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Originally Posted by pete3799
Did the same thing when I built my garage..... except it was an old Allis -Chalmers HD21A dozer.
Not much flat ground around these parts to build on. There is now. Dug a small pond with it also.
Paid 6K for it.
It sat around for several years while I tried to sell it but it's WAY to big to sell easily.
Ended up scraping it and more then got my money back. It weighed 52K lbs.
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Simple does'er say's Alice. Did that one have a pony motor for starting?
Much of this topic is all over the map. Some of you have different needs and purpose so no one can expect what is the best. The compacts like a Kubota with a loader, mid-mount mower are fine for the gent's small farm, etc. but far too light to handle daily commercial work. (BTW: Parts prices and service is worse than taking your Porsche to a dealer... seriously.) The tin like gauge buckets need reinforcement mods welded from new. Been there, done that. One might getaway with the lightweights for a short while but for long term daily use... forget it. The metallurgy and chassis fabrication / castings are not of industrial strength. I've seen more than a few compacts (not necessarily Kubota but them as well) cracked housings - directly in the middle of a trans to busted rear-ends.
If one has the room and means, a dedicated track-hoe type machine can make efficient time and the job safer and easier. Spend the money and add to the fleet bobcat type wheel loader.