how about a Oklahoma,AR,MO,KS,TX,+IA GTG thread?

[Hedgerow]

When? Back is so much better than when we first met, as is the 661 now broken in.

Hard to say..
Basically, whenever I get started on it..
It never goes away or gets completed. It's just an ongoing thing.

 

[Locust Cutter]

Got to got cut last Friday with a buddy from work and Dad. We were at another friend's mother's house in Mulvane, KS. He's cleaning (de-junking) it up and his place both to sell them, so they can move into a place near Sedan KS, closer to a small ranch he bought about 7 years ago. I helped take out a bunch of smaller Ash and Hacks, but this bigger one had to be brought down by a climber, due to the tight confines. I scored the firewood, and he had the tractor to load it!! 2x dumps on a 7.5' x 14' 14K dump trailer of wet stuff, and about half of a 6' x 10' of cured Mulberry. Not too' bad, especially for only being about 8 miles from the house.

After a bit of bucking:

Loading at 38" lengths


Close to the first load:

Dad and Chris:

It was weird NOT having any Huskies out. I did bring the 572, but never uncased it. The 261, 660, and 201T are ours. The MINTY 034 Super is a recent acquisition of Chris', courtesy of a good friend in Winfield, KS.

 

[Locust Cutter]

After cleaning up:


2nd Load, I need to raise the mount on the tongue:


Driving home!!

 

[Locust Cutter]

Now, between those hauls, and a monstrous Silver Maple blow-down in Mulvane that I cleaned up recently, I have some bucking, splitting and stacking to do!! That Super Split will be getting a workout!

 

[KS Plainsman]

That's a nice haul! I dig that little tractor too! I'd like to get a smaller tractor with loader on it, someday.

 

[Locust Cutter]

I'm looking at between a 60-75hp 4x4, but the smaller tractors are damn hand in certain circumstances!!

 

[KS Plainsman]

I'm looking at between a 60-75hp 4x4, but the smaller tractors are damn hand in certain circumstances!!

They sure look handy! I know when I bought my forklift, I found all sorts of uses for it and I think one of the smaller tractors would be the same way.

 

[Dub11]

Now what would be more handy, a small tractor or a skid loader?

 

[hoskvarna]

Now what would be more handy, a small tractor or a skid loader?

Depends on the person and what he needs.
Imo for me I would want a skidsteer. But I have a tractor, no loader.
There’s things one can do the other cant [emoji106]

My .02 $

Morning fellars

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[Cat 525]

Morning men! Say showers moving in later today! Git er dun!

 

[Hinerman]

Now what would be more handy, a small tractor or a skid loader?

I don't farm, so for me a skid loader would be more handy. But, I would and could use either one in a heartbeat.

 

[Dub11]

I'm thinking a tracked skid loader would be the tits.

 

[Workshop]

Morning everybody.
Personally, I'd take a tractor with a loader.

 

[Fishnuts2]

I would have picked a skid steer too, until we rented a large tracked one to move and install some of those 2,800 lb. cement blocks for a garden wall. We were in wet clay and those small front idler wheels ended up with a lot of the weight on them and we were hosed. And the tracks would just scissor their way deeper in the clay if you tried to steer one way or the other. Got the son in law's little 40 hp JD with loader on it and the backhoe for counterweight. Walked those blocks right in there, and pulled the skid loader out of the clay on the way out. I would have lost that bet!

Both machines were rated for about 2,600 lb. lift and overloaded, but the tractor was a lot handier.

 

[moparnut88]

I would have picked a skid steer too, until we rented a large tracked one to move and install some of those 2,800 lb. cement blocks for a garden wall. We were in wet clay and those small front idler wheels ended up with a lot of the weight on them and we were hosed. And the tracks would just scissor their way deeper in the clay if you tried to steer one way or the other. Got the son in law's little 40 hp JD with loader on it and the backhoe for counterweight. Walked those blocks right in there, and pulled the skid loader out of the clay on the way out. I would have lost that bet!

Both machines were rated for about 2,600 lb. lift and overloaded, but the tractor was a lot handier.

It's always the right tool for the right job. That's why I've got a little of everything I've been collecting. The skidsteer is super powerful but heavy, they tractor is lighter and more nimble. And if it get serious I can get the backhoe, dozer, or track loader out.

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[Workshop]

A neighbor rented a skid steer to do some leveling in his back yard for an above ground swimming pool several years ago. I watched him while he was maneuvering it around on dry ground and was surprised by how much the ground moved everywhere he drove.
Wound up tearing up a large part of his yard. I guess it's because they have such a huge weight for such a small footprint on the ground.
But I'm no expert on these things.

 

[Hinerman]

It's always the right tool for the right job. That's why I've got a little of everything I've been collecting. The skidsteer is super powerful but heavy, they tractor is lighter and more nimble. And if it get serious I can get the backhoe, dozer, or track loader out.

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Agreed. I would like to have both. Add one of these to my inventory too. This might be better than both:

https://www.tobroco-giant.com/en/products/

 

[WKEND LUMBERJAK]

Agreed. I would like to have both. Add one of these to my inventory too. This might be better than both:

https://www.tobroco-giant.com/en/products/

It has plenty of options for attachments.

 

[moparnut88]

Agreed. I would like to have both. Add one of these to my inventory too. This might be better than both:

https://www.tobroco-giant.com/en/products/

A lot of companies make something similar. Bobcat, ditchwitch makes a good one but they are tracked. I would rather have rubber tracks.

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[KS Plainsman]

Now what would be more handy, a small tractor or a skid loader?

That depends I think. I drive on my lawn, and other people's lawn some. So for me, a small tractor would be easier on the grass, like my forklift is. Skid steers are great, if you are out in dirt, or whatever, but they are hell on whatever surface they operate on, unless that's concrete, then the concrete is hell on the tires.

I worked for a guy who ran a skid steer on a certain area of his farm, everyday. Within about 6 months, that dirt was a fine as flour and about 4-6 inches thick in some areas. The slightest breeze made it like the dirty thirties. The slightest rain, made it a soupy mess. On dry days with no wind, a guy looked like Pigpen from the Peanuts gang, when they walked. Clouds of dust 10x worse than normal.

I thought I wanted a skid steer once, until I got my forklift, and now I don't think I would take a skid steer over my forklift. Forklift and a tractor, are also a ton easier to get in and out of, or on and off of. Mind you, I'm 6'5 270 lbs. So skid steers are a pain for me.