A Mini Power-Trac?

ToolcatWonka5610 · Apr 22, 2009

Look at this cool little machine

Ditch Witch - Zahn Power Units: R150, R230, R300 Featuring Interchangeable Front Ends
A Mini Power-Trac perhaps?

SnowRidge · Apr 22, 2009

ToolcatWonka5610 said:
Look at this cool little machine
Ditch Witch - Zahn Power Units: R150, R230, R300 Featuring Interchangeable Front Ends
A Mini Power-Trac perhaps?

Hardly. That thing looks unstable on flat ground.

ToolcatWonka5610 · Apr 22, 2009

The versatility part I like. Might be handy for us for the really small jobs

Gehl makes a similar machine, only its ride on

Gehl Company - Compact Equipment for Construction and Agriculture

MossRoad · Apr 22, 2009

If that interests you, look up Toro Dingos.

ToolcatWonka5610 · Apr 22, 2009

I've seen Toro Dingos. I don't really care for them.
The DitchWitch and the Gehl I like. (PT got me into articulating machines)

Also, I've been thinking about getting a small Power-Trac a while after we get our large one (a PT-180 or 422) for my own property. I have a very small yard (less that 1/4 acre) but I HATE push mowing it and a lot of the other small mowers just don't...something. I know its too much machine but my yard also needs to be Tilled, re-leveled and re-seeded. I also have a large driveway and we get hammered with snow a lot in the winter. It's just a nice thought/dream, though

Scooby074 · Apr 22, 2009

The Gehl advantage are really nice tractors from what ive heard. Made by Avant in europe. Theres a couple threads on compact loaders on here about them.
http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/construction-equipment/138763-compact-articulated-loaders.html
http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/all-other-brands/69948-made-finland-avant-tractor-skid.html

http://www.avanttecno.com/web/engyrits/compavant.htm

KentT · Apr 23, 2009

Scooby074 said:
The Gehl advantage are really nice tractors from what ive heard. Made by Avant in europe. Theres a couple threads on compact loaders on here about them.
http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/construction-equipment/138763-compact-articulated-loaders.html
http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/all-other-brands/69948-made-finland-avant-tractor-skid.html

AVANT Tecno Oy

Note that Gehl has stopped importing the Avant -- because of emissions, I think...

Still would like to have one. A Kubota diesel in a machine the side of PT425 would be nice...

ToolcatWonka5610 · Apr 23, 2009

They don't have that Gehl anymore? Man, I wanted to see one!
The bigger Avants are cool. I like the 600 series.

TRUKFXR · Apr 23, 2009

I have the Gehl Al20dx. Bought it used with only 39 hrs on it. I have about 420 hrs
now. It is really a good machine. There was one on Ebay recently with about the same number of hours asking $7900.00 . Attachments are hard to come by. I use the Power-trac mowers. Made a mini-hoe last year (looks like a welder's nightmare).
I bought a Dingo power broom on Ebay this year, and use that to sweep the stones our of the grass on my very long
driveway.

Scooby074 · Apr 23, 2009

KentT said:
Note that Gehl has stopped importing the Avant -- because of emissions, I think...

Still would like to have one. A Kubota diesel in a machine the side of PT425 would be nice...

Thanks for the update. Too bad they looked like they filled a niche. I wonder if it was emissions or sales that stopped the import of the Avants? I read reciently that Gehl is on shaky ground financially.