r/Skidsteer

I've been contemplating purchasing a used skidsteer (or CTL, open to either) for about a year now.

The property it'll work on is roughly 25 acres, mostly non-cleared brush and dead fall. No really big trees.

Its gonna spend 90% of its life on hard clay as its a pretty dry environment. A cab is very important to me as I want to use this machine with a brushcutter on the front.

Im open to any advice or just general discussion. I'd like to stay under 10k pounds but if you think I should get a larger machine, tell me why. Budget is around 35k.

My Bobcat S160 is horrid inside. There was a rodent infestation and also 15 years of regular dirt.

I did shop vac out most of it, but it's still nasty.

Can I foam it up with some cleaner and hose it down or would that damage electrical stuff?

Found some cheap auger setup on Facebook. For the little bit of use it will get, just curious if their's any long term damage i should worry about.

I'm looking for some advice before investing in some equipment. I'm working with a developer who is looking to get an abandoned airstrip back up and operating. Its still mostly cleared aside from a few trees having grown in the middle and more loose rock than you would want on an unpaved strip. The airstrip is just shy of 3000ft and in total about a 150ft wide. The developer also has about 5 miles of dirt road that is usually patched and maintained once a year. These are usually just isolated patches rather than the whole road.
We've been having talks about buying a small dedicated grader for this work but also considering a skid steer to have the choice of attachments from buckets, broom, and a grader. We're leaning towards the skid steer because of the versatility but also want to be sure that is the right move. I don't have any experience with skid steers. Would this be too big of a job for such a machine? If not, any suggestions on what machines to look at? This is fairly remote so looking to stay away from anything too electronic.

I was power raking the ground outside my bedroom and sucked up a chainsaw. The shit is all twisted and stuck together now. I'm trying to pull it out but honestly all that's doing is making me pissed off. How do I reverse the rake so I can get the chainsaw out.

Hey guys, so I’m about to sell my home. Im basically tired of mowing and have a lawn care business (mulch and laying rock has been the most landscaping i’ve done). I REALLY want to do a skid steer business although I don’t have much experience with it (i know dumb). I was going to get the experience by advertising work but I’m curious.

Would you start a roll off trailer business first and get some income going then slowly transition to skid steer work mean while I rent skid steers for jobs or go all in on skid steer? I plan on doing clean ups, brush, gravel driveways, and eventually get good enough to learn grading.

I’m making about 80k profit from the home and already have a 22 ram 2500 6.4 hemi.

Please no smart alecs. Ive been careful all my life and not risking anything and I’m tired of it. I wanna go full throttle and do it right but sometimes I need a 3rd party input because my spending habit says skid steer but something in the back tells me roll off trailer first.

Hi - need recommendations on used diesel wheeled skidsteer. Thinking a Case 1840s, Bobact 753s, similar. I'm looking to spend $15-$20k. I've heard try to get one under 4000 hours and check out the chain adjusters/wheel slack. I'll be using it for general landscaping, moving logs, rock wall removal, etc and will get a set of forks too. Might use aux hydraulics. In my area there a lot of New Holland, John Deere and Gehl for sale. I am familiar with/ran Case before. Let me know your thoughts.

Planning a retirement gig. After researching a bit, I want to ask the experts. I have a small hobby farm, we plan to retire on. I have a lot of trees I want to remove, a pond to dig, a decorative landscape rock water garden in the front area. But that is all personal work. I kinda think a retirement gig or building food plots, new yard preps,driveway cleanups, etc. I don’t have a desire to mulch. I will want a good Harley rake, a brush cutter that will mostly double as a hog. And some sort of tree puller. I have a worn out 24v 1ton, and a church going 3/4 ton. So neither is in the plan at the moment. I will rob the dump bed off my 1ton and get a used 4500/5500. I know commercial license will probably be needed, which I can get. I don’t really want to go commercial insurance because it’s a side gig and I will mostly be using these things for my retirement piece of mind. Currently looking at a $52k 2019 >1000hr Tak TL12. Please repair anything in my plan. Would I be better off buying a new 75hp machine? What attachment am I missing? I also want a bucket and a toothed bucket. Thanks for your reply’s.

Need help! Can someone tell me how to check your hydraulic fluid level on a CAT 255 Skid Steer - but a newer model. Around 2024/2025.

Is it just the gauge and level in the green? Is their a dipstick?

Thanks!