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I love it Ross.

I'm starting to like it more. Got manual off eBay ,'splained a few things. Plumbed in quick connects on the loader hydraulic lines today. I can drop the loader now and run something else with the remotes. Pulled the tach drive off at the head and it's turning so its either the right angle box into the tach or the tach itself is bad.
 

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It's time to make the donuts...

I see a trend. You guys seem to like crawler loaders over dozers. I've had two dozers and I'd like a third. I can see the advantages of a loader but what's the point that seals the deal over a dozer?

I guess that would depend on the type of work being performed. Versatility is the key, one machine does many jobs, like load a truck for instance. I pick up logs with a set of forks added to the bucket. A four in one bucket would be the ultimate, as then a guy could push grade near as good as a dozer, the one trick a regular bucket cant quite do as well/easy.
 

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I guess that would depend on the type of work being performed. Versatility is the key, one machine does many jobs, like load a truck for instance. I pick up logs with a set of forks added to the bucket. A four in one bucket would be the ultimate, as then a guy could push grade near as good as a dozer, the one trick a regular bucket cant quite do as well/easy.

Yes,a Drott would be ideal. The problem is everyone I look at is beat to pieces and racked so bad you could never hold grade with the thing.
 

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I see a trend. You guys seem to like crawler loaders over dozers. I've had two dozers and I'd like a third. I can see the advantages of a loader but what's the point that seals the deal over a dozer?
I think most of the time it is what ever you can work a deal on to get the machine ,and not preference blade over bucket.
 

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Yes,a Drott would be ideal. The problem is everyone I look at is beat to pieces and racked so bad you could never hold grade with the thing.

Couple guys I know have Cat 933's one has the four in one bucket, the other a bucket and a blade. Lots of old Iron out there sometimes just a matter of finding where it's hiding, and letting people know in your area that you're looking.
 

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Now a Loader crawler with a mechanical winch on the back for skidding would be very nice!
 

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Old thread!

I don’t really see the point in a crawler loader. I’d rather have a dozer, or a tractor/loader with a backhoe.... hell, I’m even at the point I’m thinking of selling my full size backhoe, and buying a compact track loader (skid steer) and a mini excavator. At least they are easy to load on a trailer and move them.

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Old thread!

I don’t really see the point in a crawler loader. I’d rather have a dozer, or a tractor/loader with a backhoe.... hell, I’m even at the point I’m thinking of selling my full size backhoe, and buying a compact track loader (skid steer) and a mini excavator. At least they are easy to load on a trailer and move them.

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A skidsyer would be the answer for my needs. I've ran bunch of different ones over the years. Mustang,Case ,Bobcat
I liked the case the best.
 

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A skidsyer would be the answer for my needs. I've ran bunch of different ones over the years. Mustang,Case ,Bobcat
I liked the case the best.
I’ve heard great things about the Kubota CTL and mini-ex’s...

This is my dream skid steer. Maybe a few years down the road I will be able to afford one.

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Old thread!

I don’t really see the point in a crawler loader. I’d rather have a dozer, or a tractor/loader with a backhoe.... hell, I’m even at the point I’m thinking of selling my full size backhoe, and buying a compact track loader (skid steer) and a mini excavator. At least they are easy to load on a trailer and move them.

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Do it. Unless you dig 10 foot holes all day, no regrets.
I need a knuckle boom.
 

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F85BDDE4-B6DA-4F0A-BA9E-906C308E3E49.png 1978 Cat 941B that lives on the family’s farm. It works in concert with a 590 Super L and a recently acquired 953C that both retired from the first contractor-of any sort- I worked for. Louis still owns his 1977 Cat 235-bought new when my dad was a 17 year old working for him-and it still comes out of its slumber when it’s time for some big hoe ramming.

I know I’m over a year removed from cgraham’s post, but I’m partial to TLBs, Case machines in particular, and crawler loaders, preferably Case and Cat. I built quite a few entire sites with a high lift and then brought in utilities with a backhoe as a one-man operation. I think it’s sort of an old-school approach to things, or at least in the southeast and midwest where I started out. A lot of newer outfits are doing exactly what you want to do and getting a mini and a skid steer, but those two machines flat out won’t have the raw power or weight to put behind a task that your 580 will. They also can’t run a mile and a half from one end of a job to another to do some cleanup work or toe in a main in five minutes. It’s just a tradeoff that for what I do isn’t worth it, I don’t own a mini but I own quite a few backhoes.

Edit: Mastermind has a cherry MF300, those things are pretty slick (read: fast) if you can move your feet around fast enough. The double decelerators in line with the steering clutches are... Interesting to say the least. The two speed powershift transmission is cool too.
 
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I’ve heard great things about the Kubota CTL and mini-ex’s...

This is my dream skid steer. Maybe a few years down the road I will be able to afford one.

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Case Skid steers was what I grew up on: 4B & later on 4BT Cummins powered mechanical machines: what wasn’t to love?

Since Case is now just an orange New Holland though....,

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View attachment 282035 1978 Cat 941B that lives on the family’s farm. It works in concert with a 590 Super L and a recently acquired 953C that both retired from the first contractor-of any sort- I worked for. Louis still owns his 1977 Cat 235-bought new when my dad was a 17 year old working for him-and it still comes out of its slumber when it’s time for some big hoe ramming.

I know I’m over a year removed from cgraham’s post, but I’m partial to TLBs, Case machines in particular, and crawler loaders, preferably Case and Cat. I built quite a few entire sites with a high lift and then brought in utilities with a backhoe as a one-man operation. I think it’s sort of an old-school approach to things, or at least in the southeast and midwest where I started out. A lot of newer outfits are doing exactly what you want to do and getting a mini and a skid steer, but those two machines flat out won’t have the raw power or weight to put behind a task that your 580 will. They also can’t run a mile and a half from one end of a job to another to do some cleanup work or toe in a main in five minutes. It’s just a tradeoff that for what I do isn’t worth it, I don’t own a mini but I own quite a few backhoes.

Edit: Mastermind has a cherry MF300, those things are pretty slick (read: fast) if you can move your feet around fast enough. The double decelerators in line with the steering clutches are... Interesting to say the least. The two speed powershift transmission is cool too.

I wonder who he’s hired to run it for him.

Cause his little legs can’t take those quick movements.


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I wonder who he’s hired to run it for him.

Cause his little legs can’t take those quick movements.


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If you have big enough feet and not a ton of heel to your boot you can get your heel on the decelerator and your toes on the steering clutch. Awkward as hell coming from anything else but I’ve seen that old man and his son make that machine sing. I think I’ll stick with kitties.

Case’s best skid steers were the 400 Series 3, the 440S3 was probably their best out of the bunch. I’m running mine until I can’t repair them anymore. The XT machines (75XT, 90XT, etc) before them were mighty fine too. Not much of an 1845 fan, or at least the ones I’ve run.
 
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