Gator Stability

[Phred]

Guys,

Thanks for all the good advice.
Sounds like the gator is a good tool for the job.

It appears that the "trail" version is just a camo version of the normal gator?

The diesel is quite a positive selling point for me.
Pretty much everthing else I own that consumes more than a half gallon of fuel at a time is a diesel. I like the fact that the flamability is lower, and with the cost of fuel so high, running off road in the gator would be nice. I could just pump it out of the same tank I use for the tractor and not need to keep gas around.
Also the gas is a pain if you let is sit for a month. I bet I am not the only one that has had a carb. apart on a string trimmer beacuse I forgot to drain it and it gummed up. /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif

Dargo,

Yes this is a good point that has been worrying me some.
These guys appear to just use standard briggs and strat engines.
http://www.swisherinc.com/44_trailcutter.html
Anyone know of an aftermarket product to correct for the lack of oil pressue, on what is basically a lawn mower engine?

If money was no object, which off course it is; a hydraulic brush hog driven off the back of a dozer or off the front of a track loader would be the ideal. But the comercial versions of these are huge money. In some case several hundred thousand dollars. Of course I would only need such a beast for a few days a year which is impossible to justify. The problem is those few days of work is about a years worth of work with a chain saw or string trimmer.
So something in between is needed.

Fred

 

[Dargo]

You could always go with a hydro mower off the back of an RTV. The "turf" version of the RTV already has the outlets. The only problem is the "turf" tires on anything stinks as far as traction goes. Admittedly I have not put my new RTV in the positions I have put the diesel worksite Gator in, but it seems to be pretty well designed with the center of gravity low. Since it sits up really high compared to the Gator, I was at first concerned with the stability issue. So far, so good. I attached a copy of both sitting side by side. Although it looks like more, there is less than 1" difference in the width.

 

[Ole_Hickory]

<font color="purple"> I could not roll my 4x2 Gator if I tried </font>
<font color="blue"> You could not roll it unless you don't know how to drive. </font>

Now Yellowsocks....which is it ?
You rascal you........... /forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif

 

[yellowsocks93]

I do what I can. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif Seriously though it is hard to roll unless one were to drive it off a cliff because you fell asleep.

 

[Ole_Hickory]

<font color="blue"> Seriously though it is hard to roll unless one were to drive it off a cliff because you fell asleep. </font>

What if I drove off the cliff wide awake ? /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif