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Recent content by OTG AuGres

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    Advice Needed - Best Mini

    15,000 lb bumper pull trailer and 1 ton GMC Duramax (single rears). I’m right on the edge. I only move the bare machine. Buckets and attachments separately. Not the most efficient, but back and forth between my own property a couple times a year I make it work.
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    Advice Needed - Best Mini

    Just my opinion, but with your budget and your plan not to transport it, I’d go for something bigger than a e32 size machine. I think you’ll find the work other than digging (stumping, rocks, lifting) where you’ll want more than the e32 can deliver. I’ve got a 30” flail mower for mine that’s...
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    Advice Needed - Best Mini

    I can’t say what’s best, but can share my experience. 1st machine was Bobcat e42, full cab extendible arm, angle blade, traditional tail swing, extra counterweight. Good machine, but after having it a few years, traded up to Bobcat e50R2, full cab, standard arm, fixed blade, zero tail swing...
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    Grading driveway with bobcat

    IMO, harley rake is hard to beat. It pulls up old gravel to the surface and breaks up potholes for a more permanent fix. I started doing my trails with the harley rake and then I finish them off rolling with a heavy lawn roller. Beautiful results.
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    New to me Bobcat 843 skidsteer.

    Congrats on the new machine. Personally, I like Skid Steer Solutions for skid steer and mini-ex attachments. I’ve found them to have pretty much anything I need and at competitive prices. I’d start there….good luck.
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    tractor with trailer or dump truck?

    They make a lot bigger models. Mine is matched to my tractor and is about the right size when its loaded full. It dumps pretty fast using tractor hydraulics. The tailgate pops off pretty easy which is nice for carrying logs or bigger boulders.
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    tractor with trailer or dump truck?

    I’ve got a setup as you describe, albeit a little smaller. JD4066R and Berkelman’s 4 ton dump with oversize off road tires. Bought it specifically for work on our hunting property. It does a great job. For me, much better than trying to find an affordable dump truck and maintaining it.
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    Tell me I'm not making a terrible mistake.. or maybe I am.

    To the OP, your intended use is very similar to what I do, except I don’t do it for hire. I started with a Bobcat e42, extendible arm. I did a lot of stump work with it and personally wouldn’t want anything smaller for that type of work. A year or so ago I moved up to Bobcat e50, standard...
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    Tell me I'm not making a terrible mistake.. or maybe I am.

    Not being able to demo a machine is exactly why I have Bobcat and not Kubota. My Bobcat dealer will give me any machine or attachment i want to try for at least a couple of days, no questions asked. Local Kubota dealer thought sitting in a machine in the parking lot should be adequate. IMO...
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    Stump Grinder

    I rented one of those last summer along with a Bobcat MT100 mini skid steer. Very disappointed. Surprisingly, it wasn’t a power issue but rather control of the attachment. I found it very difficult to make controlled moves with the skid steer while grinding. You’re running at wide open...
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    Cat vs Kubota

    My Bobcat T595 has one too. Very useful, especially when using my brush cutter/mower. The A/C on mine is impressive too….it will freeze you out on the hottest days.
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    MTL Attachments- not a good experience...

    I’ve got an Eterra Typhoon from skid steer solutions as shown in my profile pic. Very heavy duty and excellent attachment. Its got a removable plate on the front so you can run it open as shown or closed for more mulching effect. The push bar setup is very stout. Also have an Etrra flail...
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    Bobcat e42 vs e50

    Like I posted above, I think both the e42 and e50 are fine and capable machines. Compared to Napean’s e42, mine as noted had the extendible arm. That option in itself adds weight to the whole arm assembly and depending on whether the arm is extended or retracted affects the balance of the...
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    Bobcat e42 vs e50

    My first mini-ex was a new 2017 e42. Mine was loaded, with most every option, including the extendible arm. Overall, good machine, very capable. For the work I do (land management, land clearing, stump removal, etc) I felt I was always working it to the max. I put the extra counterweight on...
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    No high flow

    I’d hate to not have high flow.
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