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Updated: July 8th, 2008 05:26 PM EDT
Get Skid Steers into the Mix
Attachments can cut costs on smaller concrete projects
The Loegering Mud Bucket enables a skid steer to transport 1/2 yd. of concrete directly to the jobsite.
The cement bowl enables a Toro Dingo compact utility loader to haul, mix and pour up to 200 lbs. of dry cement.
G & D Excavating used a concrete pump attached to a Bobcat S300 skid steer to pour an 8,000-sq.-ft. mezzanine slab in four hours.
Concrete pump attachments can reduce reliance on subcontracting concrete deliver for small jobs.
The Curbcat attachment converts a standard-flow skid steer into a curb and gutter machine.
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And once paving is completed, the attachment can be removed in minutes, allowing the skid steer to be used for other tasks.
"The advantage to this machine," says Johnson, "with it being on a skid loader, contractors are just buying an attachment instead of a $100,000+ machine that can only do curb and gutter."
Becky Schultz is an editor with Cygnus Business Media.
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