Compact telehandler

[ArmyDoc]

I couldn't narrow it down to just 3.

But the 3 most used are:

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If my wife hadn't bought the Toolcat to help with mowing, I would also keep the 7' brush hog:

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I noticed you don't have a bucket listed in your top 4. Do you not use a bucket very much? How do you maintain your driveway? I was considering a 4n1 bucket because I could use it both for digging and for scraping the driveway. Any thoughts on this?

 

[Xfaxman]

I noticed you don't have a bucket listed in your top 4. Do you not use a bucket very much?

I use the bucket about number 4, but you asked for the top 3, and we couldn't do without the brush hog.

The V519 should come with a large bucket, but be sure that you get the bolt on teeth:

How do you maintain your driveway?

With a 5' landscape rake on the Toolcat, because I already had it and our driveway doesn't need much maintenance.

I was considering a 4n1 bucket because I could use it both for digging and for scraping the driveway. Any thoughts on this?

Never used one, but from what I've read here on TBN, I would recommend this style LPGS: Eterrra Skid Steer Box Grader Attachment | Skid Steer Solutions

 

[Xfaxman]

An experiment with the Gorilla Grapple last year. Since there is no cross tube, I added some chain:

Had earlier pushed down some small diameter dead trees:

With the chains across the grapple, picked up one and drug it out in the open:

The view from the seat after putting another tree on top of it:

Clamped on and picked up both of them:

Backed out to the trail and took them to the burn pile:

 

[MossRoad]

Oh if I could only justify the cost.... :laughing:

 

[aczlan]

Oh if I could only justify the cost.... :laughing:

Ditto, I could get into so much trouble... I mean, I could get so much work done

Aaron Z

 

[MossRoad]

Ditto, I could get into so much trouble... I mean, I could get so much work done

Aaron Z

Every year we get a couple LARGE cherry trees down in our woods. It would be so nice to just go in there and yank 'em out VS cutting them into pieces my little PT425 1500# machine can handle. I just can't justify it, but oh, I'd like to.

 

[MossRoad]

Closest thing I came to was our old IH2500b tractor loader. Thing weighed about 8000#. 50PTO hp HST tranny with a cab. Gas engine. Large bucket. It could lift the bucket to 10', as I remember putting it up to our basketball rim one time just to see. I could go up to 10" trees, put that bucket against them about 8 feet off the ground, and pretty much just drive over the tree and push it down. It would run a brush hog nicely, and a box blade, too. It was a fun machine to operate.

 

[mike69440]

This would be a fun toy to wreak havoc on my little place In comfort and style
Crawler Skid-Excavators Mecalac 1MCR

 

[Xfaxman]

Yep, the V417 is a fun machine to operate. I was employed for 34 years with good retirement plans.

So I was able to afford the cost. I think the use received from it during the last six years has justified the cost. :thumbsup:

 

[MossRoad]

Yep, the V417 is a fun machine to operate. I was employed for 34 years with good retirement plans.

So I was able to afford the cost. I think the use received from it during the last six years has justified the cost. :thumbsup:

From the looks of your posts over the years, I think you have a tad more land to maintain than I do, to. Our 20 acres is now pretty much all woods, and all I really do out there is keep a couple of miles of trails open, a couple small areas of field mowed, and harvest firewood for personal use. But it would still be fun to have another machine of mass destruction on-hand.