Skid steer info

[BrianL]

https://www.machinerytrader.com/listings/search?Category=1055&ModelGroup=333%7C299&Model=SVL95-2S&Manufacturer=CATERPILLAR%7CDEERE%7CKUBOTA&Condition=DISMANTLED&page=4

If you compare the machines in salvage they are about equal numbers, and fire is the biggest cause for all 3...

[Stolle]

I run a Cat 299 D3 XE (over 2000 hours on it). Mainly mulching. I've ran kubota's and New Hollands. Kubota's seem like solid machines for occasional use, but I could not run one for 8 hours and be able to walk the next day. The Cat's controls seem smoother and easier to operate too.

Stay away from foot pedal machines.

[El Paisano]

Ha ha. You guys need to listen to Kong. I have been in the heavy equipment business for somewhere around 45 years, and a Certified Vehicle Fire Investigator for the last 17 years of that. If you are running a mulcher on a skidsteer, there are only 2 kinds. Those that have burned...and those that will. Cat had their share of them too about 15 years ago, but they aggressively find and correct their problems. I know. Cat had their own Fire Investigators, and the dealership that I worked for (the largest in the US), had me to investigate fires as well. Fires are not typically covered by warranty unless you can PROVE that a defect in materials or workmanship caused the fire. Otherwise, it is an insurance issue. I got some covered by warranty, but most had the necessary evidence consumed in the fire.
I don't have a skidsteer, but my farm equipment is Kubota. If I was going to buy a SS, it would be a Cat though.