New Toro Tx 1000 Wide Track

hseII said:
So,
Now that the obligatory tail pulling has been performed, does anyone have feedback on the Boxer model posted above.
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The boxers don't have enough hydraulic pump going on. You can't run all functions at the same time. The tip weight is great though. I would get (and indeed own) an sk650, hands down.

@Lumberjack can prolly add more, but he may still be a Boxer rep...
 
colb said:
The boxers don't have enough hydraulic pump going on. You can't run all functions at the same time. The tip weight is great though. I would get (and indeed own) an sk650, hands down.

@Lumberjack can prolly add more, but he may still be a Boxer rep...
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Thank You.

Vermeer is my other choice, as there is a dealer in the area pushing them: not too much, but he's trying to earn business.

Thoughts?
 
The Boxer 525DX is nice because it has 9" wide tracks, can fit through a 3' gate, expands the width for hillside stability, has a 2100lb tip capacity, and I sell them. To my knowledge, it's the only sub 36" machine with 9" wide tracks, most are 6". The downsides are the controls aren't as easy for some minis and you have to finesse multi functioning.


Personally, I'd much rather have an mini articulated loader than a mini skid. 3' access (if you want it), more lift height, more travel speed, better controls than any mini... I sell them too.
 
hseII said:
Thank You.

Vermeer is my other choice, as there is a dealer in the area pushing them: not too much, but he's trying to earn business.

Thoughts?
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I've had great support from them. However the 600tx doesn't lift as big wood as the sk650 and the 800 model doesn't have 36" access that the Sk650 with narrow tracks has. Its controls are legend, but the Sk650 comes in pretty good in that department. Personally, I can't imagine grinding a stump without the sk650 foot pedal (recipe for carpal tunnel), and I like the opportunity to control my tracks independently. Someone on the forums did a head to head between the 600tx and the Sk650 and the vermeer lost handily on tip weight. If you have a Ditch Witch dealer close enough, check them out. Also, I mainly use a Kubota dealer because they are local and my dw has a Kubota block. Every once in a while I'll make the 1.5 hrs. drive to the dw dealer for specialized work and great service.

Hth
 
colb said:
I've had great support from them. However the 600tx doesn't lift as big wood as the sk650 and the 800 model doesn't have 36" access that the Sk650 with narrow tracks has. Its controls are legend, but the Sk650 comes in pretty good in that department. Personally, I can't imagine grinding a stump without the sk650 foot pedal (recipe for carpal tunnel), and I like the opportunity to control my tracks independently. Someone on the forums did a head to head between the 600tx and the Sk650 and the vermeer lost handily on tip weight. If you have a Ditch Witch dealer close enough, check them out. Also, I mainly use a Kubota dealer because they are local and my dw has a Kubota block. Every once in a while I'll make the 1.5 hrs. drive to the dw dealer for specialized work and great service.

Hth
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The Vermeer guy just called me: he mentioned a 725 narrow.

I'm going to search that model & compare to the SK650 tonight.
 
hseII said:
The Vermeer guy just called me: he mentioned a 725 narrow.

I'm going to search that model & compare to the SK650 tonight.
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Could be a good machine. Pay close attention to tip weight spec and speed in reverse. All work is done in reverse and vermeer was slowing their reverse down...
 
colb said:
Could be a good machine. Pay close attention to tip weight spec and speed in reverse. All work is done in reverse and vermeer was slowing their reverse down...
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I will look closely at that: Thank You.

I would rather buy a used machine, but I'm not having the best luck locating something that's not worn out, or priced too close to new.
 
I would call all the Ditch Witch dealers in north america, or at least your region, and let them know you want a used sk650. You can probably get one within 3-6 months. In the meantime, make sure you have an arbor trolley to back it up.

Alternatively, buy a new sk750-type machine. They have less hp, but unless you do stump grinding or other gpm/psi intensive tasks, you're really just after the tip weight most of the time... watch out for the new tiered machine, the sk850. It's great, but has that idle feature...

Also, as lumberjack points out, the wheeled articulated machines are awesome - no turf damage, but less tip weight. The avant 420 bears looking in to, but you'll have to buy new.
 
If you remove the 36" requirement, the tip capacity can be higher than a mini. I've said before, I would rather have the smallest articulated machine rather than the biggest mini skid, but I don't need the 36" access or lift height, so I'm planning on getting a Giant 332xtra, perhaps with a cab and AC.

