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Check out "Prime Mover excavator

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8AIVJLiWW5s

Gary
Renton, WA

 

 

 

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From: Steve Offiler <soffiler at gmail.com>
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Sent: Sun, Jan 10, 2016 6:19 am
Subject: Re: [AT] What to do

I'd add a couple more drawbacks to the skidsteer:  (1) Stability.   They have a very short wheelbase.  The more sloped your land, the more skilled you'll need to be to avoid trouble.  (2) right there in the name, they tear up the ground pretty good.  

SO

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On Jan 9, 2016, at 9:12 PM, Richard Walker <richardwalker at pobox.com> wrote:

>> Spencer: Have you considered an older skid steer? Some of the older Bobcat and Case skid loaders are getting more reasonably priced and once you've used one you will throw rocks at a tractor loader. Brett Phillips
> 
> I concur with Brett and others about how useful you might find a skid steer. The key word here is "older" - you want to run far away from later models with their trouble-prone computerized electronics that take a $$$ dealer service call to repair.
> 
> The drawbacks of any skid steer are 1) doing repair work in their tightly cramped quarters can get frustrating (quite different from an old tractor), and 2) when components fail like hydraulic pumps, valves, and motors, repairs can become real expensive.
> 
> Photos of my old 843 Bobcat with shopbuilt forks attachment, currently inoperable because of 1 & 2 above.
> 
> 
> Richard
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