mini loader value and durability

[jim454]

Re: mini loader questions

Pump shaft couplers are the weak link on almost every mini. One of the main reasons I like the Toro with the rubber dampener.

 

[Tom Dunlap]

Re: mini loader questions

Jim,

Does Toro use Lovejoy couplers?

Do other manufacturers use a metal sleeve coupler?

 

[Lumberjack]

Re: mini loader questions

No, the AL20 is a good bit smaller than the AL140. The AL20 is roughly the same as the Avant 420.

I don't follow that issue Jim?

 

[jim454]

Re: mini loader questions

Tom, I don't believe toro uses that specific coupler but I'll look into it.

 

[Frax]

Re: mini loader questions

We just bought this one.


IMG_20130426_164447 by altacal, on Flickr

It's the Gehl AL140. It's too new for us to say how reliable it's going to be, but we've been through it a fair bit this weekend and everything seems pretty basic and sturdy.

This is the smallest one in the series and even if we could afford a bigger one, this is probably the one we'd pick because it's built to access small places. We did put the duals front and back for extra stability, capacity and to be even easier on turf.

The lifting height and capacity of this one is good for our dump trailer but if you have a bigger truck to carry big wood, you will need the bigger brothers of this one - the 340 or 540.

My understanding is that most mini loader attachments will fit this machine. We only have the BMG so far.

 

[treebing]

Re: mini loader questions

Is chip on his cell phone?

 

[Frax]

Re: mini loader questions

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Is chip on his cell phone?

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Amazingly not. Just trying to get a good view of the grapple jaws.