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Old 05-10-2006, 10:55 PM
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I'm not sure what you mean by rock work.

My vote for landscaping is a skid steer. Very versatile, very maneuverable and a better lift capacity. I've got a Cat skid steer with Bradco backhoe, 4 way bucket, pallet forks, Harley rake, grapple rake, snowblower and jib boom. The variety of work I can do with this arsenal is amazing!. The attachments go right up front where I can see them and work extremely accurate. The disadvantage is visibility to the rear, plus a few minutes lost dropping the backhoe and attaching the bucket.

I'm not familiar with the size of the Kubota you're looking at. Most compact tractors don't have the lift capacity of skid steers. Compact tractors are better for mowing, and it's handy to have both the backhoe and loader at your disposal at the same time. I've found that parts are a problem with Kubota, I often have to wait a week for parts for my ZD28. You might want to look in to that.
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