Should I get a skid steer or a tractor

[4570Man]

A CTL is a total different class machine than a tractor is. The major downside is they’re expensive and are hard on the grass.

 

[Xfaxman]

My compact telehandler fits through a standard garage door and the ROPS is up .

 

[Hay Dude]

Get both and be happy

 

[dnw64]

My wife has a Honda Cosmopolitan which is a wannabe Vespa. Its a hoot to ride!

My BIL recently bought 8 vehicles from an estate sale. Of which there is one Lambretta and two Vespas which have been suggested as being open for sale. My wife is like flies on rice for at least one, possibly two (so she can ride "with" me in my Porsche?!!).

 

[MoKelly]

My wife is like flies on rice for at least one, possibly two (so she can ride "with" me in my Porsche?!!).

I’ve heard “like white on rice” and “like flies on honey” but have never heard “like flies on rice”!

MoKelly

 

[bdog]

I have both. Aside from plowing, planting, and possibly shredding I prefer my skid steer. Shredding grass or weeds is better on the tractor. Shredding brush is better on the skid steer.

Anyrhing that requires a loader a skid steer is going to be way better. Digging post holes the skid steer is better. Running LPGS on roads skid steer is better. The visibility of the loader on a skid steer vs a tractor is night and day different.

Tractors can travel faster than a skid steer but on my place the terrain is rough so on a tractor I don’t go any faster than my skid steer is capable of any way.

Skid steers are way better in tight quarters.

If you work by yourself a tractor makes a much safer crane. With a skid steer you can’t get out with the loader raised without putting yourself in harms way.

 

[bcp]

All this talk of Harleys and Vespa, but no mention of comparing their loader capacity.

Bruce

 

[MoKelly]

All this talk of Harleys and Vespa, but no mention of comparing their loader capacity.

Bruce

Ha. Both can support a front windscreen and that is all.

MoKelly

 

[bdog]

My tractor loader is rated for 3384 lbs and my skid steer is 5868lbs at 50% tipping load.

 

[Industrial Toys]

Looking back, I can also say it would make sense to get the most expensive first. Then when you chew up too much turf and figure you really could use a tractor too, it's not so hard.

Having a CTL really is like having a small dozer. A tractor is NOT an earth moving machine.