Skid Steer vs. Crawler (was Re: [AT] Deere Model 350 Questions

[CRAWLER HEAVEN/ED CHRISTOPHERSON]

Rob look at my web site i sell tracks for skid steers ,click on the Mclaren
products it will show you them.   ED
http://www.crawlerheaven.com/index.htm



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Rob Gray" <Robgray at epix.net>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Monday, July 12, 2004 9:04 PM
Subject: Re: Skid Steer vs. Crawler (was Re: [AT] Deere Model 350 Questions


> Thanks for all the responses and detailed info! I did not take in all of
> what my neighbor said because I was not knowledgeable enough to absord
> all of it in one quick conversation. He did mention skid steers too, but
> he emphasized that on this place I needed tracks (he's worked this land
> before for my grandfather years ago clearing some land). He said the
> best combination for me is tracks and a bucket instead of a blade so I
> can pick up the rocks instead of just pushing them with a blade. Did I
> read it right in an earlier post, but can you run a skid steer on
> tracks? Excuse the clueless questions....
>
> Rob
>
>
> Cecil E Monson wrote:
>
> >> Those negatives aside, I agree that the skid steer is a lot more
> >> versatile
> >
> >
> > than a crawler and easier to store (but watch the weight - they are
> > heavier
> >
> > than they look and can exceed the load rating of a trailer, even
> > though there
> >
> > is plenty of room). I sold a number of them, new and used, before I
> > retired,
> >
> > and I never had a customer complain or say that he wished he had gotten
a
> >
> > crawler instead.
> >
> >>
> >> Mike
> >
> >
> >     Mike worked for a dealer in New Jersey who did a good business in
> > there machines. I got my look at skidsteers when I built my new shop a
> > couple
> > years ago and was on the user end of them. I also have a lot of time
> > in the
> > seat of a crawler.
> >
> >     Both crawlers and skidsteers ride rough but that is not a problem
> > unless you want your wife to run it while you watch. ;-(  It is what
they
> > do for you, not what they do to you that counts.
> >
> >     I, personally, being frugal by nature and one who hates to pay the
> > full shot for anything, would not buy from a dealer if I can help it.
> > Mike
> > knows the dealer he works for bought low and sold high and it is
> > better you
> > do the same if at all possible. I don't know about New Holland
skidsteers
> > but almost all of them come with detailed instructions for maintenance
> > and
> > repair and you can do most of this yourself. Also, there is a helluva
> > weight
> > difference between anything on a crawler and what is on a skidsteer.
Just
> > the A frame on my JD 420 crawler that the lift arms attach to weighs a
> > full
> > ton and is very hard to pick up off the tractor for maintenance. Fixing
> > anything on a crawler usually starts with these words "remove the
bucket,
> > lift arms, main lift cylinders, tracks and final drives" and never
> > have so
> > few words involved so much heavy stuff. On a skidsteer, it usually
begins
> > with "fold the seat forward". I didn't say they were easy to work on as
> > things are pretty crowded. Like Mike said, things are tight. Tires on
> > skid
> > steers are not prone to having flats when used in and around a yard
> > like they
> > are on construction sites. I think the tires on mine are 10 ply.
> >
> >     In my travels thru the Midwest, and I am sure those of you who live
> > out there already know, there are literally thousands of good used
> > skidsteers
> > for sale across the country. I have seen lots of small dealers who
> > seem to
> > specialize in them and the prices looked a lot more reasonable than
> > those out
> > here where most dealers seem to sell to construction companies. Maybe
> > it is
> > because those Midwest dealers sell to farmers who are more careful
> > with their
> > money.
> >
> > Cecil
> >
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> AT mailing list
> http://www.antique-tractor.com/mailman/listinfo/at
>
>