Skidder or Tractor? If you could only have one.

[fidowanttobe]

G'mornin.
I get asked when I will buy a skidder, usually by skidder folk. I say never and that I don't need one cuz of my tractor w/FEL and they look confused. Or wounded?
While I realize that seeing the cutting edge would be a huge advantage, I feel that a tractor is far better for rural living.
Your opinions??

 

[WranglerX]

THought a "skidder" was a logging machine (by definition) for dragging logs out of forrest.... Why would you need one for "ranch" work.... For any skidding work on my property my "tractor" does just fine....

 

[Too many Kubotas]

My skid steer is lowest on the usefulness list of the machinery I have.

It was bought to run the snowblower, because that's what the 'blower was made for, but there's very little I like about it.

 

[Locoweed]

Tractor, far more practical for me.

 

[tacticalturnip]

For the price I couldn't beat the versatility of a tractor with a skidsteer. Not for the mild work I do.

 

[TractorTYMe]

I skid with my tractor all the time.

 

[ssgp2]

Skid steer will do everything a tractor will do. It just costs three or four times as much to do it.
Really though, there are things the skid steer is better suited for. But the ones that always say "you should get a skid steer" are either very well off and can afford the extra cost or they can't afford to pay attention and just want you to think they have all the answers.

 

[MattB4]

Hard to beat a tractor for number of uses you can put it too. Especially if you have skid steer type quick attach FEL (able to change out attachments) and auxiliary hydraulic setup front and back. This assuming a 40hp and larger tractor though.

 

[jyoutz]

Two different purposes. A skidder is specialized logging equipment and is the best choice for skidding logs, but it has few other uses. A tractor is multi purpose equipment and can be used to skid logs, but a skidder is much better for that purpose.

 

[hayden]

Right, which are we talking about? A Skidder or a Skidsteer? They are two vary different machines.