons of fuel..... And to me it's not a tractor if there are instructions of how to raise or lower a mowing deck....

Anyway, if the thing were bigger, I could see us adding one to our stable, as it was pretty useful, except for being woefully underpowered and small.

I wonder what something like that would cost new.

[Pelican]

I used to rent Terramites which were about the same size. It could barely reach high enough to load my F-350 dump, but it beat a shovel! I rented them basically because they were affordable and I could transport them myself.

When my monthly rental expenditure equaled a machine payment, I bought my 248.

[Stonehenge]

Originally posted by tractornewbie
Hey Stonehenge,

How did that little Kubota BX22 work out anyway?

Did you really find it useful? How well did it dig for such a small rig?

It might work out for your own property, but even with that I'd want a larger bucket on it.

For the project we used it for, it was underpowered and the excavator bucket was pretty small.

On the flip side I recently rented a KX41 mini-X from Kubota. Nice little machine. Quiet, had decent power (though if I were buying one I'd probably go for the KX61), and the controls were pretty smooth.