tessiers
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- Joined
- Sep 22, 2007
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- Location
- Central Maine
- Tractor
- 05' JD 790 - 53' Ford NAA - 70' Massey Fergusen 135 diesel - 67' John Deere 3020 deisel - 77' John Deere 2130 - 1950 John Deere MC
I run a small farm and I have several tractors but only 1 with a loader. I need a second loader a hand full of times a year, but not enough to justify buying one I guess, because I haven't done it. I recently found a skid steer for a steal, it belongs to a friend of mine and he offered it to me for $1100. It has a linkage issue, the bucket lifts and lowers properly except the pedle dosn't center itself,so it continues to lift or lower until you stop it, simple enough I think. When I commented it was not safe he told me haul it to a repair shop, get it fixed and pay him the ballance of the $1100. It is a Thomas with a Kubota Diesel, 1700 lb capacity, decent tires, mid 90's, no idea on hours but in fair to good shape.
Long story longer, how many of you have or run both tractor and skid steer? I will mostly use it to clean out the barn, and load manure into a small spreader, maybe use the pallet forks and or a bale spear a little. My barnyard is mostly flat and firm ground, and concrete. This will free my loader tractor from daily chores to be used in the field. Just a little aprehensive about buying something I won't use.
Any opinions would be appreciated, Thanks
Long story longer, how many of you have or run both tractor and skid steer? I will mostly use it to clean out the barn, and load manure into a small spreader, maybe use the pallet forks and or a bale spear a little. My barnyard is mostly flat and firm ground, and concrete. This will free my loader tractor from daily chores to be used in the field. Just a little aprehensive about buying something I won't use.
Any opinions would be appreciated, Thanks