I have a Kioti CS2022 with loader and belly mower and third function. The loader has skid steer attach. I bought it in October of 2023. It has right at 90 hours on it. The local dealer did the 50 hour service. It has done everything I have asked it to do. I am selling it because of health reasons. I am in North East Texas. I am asking $15,00.00 cash money for it. The price is firm.
They also have pretty easily attached/detached loaders and mowers. I run a B series--a bit more tractor--and can swap out either item in a matter of a few minutes. I had the loader on and off three times in four days last week without breaking a sweat.
What is with you people mowing sidehills? Worst place for a Bobcat. Sounds like you should stick with what you have.
Hydrostatic drive increases productivity by letting you speed up or slow down while mowing depending on how thick the grass is. When you use a gear drive, you tend to use whatever gear will get you through the thickest stuff, reducing your possible speed through the easy stuff. It is also safter in the woods if you encounter hidden obstacles or run into branches or pop-up saplings that you have mowed down. I would be dead today if I had used a gear tractor in the woods; a sapling popped up and started to impale me in the chest, but I stopped, and just got a bruise. I would never have reached the clutch in time on a gear drive tractor. Today I have a Mahindra 5035 HST, which they call a compact, but at over 10,000 lb operating weight, I am not so sure it should be called a compact.
Hi, jumping in late here. I read a lot of the posts but not all, so apologize if this is a repeat. I have a New Holland 25S. FEL, BH and belly mower. It has good lift capacity vs some of the other brands. No implements yet as still have working smaller tractors. It has been good to me so far, not many hours. But what sold me (besides having a Ford 1989 diesel 16HP LGT) that still works) was the easy of operations of the FEL joystick, real smooth and a nice wide foot platform which included separate fwd and rvs pedals. JD was too expensive for me. I tried Kioti (I think similar manufacturer of Bobcat) and Massey. Confidence in dealers is important too. So try out all that you are considering. This is the tractor I should have bought 40 years ago but could not afford. I also have an Ingersoll 448 and is a good workhorse machine I use now for rototilling and plowing snow. There are larger versions out there and many parts places for these old machines so that may be worth looking into. It is fun looking. Good luck.
Not “opinions”, as much as differences in brand. What brand are you running, that getting mowers and FEL off and on is any more difficult than advertised?
