Current Skid Steer and Mulching heads

[QwikDraw]

Takeuchi is just garbage.

That's funny.

You stick with your 8 inches of clearance, bolt on undercarraige, plastic hydraulic tank, low horse power landscaping tool, bobcat and I'll stick to a real machine.

Takeuchi has planetary final drives, designed to be a track loader not a skid steer with the wheels taken off and a track bolted on. The Takeuchi isn't even in the same class as a Boobcat. whatever your buddy did to tweaked the arms would have snapped your bobcat arm right off...Pa - leeeeeeees.

Check the size of your front idelers...the Takie crawls over rock/logs that would stop other CTLs. I can't get it stuck. The thing is a beast.

If your buying a CTL, there's only one choice.

 

[MulchMan]

Look at a Rayco C100 I have 4 of them on lease here in Texas. For there size (Cat,Bobcat,ASV,Takeuchi) will not out perform them.

 

[DIRTROAD]

I got a chance to check out a Lamtrac 6125 the other day. Wow!! These machines are very quality built. Grease fittings on all hinges, Swing out coolers, Awesome air tight cab, 4 cyl cummins engine, very heavy duty undercarriage. I didn't see anything that I didn't like. They are not priced out of sight like others out there.

 

[QwikDraw]

A skid steer will never cut with a dedicated unit.

I always thought the Lamtrac machines were expensive???

 

[WGTactical]

New Takeuchi TL250 with cab heat & air, high flow Hyd, High ambient cooling package, reversible fan, 80" dirt bucket for $73K...good price??

Are there any major differences between the Fecon mulchers mfg in 2008, and current ones?

 

[QwikDraw]

That's a real good price.

The newer Fecon heads have the HDT rotor which off sets the teeth. The older models teeth are all in a row.

 

[WGTactical]

Any idea when they went to the offset teeth? I have a price for a 2008 Fecon mulcher for $18K

Also, if you had to choose...Fecon or the Bradco 165-5?

 

[QwikDraw]

For me, Fecon.

 

[DIRTROAD]

New Takeuchi TL250 with cab heat & air, high flow Hyd, High ambient cooling package, reversible fan, 80" dirt bucket for $73K...good price??

Are there any major differences between the Fecon mulchers mfg in 2008, and current ones?

What area of the country are you in???

 

[WGTactical]

I'm in West Georgia

 

[Robbie Hegwood]

PM sent

 

[ripntear]

New Takeuchi TL250 with cab heat & air, high flow Hyd, High ambient cooling package, reversible fan, 80" dirt bucket for $73K...good price??

Are there any major differences between the Fecon mulchers mfg in 2008, and current ones?

That's a smoking hot deal. I priced one out in Edmonton Alberta and they wanted close to 120K for it(count approximately 25/30K for a head in that).

 

[gerryb]

i have a bh 85 fecon mulching head for sale new teeth head as all updates running quadco teeth make offer 229-392-5 371

 

[gerryb]

has anyone heard of any ftx 140s burning

 

[cbturf]

I have a 140 and yours is the first one I have seen. Mine even had a turbo oil line break and spray oil on the turbo and it did not catch. Do you know the point of ignition, or were you just happy to get out?

 

[Robbie Hegwood]

How often did you clean out the engine compartment? Was it completely clean when you bought it?

 

[WGTactical]

Takeuchi vs. PT100...is one any better/worse than the other?? If so, for what reasons?

 

[palmettobrush]

ride in a tak and then ride in an asv then you decide

 

[QwikDraw]

I don't notice a big enough difference in the ride to make it an issue. I actually think due to the stiffer tracks some of the smaller rocks/logs don't bounce you around as much.

You know, even my Takeuchi salesman said it would ride worse.

I think it floats in mud better too.

 

[QwikDraw]

I thought ASV had something new coming out...

They do seem to be trying to improve their machine for mulching..