I'm ready to buy our first skid steer and welcome any and all advice! Other than sitting behind the controls of a few for some small projects I am totally green when it comes to these machines.
The details of what I'm dealing with and my must-haves:
We have a small homestead in Minnesota so this will be a general use machine; moving dirt, cleaning up pastures, moving rock and fill and sand; plenty of attachment dreams like grapple auger tiller etc. hydraulic quick attach would be awesome.
Definitely looking for a machine on the smaller side to fit through pasture gates, paths, etc.
The property is pretty soft and after renting and borrowing machines, some with tracks some with tires, tracks are the only option.
In The machines I've used I am not adept at foot pedal controls so I'm definitely looking for joysticks.
Enclosed cab would be great but heat and air conditioning are not necessities.
And of course budget. I'm looking to be in a machine at or under $30k
So with all of that said what are your recommendations (brand, model, size and functionality, hours, maintenance, things to watch out for, etc)?
There's a cat 239D for sale here locally: 3800 hours for $28k. Seller says that it was used by a sod farm and then he bought it to move firewood around his property.
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The details of what I'm dealing with and my must-haves:
We have a small homestead in Minnesota so this will be a general use machine; moving dirt, cleaning up pastures, moving rock and fill and sand; plenty of attachment dreams like grapple auger tiller etc. hydraulic quick attach would be awesome.
Definitely looking for a machine on the smaller side to fit through pasture gates, paths, etc.
The property is pretty soft and after renting and borrowing machines, some with tracks some with tires, tracks are the only option.
In The machines I've used I am not adept at foot pedal controls so I'm definitely looking for joysticks.
Enclosed cab would be great but heat and air conditioning are not necessities.
And of course budget. I'm looking to be in a machine at or under $30k
So with all of that said what are your recommendations (brand, model, size and functionality, hours, maintenance, things to watch out for, etc)?
There's a cat 239D for sale here locally: 3800 hours for $28k. Seller says that it was used by a sod farm and then he bought it to move firewood around his property.
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