The Kubota Tractor We Never Recommend 

Neil has never done a video quite like this before. He's definitely taking things up a notch which is good to see but it's our job as the consumer to do this comparative analysis.

Real fun when changing the alternator belt!

I have a BX1870 with a front loader and a loader valve along with 54" mower deck and a 4' land pride rear blade

I have the BX2680...does everything I need to do as well....I only have an acre so I don't need/want anything any larger, just needed the loader and 3 point functions for chores.....but yep the B series would be a nice upgrade from the BX for sure. I went with the BX2680 for the additional PTO HP rating and happy with the decision, it runs my Land Pride 50" RTR0550 roto-tiller extremely well, and the 60" mid mount mower extremely well also.

im jumping the the LX, its only $1200 more than a B2610

@@jimmizner6901 I don't think the LX is physically much larger than a B Series is it?

I have the same machine with the loader. I added a rear snowblower as I live in northern NH. The only thing I wish I could add is an engine block heater for winter. I had a lower radiator hose heater put on I bought on Amazon, but it lasted one use as the reviews warned of so I knew the risk. I do love Kubota's I had a L2800 when we owned a larger farm property years back.

@@kenchester3072 I'm pretty sure Kubota makes a block heater for it -- I know mine has one, although I store it in the winter so I've never used it. I did install a kubota block heater on my skid steer that works great and was a pretty easy install.

@@refixed Thank you I'll look into it and see what they say.

They do have a rear remote option. Adding it after the fact though is extremely expensive...wish I wouldn't have let me salesman talk me out of having the 3rd function and rear remotes added to my BX when I ordered it, kind of marked off a few attachments I could have purchased but not having the 3rd function just limited my tractor usage, and adding those functions now is about triple the cost as they would have been when I ordered the tractor.

TG Diesel was a great tractor (less so the Kawasaki gas)

It may be the difference of the cost of the mower deck. Mower decks are not standard or included with the tractor.

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I have one of those as well, it's been a great machine! It's mowed a lot of grass, blown a lot of snow, and moved countless things with the loader!

The Cub Cadet SC2400 is a Yanmar tractor painted yellow. So if you lookup Yanmar you should easily find parts for them I would think.

I think if it were me I'd buy the whole package, loader valve/loader, even if you don't use it, when you sell it or trade it in, it'll bring more money to your pocket than just a plain old stripped down over-sized garden tractor setup.

I should add, John Deere quoted me a 1023e with 60" mower deck, no FEL, for 17,000.

You got it. That's the same conclusion I come to.

I am looking into adding the tilt wheel to my 1880, the brackets seem simple enough to swap.

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I have the BX2680 as well, its moved a lot of dirt, gravel, and sand this past year. Does a great job with my 50" RTR0550 Roto-Tiller as well. I've done a little mowing with it and it have a very nice cut for being a tractor more so than a lawn/tractor, I have the 60" mid mount mower deck.

Cub Cadet better than all combine and for ten grand less so people need to start becoming realistic about pricing of *EVERYTHING* at the moment given so much now flooding market for agriculture for *EVERYTHING* right and *STILL* excluding pure BEV offerings which are only now hitting the US market. Tesla has yet to even price their pure BEV Cybertruck out yet so until that comes out unless I was the type always jones'n for the latest and greatest wait until Spring be firmly sprung possibly as soon as 6 weeks even. *"Till is dust bins will bust"* as they say.

$13,900 includes a 54" mower deck while the $11,827 is just the base tractor.

No, he compared the COST vs capability and features.

My GR2120-2 is a brilliant piece of equipment, and it truly shines in the winter when I have the snow blower on it. I can keep pace with my neighbor and his BX2360 with front mount blower, inch for inch, foot for foot, and I am more maneuverable than he is. I wish I had the BX, but it was not in the cards for me financially.

@@mikesmathers5752 , my neighbor mowed my lawn for me while I was on vacation. He has a zero turn and a big John Deere. He was so impressed with the GR 2120 that he wanted to trade both of his off but now they can’t get any in to the dealer. He wants to buy mine but it is not nor will it ever be for sale.

I bought a GR 2120 because it is one of the most capable garden tractors for hilly properties. It has the speed of the zero turns and great turning ability. If you got a hill that scares you and need to cut it I trust this tractor over all the others. I have a MX5400 for heavy work and GR2120 for lawn and sidewalk snowblowing.

still the same. I went to buy a x758, saw the price and said lets get a bx quote. Ouch.. so i went back to get price on 1025r and it was the lowest price of the three. By about $3000 under a x758 and $4200 less than a 2680

The BX23s (Backhoe model) might do the job as long as you don't need much lift capacity of the loader....you get about 400 pounds of lift capacity with the BX machines. Anymore than that and they really struggle.

@@wildbill23c I really only use it for moving snow... sometimes gravel spreading. Don't lift heavy often

Depends on height and density of the grass

Easy to say when money is no object. I had to pick the GR2120-2 over the BX because the BX was going to be WAY more money, as I also have the front mount blower and rear bagger. The BX was not a financially smart move for me at the time. I would make the same decision today.

I have the BX2680, and call it my fancy expensive wheelbarrow LOL....having a loader is such a huge timesaver.

@William Sevier The wife talked me into getting a loader for my 2380. I thought it was a joke on a garden tractor but it does come in handy. But if I would've known I'd use the loader thid much I would have bought a b2601 or even a l2501. But I bought my bx to replace a worn out cub cadet 1450. The bx does excellent for what I bought it for. But my project list got just slightly longer after buying the bx.

@@jpoppinga8417 HAHA, yeah the loader is the main reason I stepped up to a sub-compact tractor instead of another garden tractor. My chores list and project list grows all the time, my wallet doesn't on the other hand LOL. If I had more space and a larger shop/barn I would have gotten the B series at least, but due to space constraints I went with the BX. I have the pallet forks as well, which I find all sorts of uses for, and allows me to store my implements/attachments on shelves rather than sitting on the ground taking up more space than necessary. I just use a scaffold with an added home-built lower fixed shelf so I can store 2 implements/attachments on a scaffold. I'll have to pickup another scaffold, rather a couple more as my implements/attachments inventory grows, but its a pretty easy mobile solution for storing those things. I also have the roto-tiller, box blade, and rear grading blade...I use the box blade and grading blade for my driveway quite often...the roto-tiller I only use once or twice a year but the job it does makes it well worth the cost...and saves the back using one of the walk behind tillers. My only complaint is I let my salesman talk me out of buying the 3rd function valve for the loader and a rear remote valve....so I can't get the grapple, and I can't do the hydraulic top link. I'd love to have both added at some point, but the cost of the kits and the $200 an hour labor at the dealer makes it very cost prohibitive. I don't have the patience to do that stuff, I usually break something trying to fix things so no way I'd even attempt at installing that stuff LOL...learned by lesson after attempting to replace a head gasket in my car a couple years ago and it never ran afterwards.

Amen, I miss my Wheel Horse 520h

great unit. wish they still made them.

The first pricing includes the mower deck to compare with the GR that comes with a standard mower deck. All units in that Deere comparison chart are without a mower deck.

@@MessicksEquip thanks for the clarification

I like the low center of gravity of zero turns, cub cadet has some advantages with their steering wheel models.