bebobe
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May I ask a question of the experts here, please?
I do a lot of small clearing around my 150-acre farm, and some light grading, cleaning up fence lines and trails, and such. Very seldom contract work, but I do have other farmland and timberland as well. Right now, I have a PC200 excavator with a thumb, an old JD 455G track loader, a small dump truck, and a compactor. Also, a tractor with a bush hog.
I love the JD loader, but it gets frustrating sometimes pushing up large brush piles since it is so small. I am considering getting a 30k lb dozer like a JD 700K or Komatsu D51PX, and maybe selling the loader. I can grade and smooth up pretty good with the track loader, but I have never run a dozer. Sometimes I can’t get the excavator back in the woods to cut ATV trails so I clear with the loader in the woods most of the time.
Do y'all think a Dozer in that size range would be good for clearing, or should I get a 953 loader? I'm afraid I would be annoyed by limbs scraping down the sides of such an expensive machine. I often reach up with the loader to snap off limbs hanging over the trails.
We are also going to be putting in a 1-acre pond soon, that I will grade myself.
Thanks for your help!
I do a lot of small clearing around my 150-acre farm, and some light grading, cleaning up fence lines and trails, and such. Very seldom contract work, but I do have other farmland and timberland as well. Right now, I have a PC200 excavator with a thumb, an old JD 455G track loader, a small dump truck, and a compactor. Also, a tractor with a bush hog.
I love the JD loader, but it gets frustrating sometimes pushing up large brush piles since it is so small. I am considering getting a 30k lb dozer like a JD 700K or Komatsu D51PX, and maybe selling the loader. I can grade and smooth up pretty good with the track loader, but I have never run a dozer. Sometimes I can’t get the excavator back in the woods to cut ATV trails so I clear with the loader in the woods most of the time.
Do y'all think a Dozer in that size range would be good for clearing, or should I get a 953 loader? I'm afraid I would be annoyed by limbs scraping down the sides of such an expensive machine. I often reach up with the loader to snap off limbs hanging over the trails.
We are also going to be putting in a 1-acre pond soon, that I will grade myself.
Thanks for your help!