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Anyone here own a skid-steer?
Posted on 5/2/25 at 9:25 am
Posted on 5/2/25 at 9:25 am
My FIL is convinced that he needs a skid steer after beating his tractor to death cleaning up some acreage. It’s his money but he’s getting older and has indicated he wants to leave it to me (his way of saying I’ll be doing the maintenance).
We have a few hundred acres of timber so there’s a decent case for a mulcher and a grapple, but beyond that I’m not sure how much I’ll actually have a need for one.
Anyone who has one, what do you do with it and is it worth the upkeep/expense to have it when you need it? Not in a position to start a side gig with it, so this is really just for use in property upkeep.
We have a few hundred acres of timber so there’s a decent case for a mulcher and a grapple, but beyond that I’m not sure how much I’ll actually have a need for one.
Anyone who has one, what do you do with it and is it worth the upkeep/expense to have it when you need it? Not in a position to start a side gig with it, so this is really just for use in property upkeep.
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Posted on 5/2/25 at 9:31 am to TheDrunkenTigah
If you had a tractor before, you can handle a skid-steer. Maintenance is no different; hydraulic fluid & hoses, oil, diesel etc.
I'm sure you could find any assortment of attachments for whatever jobs you will have in the future. It's a tool, I'm sure you can find a use for it
I'm sure you could find any assortment of attachments for whatever jobs you will have in the future. It's a tool, I'm sure you can find a use for it
Posted on 5/2/25 at 9:37 am to TheDrunkenTigah
I've got a buddy with one and from what I can tell is, once you have a skid steer, you'll use it a ton.
Posted on 5/2/25 at 9:39 am to swamptiger99
I think I can handle maintaining it, more interested in understanding what all they are capable of. I see them being hauled around daily so I know they are versatile machines, but right now I can only think of a handful of things that I would do with it, and only so often.
Posted on 5/2/25 at 10:19 am to TheDrunkenTigah
I can already see you barefoot skiddin' 'round with a front end brush hog and a sprayer on the back. Case of miller lites strapped to the top. 
Posted on 5/2/25 at 10:45 am to TheDrunkenTigah
If I had someone willing to buy me a skid steer I would 100% be all in. I can work circles around my tractor with my skid steer.
I clear lanes, open up food plots, put in culverts, work my gravel driveway and all types of dirt work.
I basically only use my tractor to till and bushhog.
I clear lanes, open up food plots, put in culverts, work my gravel driveway and all types of dirt work.
I basically only use my tractor to till and bushhog.
Posted on 5/2/25 at 10:50 am to Jack Daniel
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I basically only use my tractor to till and bushhog.
Same for my buddy. Only cuts pasture with the tractor now. Everything else is the skid steer.
Posted on 5/2/25 at 10:58 am to mylsuhat
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can already see you barefoot skiddin' 'round with a front end brush hog and a sprayer on the back. Case of miller lites strapped to the top.
This is the way
Posted on 5/2/25 at 11:05 am to Jack Daniel
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If I had someone willing to buy me a skid steer I would 100% be all in. I can work circles around my tractor with my skid steer.
Something of a trust situation so that’s kinda the deal, of everyone involved I am the only one who really gives a shite about hunting and keeping plots/lanes cleaned up.
I want it, but I want to be able to say with a straight face it’ll get used for more than me keeping deer around. Interested to know what kind of dirt work they can do, that’s the kind of stuff we would currently have to bring in people to do and could help justify it. Is it really feasible to use these things like a mini-dozer and excavator or is this a stretch?
Posted on 5/2/25 at 11:12 am to TheDrunkenTigah
I mean, it’s not gonna push the amount of dirt a dozer will or dig like an excavator but it will work circles around a tractor with a FEL.
Posted on 5/2/25 at 11:15 am to TheDrunkenTigah
Going from a tractor to skid steer is similar to the improvement in efficiency of crawling then walking.
All of your controls are done with just your hands, versus hands and feet of a HST tractor.
Plus, the footprint of even your biggest class skidsteer is more compact than even a 35hp w FEL and box blade.
All of your controls are done with just your hands, versus hands and feet of a HST tractor.
