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E ND | The things that make a skid steer feel "easy" to get in and out of are:
1. Vertical and horizontal distance from coupler step to bottom of cab threshold
2. Vertical distance from cab floor to bottom of door threshold
3. Door opening shape and width at bottom
4. Horizontal space from front of seat to front of cab
5. Tilt cylinder/loader arm mounting - some are at an angle across the area you need to climb in and out of.
Kubotas look easy to get into because it's a wide square door opening but they have a pretty tall threshold and you almost have to be standing on the step to open the door.
CAT and Deere doors are similar, but the Deere tilt cylinders always feel in the way, the height from the step to the door threshold seems tall and they've always had the hump in the middle of the floor pan which is a real ankle twister to get turned around.
Case/NH have their door on hinged "backwards" which makes you climb over the attachment hoses if you have a hydraulic attachment installed or past the dirty coupler block and you sit down low and back so you kind of fall down into the seat and have to climb back up and out.
I'm biased but I'd say NextGen CAT (fairly new design though) are the best, joystick Bobcats probably second tied with CAT D-series. JD and Kubota are just different, pretty much have to climb in and out of all of them and decide for yourself, depends on your width and height and how flexible you are! | |
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Easiest skid loader to get in and out of
