You don't need either you just need a friend or neighbor with one 😂

A guy with a piece of equipment like that is a real asset! Amazing what a skid loader can do. But I can't imagine not having a tractor as a bushog, disk, and seed drill are the three most important attachments I need on my farm. An ATV or UTV with a spreader (fertilizer and seed) and spray boom and wand (for Herbicide insecticide) are also must haves. You can do that with a tractor also, but the atv is just so quick and handy to do both small and large jobs. So I think most of us are better off calling someone like Ben to come out and do improvement projects. But if you have a new farm it may be best to buy a skidsteer then sell it in a few years, then buy a tractor to maintain the land. More so if the skidsteer is used for new construction projects like putting in driveways/trail system, or digging/leveling for foundations.

Very informative video here, thanks Bill and Ben!

Looks great guys! I really enjoy seeing the improvements to the dream farm.

Great video Bill! Great to see real progress!

Another great video. If you can only afford one, personally a FEL like a Kubota L or MX Series with front and rear functioning valves is the way to go. This way you can run planters, mowers, front grapples, land planes and all the toys under one machine. I can do everything Ben is doing with my 72" Virnig skeleton bucket on my L3560HST. The advantage a skid steer has is break out force, lift capacity (its a dedicated lifting machine) and hydro flow. Larger front end loaders have come alone way and a tractor is not just for the field anymore

I'm fortunate to have both but the mini trackloader (skid steer) is far more versatile and never has a flat tire. Good video.

I own both but if could only have one on my farm it would be the skid steer hands down!

I use my skid steer all year for all sorts of projects. The tractor is mainly for planting etc. If I had to choose I would only have the skid steer because hiring tractor work is less expensive on a per hour basis and frankly the skid steer is more fun to operate. I have the exact same model JD as in this video. Bought it with 50 hrs from a CAT dealer when someone traded it in after waiting 6 mo on their new CAT. Someone told me all the name brands have their pros and cons but just buy the brand with the nearest dealership to your place. Something to consider anyway.

Yeah no contest. Can even till the ground enough for food plots with them. There are several people in Ky now doing this service for a living. Pretty affordable too

I noticed in this video you were just playing with tiny little small trees and stumps. Last fall we cleaned up some trees in an area of the farm we were installing tiles. Used bulldozers to push over the half dozen 4 foot diameter trees. A month ago a guy with a Case skidsteer came to the pile of trees and helped push things around for burning. But he was honest and said he couldn't do anything with the big trees. Just the branches and other small brush. Hopefully this week we will get the big Komatsu dozer over to the pile and push the big tree trunks together for burning.

I recently sold my skid steer that I used to clean up my property after a timber harvest. I found that I could do the most of the same tasks with my tractor and loader. I had also bought a mini excavator. I ended up using it more than the skid steer. I found that I could be more precise in clearing food plots and was not removing all the topsoil like most dozer operators do.

That tree puller attachment was impressive. I’ve never seen one of those

Would love to be able to afford a skid steer. For now the tractor with piranha bar takes care of quite a bit of my landscaping for wildlife.

I dwelled on it for years, I bought a brand new Kubota track loader and no regrets. You can get a cheap old tractor for implements

Here in the northeast where primarily everything’s densely forested and almost always very rocky an excavator is the key to making anything work. Bought my first one about 7 years ago and it’s paid for itself over and over again.

Yes indeed good info .

I would buy a skidsteer 100%. I rent for now but there is a lot of attachments you can rent for them that help a ton. Now we also are in timber country. I have micro plots so for myself skid does great

I need one! 😁

It all comes down to preferences. Skid you have the ability to go just about anywhere, while a tractor you are still limited. If clearing trees in tight areas and needing to shred under brush then skid steer. They make tillers for skid steers and others. In the end it’s personal preference and what types of work you wish to do.

skidsteer hands down.

A really good skid steer driver can do a tremendous amount of land clearing/enhancements in a day.

Skidsteer is the way to go...i was looking for a forestry mulcher for my farm but could not find one and ended up using the Brushcat, it worked well but not a one and done attachment.

This is a question I have been struggling with, as Dad's new 2000 series John Deere tractor isn't really big enough, and my only tractor with a loader is a 50+ year old Ford 3600. Skidsteers are pretty expensive ($90,000 new) and nobody has them in stock, all the dealers are telling me over a year wait after you order one. There are a couple places leasing them but there is a waiting list & ball park prices of $500/24 hours or $7500/month. Right now I am leaning toward finding a used backhoe with a thumb attachment for pulling trees & stumps, it seems like the most useful compromise.

I have both just like a hammer and a screwdriver I have a 333g hi flo for specific tasks like I just cleared 7 acres along a creek for more food. Have a Deere 5075e and a 3038e both do specific things like pick up a land pride 3pt nt606 drill. I really feel safer in the skid loader on any slopes.... otherwise I used the 3038e Bill I find myself using my blue diamond extreme duty cutter to do a lot of the work and I can push over 60 ft trees with a little work. Push them to the side and use for blocking. I have a grapple forks and the brush cutter and I bet I have 100 hours using that cutter. The Drury's have featured my farm on the fundamental 5 and without that skid steer I'd never would have been able to do what I have done.

Yep, if you could farm with a skid steer, my tractor is history, and the skid steer is hired!

I will be reaching out to Ben to see if he can help me with some excavating work I need done on my property in Prairie Du Chein, WI area this summer.

Would have to compare gross costs compared to dozer guy.

Mmmmmmmm. I can taste it now.❤

Overall the skid steer can do so much more, way more power! But much more expensive

Does the property have many turkeys?

Just rent either when needed, unless you use it to make money it’s a waste

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