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New machine was delivered yesterday. The ride control is awesome, clean air conditioned cab is great.

Decided to get a new wheel loader Deere 244J. Problem is the only way I can haul it with my current trailer is to put the attachments including bucket on a flat bed truck and 2K tung weight on the pintle hitch. Question is can I haul 4k pounds of attachments on a 12' flatbed with 2k tung weight...

So with the recommendations on this and other sites I tried the 244J and really like it even though I need to get a bigger truck to pull it. It seam that they are scarce on the west coast though and not much to choose from unless I wait a couple of months and order one. I have found a new one...

On these small wheel loaders I am looking at most of them are available with either a skidsteer attachment plate or a loader pin type quick attach. One of the magazines I have read said to stay away from the skidsteer type because it is not heavy enough for the small loaders. It would seem that...

I am in the market for a new small wheel loader (1 yard). Does anyone have experience with these machines? Looking at Volvo, Gehl, Jcb, trying to stay around 10,000 pound operating weight for hauling with my trailer. Any thoughts on durability, maintenance, resale value, etc? Thanks Paul

I bought a new dump trailer recently and after dumping about a dozen times with four different materials it seams a lot of them stick in the trailer. Bark and dirt seam to stick the most. This trailer only tilts to about 40 degrees, is that about normal for a small dump trailer 7x10 with single...

Does anyone have an opinion on what brand and or model of tracked skidsteer would give the smoothest ride while mowing bumpy fields at high speed ?

Thought I would post some pictures of our latest project. Its a static rock grizzly I recently constructed for screening back fill material for our utility ditches. Originally I was going to construct it small enough to load with my 1445. That would have limited its use however,since it will...