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1*Several people who have CUT's near me do this, the local towing company has a deal with several of the area dealerships, if they can move the CUT as time allows (fill-in work) they do it for a LOT less than normal rates. The tow truck gets work when they normally wouldn't have it, and the customer gets a cheap move.
Murf
2*LBrown, maybe I'm missing something here, you have a BX23, the tractor itself weighs 1500#, even with a few extra implements included, the weight probably wouldn't be more than about 3k #.
3*Almost any V6 powered import truck will pull that and a trailer, provided you have brakes, sway-control and an equalizing hitch and drove with moderation it probably wouldn't even be a bad drive.
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1*I will check around and see if they do that around here.
My dealer is 58 miles away, but this could work for short local trips.
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3*Drat all 4 of mine are 4 bangers.
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1*Murf has a point about renting a hauling unit when it is needed.
2* I like my own stuff and use it when I want to and don't like to work around anyone elses schedule.
Like Murf says, you don't need a big truck to haul a BX.
If you have a tilt box on a truck that helps with regard to the loading and unloading headaches of a regular truck.
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1*Yes he does
2*So do I.
3*I wasn't thinking of a big truck .
What I had in mind was something about the size of the Ford F-350 with a 14 or 16 foot roll back bed.
It would really be nice if it would dump too.
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LBrown, a tilt'n'load bed, by function of how they work cannot dump. A roll-off can dump, but they are VERY rare as small units and the cost is MUCH higher than for instance a tow-truck type setup.
For the amount of weight you are looking at, even an F-350 is far more than you need. My pickup, as an example, is a heavy F-350, crew cab 4WD & diesel really add up, but it has a curb weight of a little under 8,000# and a GVWR of 11,000# meaning it has a payload of about double what you need.
If you are talking about your typical F-350, 2WD, standard V8 gas engine and a steel flatdeck, that would have a curb weight of about 6,000# but still be 11,000# GVWR, for a payload of 5,000# a little more than triple what you need.
As I said before, unless you plan on moving your machine, or other stuff, on a pretty rregular basis, it would be pretty hard to justify the cost of just insurance & maintenance, let alone the purchase price. A tilt'n'load on a chassis that isn't junk will start at about $15,000 and go WAY up from there.
Also, do yourself a favour, call your insurance broker, most now will NOT insure a tow truck for 'personal use only' because all the independants did that then used them commercially anyways, they got stung enough they just stopped doing it. Commercial coverage is probably going to be at least 3 times the cost of personal use, it is up here, I can't imagine it's much different south of the Great Lakes.
Best of luck.
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I think I'm hauling my BX23 with as light a set-up as possible. Check out my Pix. The trailer is only 5 x 14 with a single 3500# axle and a surge brake on the tongue. I haul this around with my minivan without any problems although it does tend to slow a bit on steep or long hills. The aluminum trailer is light enough to roll around by hand when not in use and I have sides for it when I need a utility trailer.
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1*The trailer is only 5 x 14 with a single 3500# axle and a surge brake on the tongue.
2* I haul this around with my minivan
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1*Nice trailer
Where could a guy get one like it.
2*What kind of minivan do you have?
How many Cylinders does it have?
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It's kind of odd, Kubota lists the BX23 at 1500#, and the BX2230 at 1290# on their website. I know for a fact that the FEL weighs more than 210#, and the BH has to go at least 500#, so I think their weight on the BX23 is the tractor only. Does anyone have a total wieght (with FEL and BH) on the BX23? It's gotta be near 2500#.
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I just saw a single axle trailer with a b 7500 kubota & MMM on it.
The trailer was just wide enough for the mower and the trailer was about 3 or 4 feet longer than the tractor.
The tow Veh. was a full size chevy PU.
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Yeah, there's some scary stuff on the roads.
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Does anyone have a total wieght (with FEL and BH) on the BX23? It's gotta be near 2500#.
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Tractor 1520
FEL ?
HOE 617
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Does anyone have a total wieght (with FEL and BH) on the BX23? It's gotta be near 2500#.
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TOTAL 2567
2500 was a good guess.
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