Plus, the footprint of even your biggest class skidsteer is more compact than even a 35hp w FEL and box blade.
Posted on 5/2/25 at 11:23 am to TheDrunkenTigah
I highly considered a skid steer when I got my tractor a year ago. I have a smaller property but it needed a lot of clean up and maintenance, lots of underbrush and some trees down and so on. I have to back into and around our trees when I am cutting and around structures a good bit, and working behind you on a tractor gets old. Same when I had to set 75+ fence posts. The auger obviously made it quicker work but again everything is behind you.
You can get 6-way dozer blades for a skid, can get hoe attachments, plus all the standard attachments you would use for a tractor, ie auger, bushhawg, tillers. That one machine can do a pile of different jobs, and quicker than a tractor too.
You can get 6-way dozer blades for a skid, can get hoe attachments, plus all the standard attachments you would use for a tractor, ie auger, bushhawg, tillers. That one machine can do a pile of different jobs, and quicker than a tractor too.
Posted on 5/2/25 at 11:55 am to TheDrunkenTigah
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Interested to know what kind of dirt work they can do, that’s the kind of stuff we would currently have to bring in people to do and could help justify it.
Pretty much anyone who you are going to hire to do dirt work, land clearing, etc. is going to have a skid steer on the trailer when they pull up and it may be the only heavy equipment they show up with.
They make an attachment for pretty much any type of work. From asphalt milling heads, rear opening buckets, bush hogs, tillers, mulchers, post augers, fork lift forks, etc.
If I had a skid steer, my tractor would only be used for bush hogging. I wouldn't even need the FEL anymore because anything I would use it for, the skid steer would do better, quicker, and easier.
Posted on 5/2/25 at 12:25 pm to TheDrunkenTigah
Go to everythingattachments.com and that will give you just a taste of what you can do with one.
A 4-in-1 "clamshell" bucket is first and foremost. Then a grapple, and a 6 way dozer blade to start off. You can tons of work with those 3 attachments.
I have all sorts of swing boom mowers, mulching heads, Vail mowing attachments and more. You can do just about anything with one. If there's a use, there's probably an attachment for it.
A 4-in-1 "clamshell" bucket is first and foremost. Then a grapple, and a 6 way dozer blade to start off. You can tons of work with those 3 attachments.
I have all sorts of swing boom mowers, mulching heads, Vail mowing attachments and more. You can do just about anything with one. If there's a use, there's probably an attachment for it.
Posted on 5/2/25 at 2:35 pm to TheDrunkenTigah
Unless there’s major money to burn, I’d rent instead of own. Rent a cab/air model for a couple weeks during the summer time when you don’t want to be working in the heat.
Posted on 5/2/25 at 4:23 pm to TheDrunkenTigah
I’ve been on equipment my whole life- I think I’m pretty handy with a tractor and front end loader- I am deadly on a compact track loader- don’t get a skid steer (the one with wheels).
A modern CTL with the number of attachments they make now is one of the most versatile pieces of equipment anyone can own.
Some brands have programmable hydraulic controls that allow you to adjust the rate of each function- that simple setting can make a novice work a CTL like they’ve been on one for a bit.
A modern CTL with the number of attachments they make now is one of the most versatile pieces of equipment anyone can own.
Some brands have programmable hydraulic controls that allow you to adjust the rate of each function- that simple setting can make a novice work a CTL like they’ve been on one for a bit.
Posted on 5/2/25 at 4:51 pm to TheDrunkenTigah
Awesome piece of equipment. Unbelievably versatile. Easy to use.
Posted on 5/2/25 at 5:27 pm to TheDrunkenTigah
2 guys at my camp have them and they use the hell out of them. Mostly with a forestry mulcher for clearing lanes and heavy brush then using the forks to move pallets of corn and seed.
Posted on 5/5/25 at 4:33 pm to TheDrunkenTigah
I'm a pool builder in Houston and that's how we dig all of our pools. It will handle just about any dirt work you throw at it.
Posted on 5/5/25 at 10:37 pm to TheDrunkenTigah
Better get good at working on hydraulics.
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