Re: Scratchin' my head

Posted by Hugh MacKay on November 17, 2004 at 09:00:10 from (64.228.11.171):

In Reply to: Re: Scratchin' my head posted by captaink on November 17, 2004 at 06:23:44:

captain: I know what your saying. When I bought the skid loaders I was aproaching 200 head of holsteins. 120 mature cows at one location and 80 replacments at another location. Both barns had been designed around front end loader doing cleaning, feeding, etc. Two years after i bought the first one I realized I had become so dependant on it I couldn't afford a breakdown, not even for a day. Those little loaders turned about 1000 hours per year each. More than once we ferried one back and forth twice a day to get everything fed. Problem is after you get one of those little loaders, you crowd everything closer and put more cattle in. Soon you don't have room for a tractor to operate.

My dad always preached save the skid loader, do what you can with the 560. I always responded save the 560. In 1975 a new skid loader was $8,000. A new 50 hp tractor with loader would have been pushing $16,000. Repairs on those little loaders were a fraction of the cost of a loader tractor. I see guys doing loader work in livestock operations and that IPTO and 3 point haven't been used in years. I'll bet you can buy a skid steer for little more than the price of a IPTO and 3 point.

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