I was talking the guy who has been clearing my land for a palm tree nursery. Basically the layout is about 16 1/4 mile beds 40 feet wide with swales between the beds. I see a long-term issue of keeping the beds from eroding into the swales. So I see me each fall pushing the dirt up out of the swales onto the beds.
I also have a lot of loose sandy dirt to push around after the clearing and some palmetto stumps to grub up. I also have a few mature slash pine stumps yet to dig.
I expect to do some mowing and general maintenance tasks, including some posthole digging.
So I was talking to this professional about tractor capacity and he suggested a bobcat. He said the new wide tracts were great in our sandy soil. And that pushing even very loose dirt with a farm tractor was not very practical.
I went to the bobcat dealer today got a bad case of sticker shock. They sure had a lot of nice attachments including a six-way adjustable dozer blade and one heck of a grappling root rake.
I'm wondering if anyone has had head to head experience with tracked bobcat vs. tractor. The other thing was the loader-bucket was really close the operator. I also felt a bit claustrophobic in the seat. Does any one know how high a loader must lift to load a dump truck?
I also have a lot of loose sandy dirt to push around after the clearing and some palmetto stumps to grub up. I also have a few mature slash pine stumps yet to dig.
I expect to do some mowing and general maintenance tasks, including some posthole digging.
So I was talking to this professional about tractor capacity and he suggested a bobcat. He said the new wide tracts were great in our sandy soil. And that pushing even very loose dirt with a farm tractor was not very practical.
I went to the bobcat dealer today got a bad case of sticker shock. They sure had a lot of nice attachments including a six-way adjustable dozer blade and one heck of a grappling root rake.
I'm wondering if anyone has had head to head experience with tracked bobcat vs. tractor. The other thing was the loader-bucket was really close the operator. I also felt a bit claustrophobic in the seat. Does any one know how high a loader must lift to load a dump truck?