Skid Steers

Skid steers, which are often called skid loaders, and skid steer loaders are wheeled or tracked vehicles that use a skid steering mechanism. These items are usually equipped with a front loading bucket and are used to dig, move soil, debris, lumber, snow, sand and mining waste materials. They are compact and offer a high level of maneuverability with the average size of a skid steer being about 1750 lbs. When they are used in snow and loose soil they are usually fitted with tank-like skid steer tracks instead of wheels to improve their grip. The machine is operated by a driver who sits in a cabin.

The vehicle can also use several different skid steer attachments such as backhoes, bale spears, breakers, brooms, buckets, tooth bars, multi-purpose buckets, grapples, pallet forks (both rail and pin style), cold planers, power rakes, three-point hitches, rubber tracks, rotary tillers, general tracks, utility blades, trenchers and vibratory rollers. These attachments enable the vehicle to be used for many different tasks and skid steers are often used in industries such as farming, recycling, plumbing, agriculture, landscaping, snow removal, mining, carpentry, fencing, road construction, and electrical.