To Skid or not to Skid that is the question?<br>Tis better to glide gentley over ones yard with smaller loads or lift large quanties of material with the danger of hurting ones tender leaves!<p>Ok Shakspere I'm not, but there is a place for smaller equipment in ones arsenal, I have three different size skid loaders and three different size tractors each have there place and uses.<br>Small stuff, for me is anything that lifts under 1500 lbs it has its place on the job site, but not on many of mine if I need something like this I rent it. <br>Medium duty 1500 lbs to 2000 lbs, this is where most of your work comes in trees lighter pallets of sod and dirt(small units) you can go with a medium skid steer or a tractor or a artuculated loader. medium skid steer will weigh in at 4500 lbs to 600o lbs, easy to trailer an easy to get around the job site but will tear up grass! tractor still easy to trailer won't get in places a skid steer will and can't dig like a skid steer but gives you option of using the three point hitch for grading and other attacments like, core airators, slit seeder, post hole augers, tillers, ect. <br>Artuclated Loaders easy on grass untill you try to turn while not moving then can make a big gouge in the lawn, high floation tires mean you can go thru some really soft stuff, harder to trailer because of weight getting close to that magic 7000 lb mark (some are over that) attactments? well they might have them and they might not. <p>Bigger stuff, large skid loaders, big tractors and you can get really big loader
(must be the kid in me) this stuff is for moving large amounts of dirt and gravel or skids of sod and pavers or wall units. In order to own one of these guys you must have the need and the operators for this, not Tonka Toys you are going to move some real large amounts of stuff(we moved 1000 cu. yds of dirt today with one large skid steer) so you have to have a need for this equipment.<p>----------<br>paul<p><p><font size="1">Edited by: paul
