farmerboybill
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- Joined
- Mar 4, 2008
- Messages
- 783
- Location
- Southwestern Wisconsin
- Tractor
- BCS 850 diesel and 735 diesel
Cmyoung's point about having one engine do multiple tasks is the entire reason to own a BCS or Grillo. Once you're done with your purpose-built power hauler, it just sits. And sits. And sits some more. Gasoline powered ones are never drained of gas, so they need someone knowledgeable in carburetors to get them running the next time they're needed. Battery powered ones will not be charged when you need to use it in a hurry, or worse, it will run out of juice in a remote location and require dragging back to be charged.
For the $2100 minimum needed to buy a purpose-built model, you can find a good, used BCS model - usually with a tiller. Once you have the power unit, you can buy the attachments here and there. Get a snowblower -minus one seldom used engine. Get a chipper - minus one seldom used engine. Make or buy a barrow attachment - minus one seldom used engine. get a mower - minus one seldom used engine. All the sudden, you have one engine that does all your property work. You're never cussing the blower engine after 12 inches of snow drop and you didn't do the proper maintenance to make sure it ran. The chipper is always ready when the leaves fall. The tiller engine doesn't sit for 11 months and 29 days before it's needed again.
I like Cmyoung's very nice, very useful home-built power barrow over anything purpose-built.
For the $2100 minimum needed to buy a purpose-built model, you can find a good, used BCS model - usually with a tiller. Once you have the power unit, you can buy the attachments here and there. Get a snowblower -minus one seldom used engine. Get a chipper - minus one seldom used engine. Make or buy a barrow attachment - minus one seldom used engine. get a mower - minus one seldom used engine. All the sudden, you have one engine that does all your property work. You're never cussing the blower engine after 12 inches of snow drop and you didn't do the proper maintenance to make sure it ran. The chipper is always ready when the leaves fall. The tiller engine doesn't sit for 11 months and 29 days before it's needed again.
I like Cmyoung's very nice, very useful home-built power barrow over anything purpose-built.