Bar Bender
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I am thinking about buying a machine to move some dirt around my property, just to change the structure of my drive way and reshape some areas around my house, put down like 20 tons of 2" clean rock topped with some lighter gravel. I have no experience driving construction equipment or tractors, except for a few hours on a skid steer at work in the foundry. I thought that some thing like a bobcat t190 track loader with a back hoe attachment would be sort of the thing that would work for me. I do have one steep hill that I want to move some dirt down, I don't know the actual grade of that hill but i would say its like 15 degrees. It is some thing that my John deer X-500 all terain mower can probably just go up as long as it is not to wet, although I havent tried it yet because I just got here and I have not cleared out some of the brush yet.
Here is my question how much climbing ability does a machine like a 4 wheel drive Kubota b21, with the big tractor wheels, have in different conditions?, would it be tippy going up and down hills carrying a bucket of dirt? Would you have to drive down the hill back wards? Would it be sliping and sliding? Is this the wrong type of machine to even think about? I would like to consider it because it is lower in cost and I could use it for some light hobby farming and mowing. Or must one have a machine with tracks to drive on dirt hills?. Looking to spend ideally around 20K or less.
Thanks,
BB.
Here is my question how much climbing ability does a machine like a 4 wheel drive Kubota b21, with the big tractor wheels, have in different conditions?, would it be tippy going up and down hills carrying a bucket of dirt? Would you have to drive down the hill back wards? Would it be sliping and sliding? Is this the wrong type of machine to even think about? I would like to consider it because it is lower in cost and I could use it for some light hobby farming and mowing. Or must one have a machine with tracks to drive on dirt hills?. Looking to spend ideally around 20K or less.
Thanks,
BB.