![]() Equipped with a hydraulic loader with a manual angle plow with pitch control also. This is equipped with a large single cylinder Briggs and Stratton engine that starts on the first pull, no smoke, good belts, 2 speeds forward 1 speed reverse. These cost over 1200.00 brand new back then. ![]() Also be good when I get mulch delivered for spreading across the various landscape areas, etc.1950's Agricat model F Crawler loader bulldozer, manufactured by the Joost corporation in California. I could grade my gravel driveway every year. But I just think of the stuff I could do in addition to haul logs. If you had a spare $50k laying around burning a hole in you pocket that would be the way to go !īack to reality anyways I'd be happy with one of those small Kubota tractors but I'm not spending that kind of money. I've used it when I work for him here and there and it's fun to operate! He uses it for dragging piles of brush and heavy logs out of yards and stuff I can't believe how much easier it is than dragging brush by hand. My buddy bought a New Holland skid steer with a grapple for his tree service business. Not a income producing farm too small for that.īut the thing is they are coming up like $13k for used ? Something like that looks useful for a small land owner or hobby farm. It's got big rear wheels for traction and pulling I guess ![]() I guess it's 23 hp and pictures show it with a front loader on it. According to the website an example I'm thinking of would be Kubotas B2301. They look more useful to a land owner or hobby farm type of user. There's a Kubota dealer not too far and he has these small tractors but they are far too small for a farmer who makes a living farming. What I'm thinking of perhaps is more of a compact tractor ? The DIY/lawn tractor guys consider it to be pretty amazing and something that is easily maintained and can do a lot of work.Ĭonsidering my situation (a guy working on his own with about 5 acres of hilly timber), I am leaning more towards thinking this would be a useful addition for me, as well as letting me do things like maintaining my gravel drive, pushing snow in the winter, possibly some very light field work in a hay field.Īnyone have any personal experience with this sort of equipment? Am I on the right track here? The heavy equipment guys consider it a toy and advocate for a 4WD tractor or a real crawler/bulldozer. Sounds like a perfect way to skid logs in a muddy/steep area without tearing up the ground or getting stuck.įrom what I have read on the internet, they've been around for quite a while and seem to have a somewhat mixed reputation. I was looking at the back of a magazine last night and saw that there is a company called Struck in Wisconsin that makes a mini-dozer/crawler in the 600-800 lbs range that supposedly can pull 1000 lbs. Up until recently, I figured the only way I was getting wood out of the interior of this area was by cutting/splitting/stacking it where it was felled, then pulling it out piecemeal in a sled or wagon. The land where my timber lies is generally fairly steep, with many gullies and an elevation change of roughly 40 ft in about 300-400 ft of run.
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