RedRocker
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This is pretty cool, but kinda pricy.
http://www.tructor.com/.
http://www.tructor.com/.
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JimMorrissey
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Ron,
Check out the new L39s. It might be of interest to you.
http://www.aldermans.com/Kubota/kubota_NewL39.html
Check out the new L39s. It might be of interest to you.
http://www.aldermans.com/Kubota/kubota_NewL39.html
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Jim
Thanks for the heads up. The problem with regular tractors that have skid steer quick attaches on the front are they are ok for non powered attachments but there is not enough hydraulic HP to power a skid steer hydraulic attachment. There are skid steers that have 40 HP of hydraulic flow available. You can run a substantial snowblower with that kind of power. I still think that having an auxillary pump that can be shifted between it and the rear PTO is the way to go. There was another thread on which someone was planning on connecting a 3PH hydraulic pump and reservoir in the rear of the tractor to power a front mounted snowblower. I'm thinking along the same lines but built in. You could have an open center hydraulic secondary pump but you would still be getting parasitic losses when it is not used. And, it would be unnecessary wear and tear. A shift with rear PTO, Neutral, and Front Hydraulics would be the way to go.
Having several machines for different tasks is good if you have work to keep them busy. Having one machine to maintain with a number of attachments is probably more sensible for someone who intends to maintain their own property. Under those circumstances I don't think you would wear out a tractor in your lifetime.
RonL
Thanks for the heads up. The problem with regular tractors that have skid steer quick attaches on the front are they are ok for non powered attachments but there is not enough hydraulic HP to power a skid steer hydraulic attachment. There are skid steers that have 40 HP of hydraulic flow available. You can run a substantial snowblower with that kind of power. I still think that having an auxillary pump that can be shifted between it and the rear PTO is the way to go. There was another thread on which someone was planning on connecting a 3PH hydraulic pump and reservoir in the rear of the tractor to power a front mounted snowblower. I'm thinking along the same lines but built in. You could have an open center hydraulic secondary pump but you would still be getting parasitic losses when it is not used. And, it would be unnecessary wear and tear. A shift with rear PTO, Neutral, and Front Hydraulics would be the way to go.
Having several machines for different tasks is good if you have work to keep them busy. Having one machine to maintain with a number of attachments is probably more sensible for someone who intends to maintain their own property. Under those circumstances I don't think you would wear out a tractor in your lifetime.
RonL
Phred
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I am not sure I completely agree with the idea that you actually get 40 hp of hydraulics from a skidsteer with a 40 hp engine. This assumes that you are not moving at all. I generally need to apply down pressure with the loader and sometimes manuver a bit to get the bit to drill in and make the hole straight.
Recently I was using a mustang skisteer with a PHD. Drilling in 9" diameter holes 4' deep was a strugle since I almost stalled the engine several times. In soft dirt, no problem, but a few rocks and its slows you down quite a bit.
A TN series tractor from NH can be had with as much as 16+ gpm of flow in only a 62 hp machine. All that and you can still run a mower or a box blade or a baler.
To me a mower on a skidsteer would be the pits since it would seem that you would be right in the dust stream of the mower as you drive along.
Don't get me wrong.....for moving a pile of dirt or running a PHD a skidsteer is far better IMHO than a tractor.
But if you can only have one.....get the tractor.
Fred
Recently I was using a mustang skisteer with a PHD. Drilling in 9" diameter holes 4' deep was a strugle since I almost stalled the engine several times. In soft dirt, no problem, but a few rocks and its slows you down quite a bit.
A TN series tractor from NH can be had with as much as 16+ gpm of flow in only a 62 hp machine. All that and you can still run a mower or a box blade or a baler.
To me a mower on a skidsteer would be the pits since it would seem that you would be right in the dust stream of the mower as you drive along.
Don't get me wrong.....for moving a pile of dirt or running a PHD a skidsteer is far better IMHO than a tractor.
But if you can only have one.....get the tractor.
Fred
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Fred
That's the point. Both in one machine.
The machines that put out 40 HP of hydraulic power are machines that run in the 75 to 80 HP range.
RonL
That's the point. Both in one machine.
The machines that put out 40 HP of hydraulic power are machines that run in the 75 to 80 HP range.
RonL