Quad or Tracked Dumper?

[Ty Unnos]

Hi All

 

I am thinking about a small vehicle to help with moving timber.

 

I am going for a low impact approach so need something that can cope with rough / wet ground without doing damage.

 

I will not be dealing with anything that big but will need to skid out the logs and move cut and split wood.

 

Will also need to move my charcoal kilns.

 

I am thinking about a tracked dumper or quad with a trailer.

 

Which one do you think would be more useful? If you could only have one which would it be?

[Charlieh]

how wet? is wet ground my atv will do ok on boggy ground but when it cuts through the top its had it, what about a compact tractor? tracked dumpers are pretty handy though

 

I would if i have to choose one go for a honda atv on a set of tatou 4S tracks its about £10k's worth but will go just about anywhere

[yewhunter18]

Tracked dumper brilliant little machines handy money aswell 2 to 6 grand

[Andy Collins]

how wet? is wet ground my atv will do ok on boggy ground but when it cuts through the top its had it, what about a compact tractor? tracked dumpers are pretty handy though

 

I would if i have to choose one go for a honda atv on a set of tatou 4S tracks its about £10k's worth but will go just about anywhere

 

What tyres are you running at the moment, I've got Kenda Executioners up front, and Mud runners rear, and it'll pull across clay plough in 4WD no probs.

[TimberCutterDartmoor]

tracked dumper imo

[Charlieh]

What tyres are you running at the moment, I've got Kenda Executioners up front, and Mud runners rear, and it'll pull across clay plough in 4WD no probs.

 

I mean the proper sort of bog where if you tear the top layer up its basically mushy watery rubbish you cant stand on it mine is fine on clay and mud but for wet boggy ground sometimes floatation is more important than depth of tread

[armchairarborist]

i was looking for a quad to skid logs out of my little wood when i got offered this, for the work i have found for it, it suits me better than a quad, carries and tips everything thats been put on it, slower than a quad but can shunt heavy trailers all day long with pinpoint precision.(even reversing two trailers at once), low ground pressure is a plus but it does belly out occasionally.

[Paul Smith]

I would like a Iron Horse. Think they are very versatile!

[yewhunter18]

Dumpy is great to hide when some loony is shooting at you with an air rifle

[Ty Unnos]

Thanks guys

 

Is this the sorting of thing I should look out for:

 

For Sale Kubota RY800 tracked dumper - Tracked dumpers - DUMPERS, DUMPTRUCKS & TRACKED DUMPERS : Plant Machinery Specialists. Bruce Atfield Machinery - For all your Plant and Agricultural Machinery needs.

 

What about this. Is it getting a bit big:

 

For Sale Kubota RG15 tracked dumper - Tracked dumpers - DUMPERS, DUMPTRUCKS & TRACKED DUMPERS : Plant Machinery Specialists. Bruce Atfield Machinery - For all your Plant and Agricultural Machinery needs.

 

What would I have to do to make it ready for forestry - presumable a trailer hitch could be welded on?

 

And I guess a winch would also be useful.

 

I don't suppose there is a way to run a log splitter off one of these is there?

Edited June 6, 2011 by Ty Unnos