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Read articles →A BX23S owner walks through his personal case for and against the Kubota mid-mount mower deck versus buying a separate zero turn, drawing on his own 38-acre homestead experience. He covers list prices for the 54- and 60-inch decks, implement swap time, traction advantages, cut quality, and hour accumulation concerns. No hands-on footage or spec deep-dive, this is a candid spoken pros-and-cons comparison best suited to first-time BX buyers weighing the bundled mower decision.
An owner-operator sharing firsthand impressions from their own hobby homestead, with no dealer affiliation, though the creator openly acknowledges limited zero-turn experience and potential resulting bias.
The 54-inch mower deck lists for $3,048 on Kubota USA's website, and the 60-inch lists for $3,171, though the owner paid around $2,999 for his.
The owner figures five to ten minutes to remove the loader and backhoe and get the mower deck on, then the same process again afterward to reattach other implements.
It is slower than a zero turn and not as efficient, but it offers better traction on hills, mud, and soggy spots, and the owner finds it adequate for his needs.
The owner puts 30 to 40 hours a year on his machine mowing, which he figures is 300 to 400 hours over 10 years, not a big concern in his opinion.
