MetroX
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I'm considering an upgrade for my 2004 Toolcat Model B, and there are a couple things I'd like to be able to do that my current machine cannot. First and most important, lifting capacity. I buy bagged feed by the pallet, and each one is 2000#. My current Toolcat will lift 1500#, so I have to partially disassemble each pallet in order to lift the rest off. The datasheet for current Toolcat says its rated for 2200#, minus the weight of the forks this might just leave me enough to lift a complete pallet. Has anyone used an older B and the current series and can speak to any differences in the lift capabilities?
The second thing on my wish list that the new Toolcat won't help with, is lift height. I buy large hay bales and stack them on the ground, each bale is about 3x3x8. I can only stack them 3 high, to go one higher I'd need a 10' height to pin and that's not going to happen. I looked at a JD 304 articulating loader that is much stronger and can lift higher than the Toolcat, but is was nearly $100k. No bueno.
The second thing on my wish list that the new Toolcat won't help with, is lift height. I buy large hay bales and stack them on the ground, each bale is about 3x3x8. I can only stack them 3 high, to go one higher I'd need a 10' height to pin and that's not going to happen. I looked at a JD 304 articulating loader that is much stronger and can lift higher than the Toolcat, but is was nearly $100k. No bueno.