mini skidsteers/loaders

[Le Sanglier]

looks a cool little machine, whats it in real money? you could be there and back in a day and a half in a van.

 

3000 of the Queen's finest will get what I got. I'll be honest you really have to know a bit about fabrication/welding or know someone who does. (as i did!)

Mine was the first machine and the putting together has not been without problems, the plans were sketchy and they don't have a fluent English speaker.

Give it a couple of weeks and I'll have it going and will post photos and a review.

Compact loaders are the way forward I reckon.

Mick

[Ian C]

that would be good Mick, its something i am getting more interested in.

 

What's the quality of steel like etc.

[Le Sanglier]

Just ordinary bright steel plate around 8 mm, the rods 20 or 25 mm dia.

All the profiles are laser cut on site, you get the profiles, gas struts, bushes, engine, pump levers etc.

I looked at buying a S/H boxer but they simply weren't available.

[scraggs]

It's a great idea and a nice little loader but be interesting to see how sturdy that is going to be.

[Theocus]

Here are a few pics from today, we were winching out dead elms from a hedgerow, instead of ruining the existing thorn hedge we mearly put the winch above the hedgeline and pulled tem straight out! Brilliant bits of kit.

 

The uses are endless with these machines, and the winch you cannot buy but you can make yourself like i did!

[Le Sanglier]

God I love those machines!

[treedweller]

Come on le sanglier you should be building not posting Youn got me wanting an update haha

[Le Sanglier]

Bit cold in the garage atm! The engineer is back next thursday, start painting the weekend after.

[Theocus]

Just to wet your appetite and open up your mind to what you can do with one of these things!!! Life just becomes much much easier!

[normandylumberjack]

That looks a fantastic bit of kit! what would a boxer like that with the grapple bucket cost? how would it compare to a compact tractor with loader?