Skid steers

[Jack Russell]

Evening,
Just thinking about getting a skid steer to make mucking out the awkward spots in the pigs a bit easier. I’m sure there will be other work come along as well. Having never h-ad anything to do with them, what makes are there that are worth looking at and where’s a good place to find them?

 

[daveydiesel1]

Quite like a cat i drove. It had controls that left hand controled direction and steering and right hand controled boom same as any loader tractor which left it dead easy for any1 to jump on and use

 

[le bon paysan]

Not a which make but JCB must be the easiest to access, all others is a climb in to. I've only used hand / foot models but the choice is yours . Working in tight spaces IS what they excel at. Great on concrete or very dry ground, if wet best left in the shed. Mini loaders like the Avant or Multi- one or one of the many German ones give you more options wet dry or even road travel.

 

[Bossfarmer]

i thought about buying an old one of these for feeding round bale silage to cattle and keep the hrs off the loader tractor which cost 80k, are they reliable?

 

[Bossfarmer]

also my yard isnt concrete its just stone chips, will all the skidding about just rip it up?

 

[daveydiesel1]

Got a relation that has a petite kramer. Would be nearly as nimble as a skid steer its a handy wee machine. Skid steer will rip up a stone yard alright

 

[MGS6930]

We are massive fans of skid steers now being on our 3rd at home and use them a hell of a lot for our civils contracting as well.

We have a New Holland LS185 at home and its a phenomenal machine, will out run just about any other machine in a tight yard.

It will rip up loose stone but sympathetic turning and not doing 180's every time you need to reverse makes a big difference.

Also luckily it turns far easier on wet concrete than dry, so being West of Scotland our machine rarely sees dry concrete!

Main questions would be lift capacity required , any width constraints and budget

 

[hally]

also my yard isnt concrete its just stone chips, will all the skidding about just rip it up?

Yes, they can make a bit of a mess over time if not on concrete, we had a jcb with hand controls and was a good machine , pretty reliable

 

[Mathew.90]

We've got a JCB Robot , great piece of kit . We wouldn't be without it.
Having the side door makes it alot easier and safer to get into the cab . No climbing onto the attachment to get into the cab etc .

 

[deleted user 837354]

We've got a JCB Robot , great piece of kit . We wouldn't be without it.
Having the side door makes it alot easier and safer to get into the cab . No climbing onto the attachment to get into the cab etc .

I don't know why more brands don't go for the side door. Climbing over the front is a PITA.

 

[Classichay]

bobcat is better, driven GEHL and mustang in my life and the foot pedals are clumsy and horrid to use. The case ones get a decent write up I believe.

 

[CPF]

Used to have bobcats and case .
Case are easier machine to drive .
But when working on concrete or tarmac to save tyre wear always spill a little bit of muck so they can spin around better .

 

[Roger Perry]

Case/Cat/John Deere/ Kubota, whichever you choose make sure its' on tracks..........wider the better.