Observations from North Carolina

BuzzardA91 · Apr 21, 2013

I just got back from a one week vacation in NC, Wimington area. One thing I noticed is that there were a bunch of tractors being used "commercially" , landscapers, towns, and construction crews. A JD 3120 was being used to spread a triaxle load of soil with the FEL and what looked like a lanplane withscarifiers. It was then used to speed two loads of stone on top for a parking pad. I also saw numerous tractors being trailered with tillers attached. The town had some JDs and a few road construction crews had a few JD 3320s and Kubotas.

I just don't see that here in CT. It seems that skid steers are king for commercial use. Occasionally I will see a tree company with a tractor with a grapple but that is it.

Maybe it's just me but there were a bunch of tractors making money in NC, I just don't see that in CT

CompactTractorFan · Apr 21, 2013

Because they are rednecks. :laughing:

DT86 · Apr 21, 2013

CompactTractorFan said:
Because they are rednecks. :laughing:

WTF is that supposed to mean?

BuzzardA91 · Apr 21, 2013

There goes this thread............:confused3:

stuckmotor · Apr 21, 2013

Just guessing that people down this way have more need for a tractor than people in your area and decide to kill two birds with one stone. I'm also curious as to how people in CT do things like landscaping and mowing pastures with skid steers.

BuzzardA91 · Apr 21, 2013

They have a skid steer mounted from bush hog. The few people I know who hire mowing the people came with skid steers.

CompactTractorFan · Apr 21, 2013

DT86 said:
WTF is that supposed to mean?

They use tractors for everything.

(just a joke)...

kneedeep · Apr 21, 2013

CompactTractorFan said:
Because they are rednecks. :laughing:

Watching the TV show- You Don't Know Dixie- on H2. The question was asked -"What is a Redneck?" :confused3:

There were lots of answers, most involved working hard in the sun without sunscreen!!
It was determined that Rednecks are everywhere! :shocked:

Look around PA and see if any are loose and send em back home so we can get some work done!!!

:laughing::cool2::laughing:

tractchores · Apr 21, 2013

Just a little north of you I see quite a few tractors being used. Construction sites have skid steers, I think because they are compact, but mowing etc is done with usually a kubota or a Jd. For municiple jobs it depends on who got the contract.

kenmac · Apr 21, 2013

BuzzardA91 said:
They have a skid steer mounted from bush hog. The few people I know who hire mowing the people came with skid steers.

I would hate to bush hog some of the areas that I bush hog with a skid steer. These things would be like riding a bucking bull in the rough areas that I mow

stuckmotor · Apr 21, 2013

BuzzardA91 said:
They have a skid steer mounted from bush hog. The few people I know who hire mowing the people came with skid steers.

I've only seen one skid steer mower in operation and it just didn't look natural. I guess it's what you're used to.

wolftree · Apr 21, 2013

Equipment evolution has indeed given us some new tools and different ways to use old tools. I see big horsepower 4WD tractors doing the work that used to be the domain of crawler/dozers scraping dirt. Skidsteers with backhoes. Tractor front loaders with skid steer quick attach buckets. By 1960, most thought under 30 horsepower tractors were a dying breed. It used to be rare to see a tractor with a front loader.

One man cobbles a solution to his problem in his backyard, soon a whole new industry is formed.

EverythingAttachments · Apr 22, 2013

CompactTractorFan said:
Because they are rednecks. :laughing:

And if you hang around long enough, you'll find that most of us are proud of it!!!

samhudson3 · Apr 22, 2013

EverythingAttachments said:
And if you hang around long enough, you'll find that most of us are proud of it!!!

Yep. And what's usually a redneck's last words? "Hey y'all, watch this!" ;-)

creekbend · Apr 22, 2013

We live in North Carolina. The County we live in has around 23,000 inhabitants. The largest majority of the local contractors have Dozers, Excavators, and Tractors. I know of only one Skid Steer used by anyone in the entire County. More people have Fork Trucks than Skid Steers.

Xfaxman · Apr 22, 2013

kenmac said:
I would hate to bush hog some of the areas that I bush hog with a skid steer. These things would be like riding a bucking bull in the rough areas that I mow

stuckmotor said:
I've only seen one skid steer mower in operation and it just didn't look natural. I guess it's what you're used to.

This is a skid steer 7' brush hog, and a smooth ride on independent suspension.

Notice the pivot hinge at the top of the SSQA plate, the front wheel carries the other half of the weight.

Stuckmotor your'e right, it just don't look natural, but it sure works good out front!

:thumbsup:

stuckmotor · Apr 22, 2013

I don't remember a pivot wheel on the one I saw. The wheel should solve most of the problems that I anticipated.

stuckmotor · Apr 22, 2013

Does the cab on that Bobcat have air filtration? The dust is bad enough when the mower is behind me and I circle back around into it.

Xfaxman · Apr 22, 2013

stuckmotor said:
Does the cab on that Bobcat have air filtration? The dust is bad enough when the mower is behind me and I circle back around into it.

Yep, it has a cab air filter and heat and A/C.

The view out the windshield while brush hogging