2640lb weight on the forks, ~3400lb machine. 15" wide tires make it 48" wide, 107" long, 81" lift height.
 
OasisTree said:
Don't forget about the access...with a mini it is just a step off, which is quite a difference when you do it 20 times a day.

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I'm new to Minis, but that makes sense.

Those articulated look nice, but I want a mini for now.

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A SK650 or SK750 looks good.
 
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Ever heard the term "thread hi jacked" hsell. This thread is about the TX1000, the best of the new mini's. Why don't you start your own thread...say..."Duh, can't figure this out myself by checking specs...so please misters...HELP ME....I just don't know what tf to do :frenetico:".

I look forward to input on the machine I own from owners, prospective buyers and those in the KNOW.
 
Lumberjack said:
If you remove the 36" requirement, the tip capacity can be higher than a mini. I've said before, I would rather have the smallest articulated machine rather than the biggest mini skid, but I don't need the 36" access or lift height, so I'm planning on getting a Giant 332xtra, perhaps with a cab and AC.

2640lb weight on the forks, ~3400lb machine. 15" wide tires make it 48" wide, 107" long, 81" lift height.
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Why not just put a monster truck out on those golf course residential lawns and add a hyd lift to it lol.
 
Treevet...one day, what looks like your own private hell will be over. In the mean time if you want to apply your Shigo tag line of "learn till it hurts" to life, read, The Verbally Abusive Relationship by Patricia Evans.

Few men that live out of that realm of mental and emotional cowardice choose to be strong enough to change but, it is possible.
 
treevet said:
Ever heard the term "thread hi jacked" hsell. This thread is about the TX1000, the best of the new mini's. Why don't you start your own thread...say..."Duh, can't figure this out myself by checking specs...so please misters...HELP ME....I just don't know what tf to do :frenetico:".

I look forward to input on the machine I own from owners, prospective buyers and those in the KNOW.
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Can you show us your highly efficient branch lasso technique with your Toro TX1000?
 
merle_nelson said:
Treevet...one day, what looks like your own private hell will be over. In the mean time if you want to apply your Shigo tag line of "learn till it hurts" to life, read, The Verbally Abusive Relationship by Patricia Evans.

Few men that live out of that realm of mental and emotional cowardice choose to be strong enough to change but, it is possible.
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Your mother always thought I'd get along with you merle (are you a boy or girl, can't tell by your name and don't want to be massagonystic or whatev the fk it is)...but it doesn't look like that will be possible. We had a very nice time together ;-) your mom and I.
 
AmericanArborist said:
Can you show us your highly efficient branch lasso technique with your Toro TX1000?
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I will paint you a picture dpsht. Not going to go to the trouble of taking a vid during a busy day and yours was so god awful. Take a micro bull line....1/8" and secure a snap on the end.

Run the line under a giant 15' wide span of branches (much more than the bmg could even think of grabbing). Secure the snap back to its line on top of the pile. Take the micro line to a mini porty, secured to the grapple with the machine pulled up close to the pile and the grapple down.

Cinch up the micro line as tight on the porty as you can, wrap and tie off on ears,


and then lift the grapple and drive off as the micro line cinches up and half the canopy goes bye bye.

Send me a check for $100. made out to Treevet, your hero, my hourly rate for teaching dumasses like you and send it to my castle.
 
treevet said:
I will paint you a picture dpsht. Not going to go to the trouble of taking a vid during a busy day and yours was so god awful. Take a micro bull line....1/8" and secure a snap on the end.

Run the line under a giant 15' wide span of branches (much more than the bmg could even think of grabbing). Secure the snap back to its line on top of the pile. Take the micro line to a mini porty, secured to the grapple with the machine pulled up close to the pile and the grapple down.

Cinch up the micro line as tight on the porty as you can, wrap and tie off on ears,


and then lift the grapple and drive off as the micro line cinches up and half the canopy goes bye bye.

Send me a check for $100. made out to Treevet, your hero, my hourly rate for teaching dumasses like you and send it to my castle.
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See our point is, by the time you do all that we could have used the BMG to stack up the pile better and easily be on our second load to (and through) the chipper.

No physical mess of stringing the rope, tightening the rope, slack in the rope after the mini tightens it more, unfastening rope, re grabbing to put in chipper. I've done this all before, and it is a major pain. Sure you may be able to drag a bigger pile but it is taking you longer to do it.

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