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Ohio | Looking for a good reliable skid steer to do random things around the farm. Mainly moving dirt, stone, and other loader type work. Would like to stay around $10,000 but might increase if I find a good deal. Don't really no to much about a skid steer. There are a lot of john deeres and case around the area. We have good dealers for all of them really but we are case at out farm. I've used a john deere 325 and it was very nice but they are out of budget. Ive seen a few 317's out there for close to my budget but they are still a little to expensive. Thanks for any advice. |
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Iowa | I have heard an 1845c case was a good machine. 3.9 cummins can't be too bad. |
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Amherst WI | I have a L565 New Holland and a L175.
The 565 has a ton of hours (12000 if it's just the 1 missing) but still has been more reliable than the L175. It's a little under powered but I really like it. It's very stable as well. |
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Strasburg North Dakota | I have a Case 1838 that I bought new with only 1211 actual hrs. Very nice condition, will take $13,800. 701- 8five1- 03nine nine |
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Wellman, Iowa | I would totally agree with that. I blew up my 565 a few years ago with who knows how many hours. In 2012 i purchased a 2010 L170 that had 1700 hrs on it.. What a hydraulic pump nightmare. It's on pump #3 now. Has maybe 2700 hrs on it now.
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NW Iowa | Love my JD 325 as well and I got it for right at 15k with 600 hrs 3 years ago. Has quick tach for bucket, cab with heat, and 2 spd. hydro. Have had good luck with JD 320, 240, and 250 in that price range as well and I'm not much of a JD person normally. Have JD mowers, balers, skid steers and Kinze planter (basically JD). |
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| I've got an older straight Case 1845 that I like pretty well. Having ran a couple with foot pedals for bucket and boom control at various times I still prefer my hand controls for the bucket and boom but it's really what you get used to running. I think the hand controls give you finer more gradual control than pedals (my opinion only) Rated capacty is 1700# lift. Case had their own bucket mounting brackets on some of the older machines so try and find one that has the universal skid loader attachment plate mounts and quick locking handles. That opens up a lot more options as far as attachments. Additional hydraulics are also a nice feature to have. I ended up getting a custom mount and pallet forks from Berlon to fit my older machine. Requires removing 2 pins and some sliding wedges but it's not bad to make the switch.
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SESD Sious Falls | I like the NH L160 that we have used for the last couple of years. |
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NW Iowa | I've got a NH L180 with 5400 hours on it that I've had for a bit over a year. Seems to be a good machine. Dad has an L160 with about the same hours that came from a hide plant...its a bit rusty (like everything is rusted from the salt) but runs great. He got that pretty cheap. |
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Strathcona, mn | I've run about every color imaginable as far as skid loaders go. I've never been impressed much with jd skids. When working landscaping and snow removal they gave us problems. Nh weren't too bad, better than the Jd's. Case skids were better yet. The 1845c has to be the absolutely best skid loader ever built as far as reliability goes. If a person doesn't need huge capacity I'd buy one of those in a minute. Very economical and easy to use. Downfall is they weren't the most comfortable cabs come winter. Bobcats were pretty good before they went to all the computerized stuff. If you don't need high lift capacities a good old 863 makes for a good machine. I've rented gehl skids and was very happy with their performance and reliability. I wouldn't be afraid of a gehl at all. I don't remember the number of the last ones we rented for snow removal but they'd out push the , jd, Bobcats, and caterpillar skids we had at the time. Personally my favorite were the original series caterpillar skids. They were very trouble free and had the nicest pilot controls. They had good heaters and sealed cabs for snow removal. With the pilot controls you could get out and actually walk straight after running one for 12-14hrs, unlike with foot controls. The b series caterpillars seemed to have substantially more problems. I owned a 236 a series and other than one hose and a new cable for the hand throttle it never got touched with over 3 thousand hours. I still miss that machine. All the new machines are way over priced in my opinion. When you start talking 50, 60, 90k for a skid loader I'd go buy a small used payload first for what I'd use it for. A person better be able to have it returning income to spend that kind of money on a machine. Otherwise it's just an expensive toy. |
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| Not sure you would do it now, but when the housing bubble blew up, I bought a 1100 hr Cat 226 for under $10,000 from our dealer who was feeling the pinch of not moving iron.................Inching up on 1500 hrs now, and I know I sure would not sell it for what I paid for it, has been a great machine. |
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Southern Pa. | 1156versatile - 8/24/2015 04:20
I've run about every color imatoginable as far as skid loaders go. I've never been impressed much with jd skids. When working landscaping and snow removal they gave us problems. Nh weren't too bad, better than the Jd's. Case skids were better yet. The 1845c has to be the absolutely best skid loader ever built as far as reliability goes. If a person doesn't need huge capacity I'd buy one of those in a minute. Very economical and easy to use. Downfall is they weren't the most comfortable cabs come winter. Bobcat were pretty good before they went to all the computerized stuff. If you don't need high lift capacities a good old 863 makes for a good machine. I've rented gehl skids and was very happy with their performance and reliability. I wouldn't be afraid of a gehl at all. I don't remember the number of the last ones we rented for snow removal but they'd out push the , jd, Bobcats, and caterpillar skids we had at the time. Personally my favorite were the original series caterpillar skids. They were very trouble free and had the nicest pilot controls. They had good heaters and sealed cabs for snow removal. With the pilot controls you could get out and actually walk straight after running one for 12-14hrs, unlike with foot controls. The b series caterpillars seemed to have substantially more problems. I owned a 236 a series and other than one hose and a new cable for the hand throttle it never got touched with over 3 thousand hours. I still miss that machine. All the new machines are way over priced in my opinion. When you start talking 50, 60, 90k for a skid loader I'd go buy a small used payload first for what I'd use it for. A person better be able to have it returning income to spend that kind of money on a machine. Otherwise it's just an expensive toy.
I'll second that one about the 1845C. Used to own one back in the day. They do have a few drawbacks depending on what you want to do with it, as was already mentioned. But they are hard to beat for reliability.Had mine for 5 yrs. , put a pile of hours on it, and got what l paid for it when l traded it. Bought a new 75XT which was nicer as far as lift height,forward reach, and the engine was smoother running. (Less vibration) The controls were a little easier on the wrists as well.It also started easier in cold weather, but to be fair, the 1845C had a pile of hours on it when we traded. The Case controls are still my favorite, even though the other styles work too. I suppose it mostly depends on what you're used to.$10,000 would buy a real nice one around here, but they're getting a little harder to find in real nice shape.
Good luck on whatever you decide! |
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