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Posted by the Grandpa Doss Farms channel, with the video appearing to feature a family member who owns the tractor, suggesting a personal owner perspective rather than a dealer or commercial relationship.
It depended on his acreage and jobs, not the numbers. He needed a bucket and something to run a box blade on his rock driveway, and the bigger size would have cost more for capability he would rarely use.
Yes. He has five acres, two cleared and the rest wooded, and did not plan to clear more. The BX1880 was small enough to get into the woods while still handling his bucket and box blade work.
At 18 horsepower, the only time you lose horsepower is if you attach something to the back like a brush hog that requires the PTO.
As it sits with the box blade and bucket, there is nothing he would change, other than maybe adding a few more implements.
