looking for a loader

[hl_tree]

The time has come for me to start looking at purchasing a loader of some sort for my business. I just put an offer in today on a 32 HP ag tractor with front end loader and backhoe. I want to try to get it for around 10 - 12K. All I am going to use it for is loading logs and pushing back chip piles. In this price range, do you guys think that this would be the right move?

 

[bonner1040]

Do you have a mini?

 

[classictruckman]

There's lots of tree guys out there that do very well with a little tractor/backhoe.

 

[hl_tree]

No mini for me. I worked with somebody a few years back who had one and I was not impressed. I'm on properties where either I can get a full sized machine in there, or I can get nothing in there. The biggest limitation for the open access properties is typically the septic systems. One of my friends has a 48? hp TLB and that's his biggest obstacle.

 

[Tom Dunlap]

This would have made a nice partner to my chiptruck bus