I bought this machine about 3 weeks ago and have found it to be a real asset on a building site. I bought it with bucket, 4″ X 3 foot trencher, 8 ” auger and pallet forks.
Works great! It’s saved me a lot of shovel work on a current foundation job…and put in 500′ of phone line, 200′ of waterline and backfilled in about 2 hours and blah, blah, blah.
This one’s from Canada (as is about every other building material available!).
Toro also makes one, as does Bobcat and one from Australia called the Kanga….
Mine is 42″ wide…excavated FIL’s back yard last weekend…only access was through a 4 foot gate.
And for those curious….about $16.5K as outfitted above.
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Good for you.
That's a sound investment, and the longer you have it, the more uses you'll find.
There have been some wonderful innovations in hydraulic equipment in recent years. I think that bodes well for those of us who would otherwise be getting a little old for this kind of work.
Using compact equipment (an excavator and an articulated loader)a friend of mine and I flattened a small house and put it in dumpsters in about four hours last week.
Gotta love it.
DRC
Using compact equipment (an excavator and an articulated loader)a friend of mine and I flattened a small house and put it in dumpsters in about four hours last week.
That must have been fun!!
But you also could have done it with a match and some gas!!
:)Mr T
Do not try this at home!
I am an Experienced Professional!
Nice, I like it. I just noticed a used unit for sale I've been considering; however, I'll probably go with a full size. I think it will fit my needs better. BTW nice "rattler" towing it.
Curious what yours weighs?
(new skid steer that is)
Just under a ton...lift capacity is 1150 lbs, and, so far, seems to live up to that.
Brand ?
Phill Giles
The Unionville Woodwright
Unionville, Ontario
Manufactured by Leon's Mfg. Co., Yorktown, Saskatchewan.
They build mostly large and small Agricultural implements, but also a line of skidsteers, mostly wheeled, but most recently, the tracked model.
Yorktown or Yorkton ?.
Phill Giles
The Unionville Woodwright
Unionville, Ontario
Do you belt yourself in? Looks like it can do a lot of work!
No belt...or seat. You stand on the rear platform and control with detented hydraulic valves that are positioned between grab bars...
Being able to step off and let go of everthing so it comes to a stop is an asset. It's pretty short coupled so on uneven or steep ground I think it would be possible to have it roll over backwards, and I've gotten it into some rough spots a couple of times and it seems pretty safe.
It's really quick with the turns and has a bit of a learning curve to get smooth with the controls.
The Bobcat machine is a walk-behind and both the Bobcat and Toro have about half the lift and breakout capacity.
So far, I'm impressed with the heavy-duty construction and good industrial quality components.
My Excavation Sub has a number of skidsteers, but tried mine and may add one to his stable for work in tight spots.
Toro makes a smaller tracked version that will fit through a 36 inch door and they've used them in interior demolitions, moving masonry components inside buildings, etc.
My body's getting to the point it's nice to have some power assist!
Excuse me...Yorkton....a bit East of Moose Jaw! :-)
Okay, Leon-Ram, I've seen one of their wheeled loaders; designed as a do-everything farm loader; not pretty, but built like a tank. .
Phill Giles
The Unionville Woodwright
Unionville, Ontario
Cool....we used to use ones similar to yours for tear off on large commercial roofs when I was younger....saved alot of back breaking work.