Let's see those skid loaders

I've had newer and bigger, but my investment has been a little smaller on this one, and it has really suited me well. My "happy place" is when I'm in the seat of this little beauty.

When I got her.


After some TLC.

 

fuelrod has one. He has a cool pic of moving his wood loaded wood shed with it.

 

I have seen carbines in action and it does good work!!really looking good Jeff.

 

Carbine that thing looks awesome!!! I love cleaning things up and making them nice again.

 

Thanks for the kind words buddy. Nothing like loading a 1k lb lathe in the back of a 70k truck lol. I felt bad, she wasn't running good that eve either. I went through ignition, points were out of spec and I had to replace one of the plug wires. Little by little, she runs like a top now though.

 

Thank you. I have a hard time on how far to go with things. I was going to just paint the areas missing paint (not too bad for 35 years old), but ended up painting a little more. I drove 45 minutes to a NH dealer to get the correct color code, and I will also distress and blend what I have to the original base. I would have liked to add a flattener to the paint, but using steel wool after it completely hardens.

It really is a solid machine with not that many hours on it. I'm extremely conservative when I buy used equipment, but couldn't see how I would go wrong with this one. I've done a lot of work to it, but all the important stuff was there and it's definitely been a blessing to me. I don't use it a ton, but boy does it save me quite a bit of work when I need it.

 

Least you were fogging the mosquitoes away. Lol

 

Lol. Hard day for global warming too haha

 

.....and doing some plumbing work at the camp, just so that you know it's not always snowy here

 

I had no idea Gehl made a skid steer that big. Close in hp to a modern Cat D5… that's insane!

 

They & Bobcat fight for highest lift (just about 12'), they pass the "highest lift" trophy back & fourth every time they make a change in the model. This one is pre emissions and 115 HP and has a 3750# rated operating cap. (1/2 the tipping load).

 

That thing is massive.

 

Not a skid loader...but my wood mover and all around machine. It lifts a lot of weight. Compact footprint.

 

......and a lot easier on tires

 

What year is that? Late 80’s When I was 3-4 years old we lived in an apartment next to a Ford/New Holland dealer and I remember sitting and watching skidsteers like that being there.

 

Pre 84… based on the color code. Made getting paint a real treat, it's a different shade of yellow than the later models.

 

I looked up the specs out of curiosity, and did a double take when I saw that 115 lol.

 

Always wondered why they had to change paint ever so slightly?! I guess just to drive people nuts years later