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<blockquote data-quote="bobbie-g" data-source="post: 2876" data-attributes="member: 26"><p>We had a hugh articulated 4-wheeled loader with a fecon head do some oak brush clearing in CO. $200 per hour! But the rig cost $260K! -- My 751 Bobcat with normal 10x16.5 tires looses traction at about 22 or 23 degrees when backing up a hill (a nice Maclinberg Duncan digital level is about a hundred bucks on Amazon.com, that takes all the guesswork out of slopes!). This is in moist (not soaking wet) leafy mulch or damp dirt. Might do a bit better on rocks. Bucket load seems to have little effect, when it starts to slip, that's it. I can push myself backwards up the hill with an empty bucket, but if I had a brush mower on the front, I'd have no choice but to go downhill. I believe tracks would improve the performance on slopes, but I don't know that for sure. I'd sure be interested in real before-after data if someone added tracks over tires. --- I bought a used Ammbusher mower for use on oak brush, haven't tried it yet. Weighs about 1200 lbs, and should whack at least 2" stems, I hope it will handle 3" or 4". Standard flow. ---Bob</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="bobbie-g, post: 2876, member: 26"] We had a hugh articulated 4-wheeled loader with a fecon head do some oak brush clearing in CO. $200 per hour! But the rig cost $260K! -- My 751 Bobcat with normal 10x16.5 tires looses traction at about 22 or 23 degrees when backing up a hill (a nice Maclinberg Duncan digital level is about a hundred bucks on Amazon.com, that takes all the guesswork out of slopes!). This is in moist (not soaking wet) leafy mulch or damp dirt. Might do a bit better on rocks. Bucket load seems to have little effect, when it starts to slip, that's it. I can push myself backwards up the hill with an empty bucket, but if I had a brush mower on the front, I'd have no choice but to go downhill. I believe tracks would improve the performance on slopes, but I don't know that for sure. I'd sure be interested in real before-after data if someone added tracks over tires. --- I bought a used Ammbusher mower for use on oak brush, haven't tried it yet. Weighs about 1200 lbs, and should whack at least 2" stems, I hope it will handle 3" or 4". Standard flow. ---Bob [/QUOTE]
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