Also be good when I get mulch delivered for spreading across the various landscape areas, etc. I could grade my gravel driveway every year. But I just think of the stuff I could do in addition to haul logs. If you had a spare $50k laying around burning a hole in you pocket that would be the way to go !īack to reality anyways I'd be happy with one of those small Kubota tractors but I'm not spending that kind of money. I've used it when I work for him here and there and it's fun to operate! He uses it for dragging piles of brush and heavy logs out of yards and stuff I can't believe how much easier it is than dragging brush by hand. These were built by the Struck company that is famous for making the little bulldozers that you could buy as a kit. This is a really hard to find Struck Mini Beep. Blaine spotted this rare Mini Beep Struck. My buddy bought a New Holland skid steer with a grapple for his tree service business. Listed as a Struck Mini Beep, this looks to me more like a modified Roof Palomino. Not a income producing farm too small for that.īut the thing is they are coming up like $13k for used ? Something like that looks useful for a small land owner or hobby farm. It's got big rear wheels for traction and pulling I guess I guess it's 23 hp and pictures show it with a front loader on it. According to the website an example I'm thinking of would be Kubotas B2301. They look more useful to a land owner or hobby farm type of user. There's a Kubota dealer not too far and he has these small tractors but they are far too small for a farmer who makes a living farming. Looking for a Small Bulldozer Check out Struck Corp product line. What I'm thinking of perhaps is more of a compact tractor ? The DIY/lawn tractor guys consider it to be pretty amazing and something that is easily maintained and can do a lot of work.Ĭonsidering my situation (a guy working on his own with about 5 acres of hilly timber), I am leaning more towards thinking this would be a useful addition for me, as well as letting me do things like maintaining my gravel drive, pushing snow in the winter, possibly some very light field work in a hay field.Īnyone have any personal experience with this sort of equipment? Am I on the right track here? The heavy equipment guys consider it a toy and advocate for a 4WD tractor or a real crawler/bulldozer. Sounds like a perfect way to skid logs in a muddy/steep area without tearing up the ground or getting stuck.įrom what I have read on the internet, they've been around for quite a while and seem to have a somewhat mixed reputation. I was looking at the back of a magazine last night and saw that there is a company called Struck in Wisconsin that makes a mini-dozer/crawler in the 600-800 lbs range that supposedly can pull 1000 lbs. Up until recently, I figured the only way I was getting wood out of the interior of this area was by cutting/splitting/stacking it where it was felled, then pulling it out piecemeal in a sled or wagon. no motor,left outside to weather for years-with a faded "for sale" sign oin it,with an asking price of 600 bucks or best offer!.too rough for me.The land where my timber lies is generally fairly steep, with many gullies and an elevation change of roughly 40 ft in about 300-400 ft of run. I always wondered how "good" they were too,as a kid I remember lusting for one every time I read the ad in a Mechanix Illustrated magazine!.(for a mini-doer,and the "Economy" tractor,"all gear drive,no belts to slip!" ).guess since they still are in bussiness to this day,they must be doing somethng right.ĭoubt if I'll ever own one though-I saw a Magnatrack on "Craigslist" here a few weeks ago with a backhoe-asking price for a 6 year old "well used" macine,was 15,000 bucks or BO!.:fing20: :eck16: I did see a similar unit last summer at a tractor pull called a "scat-track". I've never owned one myself,but know some guys who had a Struck Magnatrac.one was a landscaper,his had the backhoe attachment.other guy was a tree surguen,he used his mostly to drag logs to the chipper.įrom what I heard from both of them,they were very rugged machines,and powerful for their size.and they ain't light,the one with the backhoe weighed over 3000 lbs if I remeber correctly.
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