Anybody running a firewood processor with a portable hydraulic pack??

[mjstef]

Considering selling my skid steer and going back to a tractor. Long story short, two years after I bought a new L228 New Holland for my small business I was diagnosed with Parkinsonism. Not full-fledged Parkinson's but many of the symptoms and disabilities of Parkinson's without the tremors. It's getting harder and harder for me to get in and out of the skid steer and I basically shut my business down, now only using it for personal use. Only need something for running my Firewood processor, snowblower, and grading the driveway and road. ( will buy a remote hydraulic pack) The skid steer just turned 570 hours today. looking at a Massey Ferguson 2M.50 with shuttle transmission. I don't play well with hydro transmissions. I guess it's because I was a heavy equipment operator for 35 years and am used to a shuttle. here's my processor now.

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[WranglerX]

Somewhere in all the forums is a thread about running a wood splitter (processor?) on tractors 3PH vs a stand alone wood splitter..... It may give insight to some solution to your health issues...

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