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Uses For Skid-Steer Loaders on Your Farm

Dec. 6 2021 Lifestyle By Upstate Equipment

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One of the most versatile and useful pieces of construction equipment is a skid-steer loader. These machines can handle lots of tasks with their wide variety of attachments designed for specific work. However, did you realize that a skid-steer loader can also be very effective for use on a farm or ranch? It’s true! Skid-steers can be found on many farms around the United States due to their compact shape and ability to assist with lots of the work that farmers have to do. Keep reading to learn some of the most common ways to use a skid-steer loader on your farm.

1. Fieldwork

When you’re planting, clearing land, preparing soil or doing other tasks out in your fields, a skid-steer loader is an extremely handy tool to have. Skid-steers are great for:

  • Clearing away dead grass, overgrown bushes, fallen branches and other organic matter from your land.
  • Turning over and tilling the soil to prepare your fields for planting.
  • Spreading and planting seeds for your crops.
  • Distributing the fertilizer needed to nourish the seedlings.

2. Landscaping

Your skid-steer loader can also assist you with landscaping and planting trees in an orchard. Using a variety of attachments, including an auger to dig holes to receive those tree seedlings, you can avoid a lot of hours of toil with a shovel. Your skid-steer can also help you haul around the items you need for planting, including big bags of soil or fertilizer and the seedlings themselves so you don’t need to lug anything by hand.

3. Scooping & Hauling

The bucket attachment on your skid-steer is extremely versatile and useful for so many purposes that it’s hard to list them all here! This standard tool comes with pretty much every loader and you can use it for things like:

  • Scooping up loose materials like dirt, gravel, soil, sand or manure and transporting these materials elsewhere on your farm or into a dump truck or trailer.
  • Moving big pieces of debris, such as large rocks, tree stumps and the remains of a demolished structure.
  • Transporting bales of hay, bundles of loose straw and pallets into and out of your barn so that you can quickly and easily prepare stalls for your animals.

Of course, these aren’t the only things you can do with a skid-steer loader on your farm, but they’re some of the best options! Looking to purchase some equipment for your farming operation? Come see us at our Lockport, NY, location to view our current stock of new and used skid-steer loaders and other agricultural and construction equipment for sale. Let us know if you’d like assistance with financing. Upstate Equipment serves the New York cities of Buffalo and Amherst.