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Prioritize a Medium-Sized Track Skid Steer

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After securing a truck and trailer, the next big investment should be a skid steer. Alex strongly recommends a track machine over a wheeled one, citing its superior performance for dirt jobs and demolition. He suggests a mid-sized Bobcat S250 or equivalent, weighing around 8,500-9,000 pounds, for its lifting capacity and all-around utility, rather than a large body machine that might not fit in all job sites. The main speaker emphasizes choosing a medium-sized skid steer, about a Bobcat 185 size, for versatility and productivity, avoiding both very small and excessively large models. He suggests 'snow tracks' to combine efficient plowing in winter with effective dirt work in other seasons.

Goal: Obtain a versatile, productive, medium-sized track skid steer for various earthwork tasks.

Tools and materials

  • Forks — Lifting and moving pallets, lumber, and other materials
  • Snow Tracks N/A — Enhanced traction for snow plowing and winter operations
  • Track Skid Steer Loader Bobcat — Earthmoving, demolition, material handling, and snow plowing (with appropriate tracks)

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I guess it depends on who you ask but in the summer I would prefer a a track skid steer you know a track skid loader for sure okay okay uh a size a make a model are you not that specific I would probably go for a Bobcat probably something like your S250 you know 8,500 9,000 lb still has good lifting capacity still a allout machine you know and if it was a track machine it would just be the track version of that size Skit Steer okay you know good good lifting force on it and just uh you know pick them up for cheaper so this is a 250 right here yep but you would go with this with tracks with tracks but the same weight machine maybe 85 that's a large body machine just so you guys know and you know that's a large body what what's the next thing that you would do Timmy from there I guess is what I'm asking it all depends on what you're doing but uh you know I I I like having a mini ex that that that opens a lot of doors for you for retaining walls and digging footings and um you can get thumbs on it you can build Boulder walls with it but um you know I think those two pieces of a skid steer and a minia really are a pretty good uh couple pieces of equipment to get you okay just get you some money coming in that's a great place to start especially if you're going to get a minia ex get one with a hydraulic thumb the ability to open and close it you don't need a tilt Rotator you don't need this fancy equipment that you see online you don't need that to get started with you can upgrade your equipment later on but it's not necessarily necessary to open up the door to jobs in the very beginning would you agree with that Tim yeah I agree the mistake I made when I first got started was I bought a back hole because I thought that was going to be the the Jack of all trades piece of equipment that would allow me to dig it would allow me to grade it would allow it had a bucket on front and it had a stinger on the back or a big backhoe attachment on the back it's a ter backo is be outlawed they're just terrible pieces of equipment they're they are they're garbage I I mean I just can't stand back hes at this point for productivity they're not the answer I thought it was the answer I couldn't grade anything with a back hole because you just you don't have the capability of doing it you're too out of balance when you're going over rough terrain and you got a giant Stinger on the back excavator attachment and you're trying to grade with the front and the back's bouncing and it's…

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