MossRoad
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- Joined
- Aug 31, 2001
- Messages
- 63,317
- Location
- South Bend, Indiana (near)
- Tractor
- Power Trac PT425 2001 Model Year
I worked my PT425 alongside a pretty hefty skid steer for a day at our church and school. The skid steer has much more powerful hydraulics and could toss around my PT425 like a toy. However, I could run across the lawn, scoop up some dirt or mulch, run back across the lawn and spread it about twice as fast as the skid steer and not leave a mark on the lawn. I could also pop on the lawnmower and mow the grounds. The skidsteer would stink at that chore.
The Power Trac is a tool, just like anything else. You have to decide what jobs you need to do, then pick the tool that will do them the best for you. If I was in construction, I'd get a skid steer. If I was in landscaping, I'd probably get a larger Power Trac. If I was a homeowner, I'd definately choose a Power Trac over a skidsteer.
As for a Power Trac over a conventional tractor... again, you have to decide what jobs you need to do and pick the machine that will do them the best. For plowing fields, planting crops, that kind of stuff, I'd get a conventional tractor. But for mowing lawns, moving mulch and soil, brush hogging, snow plowing, post hole digging, fork lifting, etc... I'd get a Power Trac.
Then, you have to consider the dealer support issues. Do you need a dealer or can you do any and all maintenance yourself or find businesses in your area that can do the maintenance for you if you can't do it? I can do any and all repairs required on this simple design, with the exception of rebuilding a hydraulic pump or motor. So I checked into it and we have several hydraulic shops in the area with good reputations. So, I went with the Power Trac. Never regretted it.
The Power Trac is a tool, just like anything else. You have to decide what jobs you need to do, then pick the tool that will do them the best for you. If I was in construction, I'd get a skid steer. If I was in landscaping, I'd probably get a larger Power Trac. If I was a homeowner, I'd definately choose a Power Trac over a skidsteer.
As for a Power Trac over a conventional tractor... again, you have to decide what jobs you need to do and pick the machine that will do them the best. For plowing fields, planting crops, that kind of stuff, I'd get a conventional tractor. But for mowing lawns, moving mulch and soil, brush hogging, snow plowing, post hole digging, fork lifting, etc... I'd get a Power Trac.
Then, you have to consider the dealer support issues. Do you need a dealer or can you do any and all maintenance yourself or find businesses in your area that can do the maintenance for you if you can't do it? I can do any and all repairs required on this simple design, with the exception of rebuilding a hydraulic pump or motor. So I checked into it and we have several hydraulic shops in the area with good reputations. So, I went with the Power Trac. Never regretted it.