Mini skid steer shopping

[tnttree]

Those ramps are bad about cracking at the ends. We have the 10 ft version of those. They both cracked in a couple of months of use with a 3000 lb machine. They work great and are so much easier to deal with than steel ramps. Just got to watch out for cracks causing problems. It would suck to have the end fall off while the loader is on it.

Really, did not know that was happening. I probably do not use mine as much as you.
Are your cracks at the top plate ? that would be scary if they broke away.
send me a picture I will forward it to the MFG

 

[southsoundtree]

I got 10' from discountramps.com.


At 44" loading height, 8' length would be incredibly steep FOR ME, because I have to load nose-first, because my Southco box is just barely tall enough to fit, by about 1.5-2".

My F450 is a 41" bed height, and I can load easily either direction.

 

[Jehinten]

I got 10' from discountramps.com.

I have these same ramps, with my mini rolling backwards uphill is easy on the flatbed at about 42" but is a struggle going forward up the ramps into my chip box at 44" I've found that bypassing my operator presence with a C clamp and switching the grapple for a winch makes it much easier. I walk up the ramps instead of riding and just keep up with the winch's pace. I've not tried the grapple with a log yet since bypassing the presence, simply getting off of the machine may be enough to drive up into the chip box. The roof of my chip box angles down from the back to the front, so the mini only fits facing forward. The C clamp stays with the winch to keep from having to stand on the mini while winching as it puts the operator in the line of fire, the clamp gets removed for all other uses.

 

[southsoundtree]

I used to use a log or my bucket.

I realized I didn't need it.

 

[Jehinten]

I've tried it a couple of ways, but have found that without the winch or a log that I try doing wheelies up the ramps. I'll have to try with the operator's presence bypassed, with me not hanging off of the back of it might just be all that it needs to keep the front tires down.

 

[Fivepoints]

I didn't take any pictures. I welded them up and they have been fine since. Their welds just weren't sufficient. Very little penetration and filler metal. The rest of the ramps were ok.

 

[Patriot Arborist]

Here I’ll just leave this here!
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That lawn area between the road and chip truck saw an inch of rain last night (around midnight) and 10 or 11 trips with the DW first thing this morning to get a maple, spruce and dogwood out and chipped. We did put two mats down at the side of each tree to turn into the trees because we had to fell them down hill into the center of the yard but you wouldn’t know that we were even on it!

What length is your dump trailer? I see you have a root grapple in the front. I am getting a dump trailer made, and cant decide on 14 or 16 foot. May end up getting a DW 1050

 

[flyingsquirrel25]

What length is your dump trailer? I see you have a root grapple in the front. I am getting a dump trailer made, and cant decide on 14 or 16 foot. May end up getting a DW 1050

That trailer is a 14’. We hardly use it anymore because it was being used to haul all the implements and matts around making it useless as a dump trailer. We still have it but it doesn’t go out every day. We since purchased a 16’ skid steer trailer that is set up with 2 racks (10 each) of track matts, forks, root grapple and mulch bucket. The 1050 goes on behind all that with the BMG attached. Dump trailers are nice until you need to carry extra stuff, then the quickly become a PIA.

 

[TopNotchEquipment]