crazyal
Super Member
If you plan on moving lots of logs then a skidder would be the way to go. But the argument is no different than saying you need a full size ag tractor to do field work.
The problem is that a skidder will never be anything more than a skidder, well maybe you could use it to pull a car out of a ditch. It was made to pull logs. A CUT was made to be multi purpose. It may not excel at skidding logs but at the ed of the day it will also drive a PTO generator, pull a plow, do loader work, and the list goes on and on. Before buying a skidder I would spend $20k on a dozer with a logging winch. At least the dozer could be used, well as a dozer.
I quickly looked at some pictures of the 5075 and it looks like the front drive shaft is real low. If so I would look elsewhere. The driveshaft on my Kubota is tucked up between the oil pan. There's very little that could get damaged by running over a log or rock. A stick could get pushed up into the tractor and break a wire or something like that though.
The problem is that a skidder will never be anything more than a skidder, well maybe you could use it to pull a car out of a ditch. It was made to pull logs. A CUT was made to be multi purpose. It may not excel at skidding logs but at the ed of the day it will also drive a PTO generator, pull a plow, do loader work, and the list goes on and on. Before buying a skidder I would spend $20k on a dozer with a logging winch. At least the dozer could be used, well as a dozer.
I quickly looked at some pictures of the 5075 and it looks like the front drive shaft is real low. If so I would look elsewhere. The driveshaft on my Kubota is tucked up between the oil pan. There's very little that could get damaged by running over a log or rock. A stick could get pushed up into the tractor and break a wire or something like that though.