BCS 948 walking tractor
At double the price of the Troy-Bilt “Big Red” Horse, the top-of-the-line professional series BCS 948 walking tractor is quite the market garden machine. I haven’t tried or even seen one of these, but I’d love to. BCS is the biggest of the European 2-wheel tractor manufacturers. They have a full line, including a Horse equivalent. The walking tractor is an order above the North American big rototiller, they’re built as full-on agricultural equipment. The 948 is a true small-scale tractor, the difference found in the engineering, construction, and range of add-on implements. On this tiny farm, the Horse and the Kubota compact tractor cover the BCS from either side, to get an even wider range of smaller to larger jobs done, but the 948 could replace both for all of the most critical market gardening tasks, like tilling, cultivating and clean-up for several acres.
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December 6th, 2007 at 10:16 am
I have a BCS 830 that I use for tilling garden beds, mowing my orchard, and blowing snow. Amazing little machines these things are!
December 7th, 2007 at 12:16 pm
Hey Terry B, Yeah, the BCS and Grillos are looking mighty good. I could’ve gotten one instead of the used Kubota compact tractor. A new BCS 948 with all the attachments I’d need would’ve been HALF of what the used Kubota cost. The only advantage of the Kubota I can see so far is the front-end loader…
April 2nd, 2008 at 11:52 pm
Hi..I’ve done some research on various tractors, equipment etc. and the BCS 948 sounds like a very good all-in-one piece of equipment in terms of running an organic farm …Does anyone know if the tractor and it’s snowblowing attachment can handle a fairly steep driveway (thirty metres long with steepest part about 1 in 4 slope) The blower could work on the way down, but I’m wondering if 13hp is enough to get up an often icy slope?
Any comments appreciated.
Thanks, Julie