Who here runs what, and how do you like it? what sort of work are you doing, and what would you rather have?
I ran a boxer 526dx for a few years, then a kubota KX040, just sold the kubota and about to buy a new holland ML12 (Giant G1200)
I work on lots of residential stuff, riverside cottages, town subdivisions and a little rural work in the woods, mostly level ish ground with the occasional silly steep hill, almost 100% on grass or asphalt, rarely gravel or bare dirt
the boxer did alright, destroys yards, can't lift a whole lot, but overall could get into anywhere and do most any job I asked of it, albeit slowly, controls were goofy but I got really friggin good at running it, looking to go into a wheel loader to do jobs more like the boxer did, but faster and less lawn damage, I won't be buying the telescopic boom version so I will be stuck with the auxiliary hydraulic control being a separate stick instead of a button, and won't be able to stack stuff as high, but will have more lift capacity and still do anything the boxer would (so almost 100% of any job I've ever done)
the only major concern I have is sidehill stability, I don't run machines on slick surfaces so traction isn't a worry nearly as much as turf damage, but we do encounter some wild hills here
this is just my quick thoughts on my last machine, some stuff about the new one, and my curiosity about other peoples setups, I may follow up later with a more detailed (and better laid out) list
I ran a boxer 526dx for a few years, then a kubota KX040, just sold the kubota and about to buy a new holland ML12 (Giant G1200)
I work on lots of residential stuff, riverside cottages, town subdivisions and a little rural work in the woods, mostly level ish ground with the occasional silly steep hill, almost 100% on grass or asphalt, rarely gravel or bare dirt
the boxer did alright, destroys yards, can't lift a whole lot, but overall could get into anywhere and do most any job I asked of it, albeit slowly, controls were goofy but I got really friggin good at running it, looking to go into a wheel loader to do jobs more like the boxer did, but faster and less lawn damage, I won't be buying the telescopic boom version so I will be stuck with the auxiliary hydraulic control being a separate stick instead of a button, and won't be able to stack stuff as high, but will have more lift capacity and still do anything the boxer would (so almost 100% of any job I've ever done)
the only major concern I have is sidehill stability, I don't run machines on slick surfaces so traction isn't a worry nearly as much as turf damage, but we do encounter some wild hills here
this is just my quick thoughts on my last machine, some stuff about the new one, and my curiosity about other peoples setups, I may follow up later with a more detailed (and better laid out) list
