Spud_Monkey
Senior Member
Owned this old Ford 4500 since last October used it on the property for about 2 months and seems it will get me killed within a year if I keep it.
Slides all over the wet/moist clay to point of no control with the hills and when it gets going there is no stopping almost flipping sometimes especially when you are going up a incline and slides sideways. Has no power steering due to P.O. took it off which trying to turn that with loaded bucket is work out in itself, can't climb on wet/moist clay, likes to pop wheelies going up hills (yeah weights work if you had power steering), parts are obsolete mostly. Lastly if I get my semi stuck with a trailer, it can't pull it out, lacks power and traction. Now when it's dry sure works great besides no power steering. Wife wants me to keep it I see it as accident waiting to happen.
So I'm thinking sell it and buy a crawler loader or a bulldozer with backhoe attachment, will take about 6 months of no projects to afford it. Question is will chains stop most of this and if not will a crawler of the sorts do the same?
Slides all over the wet/moist clay to point of no control with the hills and when it gets going there is no stopping almost flipping sometimes especially when you are going up a incline and slides sideways. Has no power steering due to P.O. took it off which trying to turn that with loaded bucket is work out in itself, can't climb on wet/moist clay, likes to pop wheelies going up hills (yeah weights work if you had power steering), parts are obsolete mostly. Lastly if I get my semi stuck with a trailer, it can't pull it out, lacks power and traction. Now when it's dry sure works great besides no power steering. Wife wants me to keep it I see it as accident waiting to happen.
So I'm thinking sell it and buy a crawler loader or a bulldozer with backhoe attachment, will take about 6 months of no projects to afford it. Question is will chains stop most of this and if not will a crawler of the sorts do the same?