Which Should You Buy? Kubota BX Mid Mount Mower Deck vs Zero Turn - BX23S Comparison
Overview
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.
Kubota BX23S
- PTO horsepower
- 17.7 hp
- Loader lift capacity
- 6258 N (1407 lbs) [LA340] / 5719 N (1286 lbs) [LA340S]
- 3-point lift capacity
- 1,213 lbs.
- Hydraulic flow
- 6.2 gpm (23.5 l/min.)
