The skidsteer attachment you’ll need in order to get things under control is the Brush-Hound flail mower. This skidsteer attachment has been specifically designed for safely cutting and mulching thick, heavy grass as well as light brush. You can take this attachment right into the thick brush and all that will be left behind your skidsteer is a trail of finely shredded mulch.

Equipped with a high-strength double liner design, the Brush-Hound has a number of formidable features. It is a heavy-duty attachment that comes with as many as 52 reversible, high-density flail knives inside of several different enclosure widths. The knives are able to handle plant material up to an inch in thickness.

As the flail knives do their work, it is important to note that this skidsteer attachment is equipped with front and rear discharge flaps. The flaps virtually eliminate the possibility of throwing chunks of material out from underneath the Brush-Hound. Safety precautions and best practices should still be observed at all times, though, no matter how much protective cover the flaps offer.

Although this skidsteer attachment can be purchased without a “gage wheel” (this is a 360-degree-swiveling wheel connected to the front of the mower enclosure), the wheel itself is actually one of the Brush-Hound’s most desirable options.

The gage wheel supports the weight of the attachment itself. And with the smallest unit weighing in at almost 700 pounds, it could potentially save stress on the boom of your skidsteer. More importantly, perhaps, is that the gage wheel acts as a consistent leveler. Over a bumpy, uneven, rutted piece of land, the gage wheel keeps the Brush-Hound skidsteer attachment from possible scalping the surface. The last thing you want to do is tear up the very ground you are trying to make useful.

From time to time, you need to climb up on your loader and check a load you are carrying, or you need to secure a bolt on top of the cab. The skid steer is not a jungle gym, but it does require the operator to climb around a bit.

Imagine it’s a nice, sunny Monday, and your skid steer is in need of a little routine maintenance. You’ve just hosed it down to get rid of the previous week’s mud. You see that there’s a tree branch stuck in the roof of the cab. Climbing up on smooth-lipped bucket attachment, you take a step onto the skid steer boom. A little hydraulic oil and the water from the hose-down cause you to go down hard. Later, while scraping gravel out of your elbow, you wonder, “Why doesn’t this thing have grippy steps built into it?”

It can. The eTerra Terra-Steps are useful, elegant skid steer accessories that 1) just plain work, 2) are quite nice to look at, 3) are made well, and 4) can keep you from seriously injuring yourself. Each Terra-Step is just over four pounds of beautiful cast aluminum with stainless steel bolts and serious boot-gripping tread. If you have a few of these indispensable skid steer accessories, you can tap them into all of the spots that you normally need to climb on your skid steer loader. These skid steer accessories are an inexpensive solution to a potentially hazardous situation.

It would be a perfect set of skid steer accessories to have attached to each side of a set of pallet forks for instance. Any load could be easily checked and secured using the Terra-step skid steer accessories. And having a set of Terra-steps on either side of the skid steer attachment you use most could help you or anyone who operates your skid steer enter and exit the machine easily and safely.

Terra-step skid steer accessories come with bolts (but no nuts), and can easily be secured to any attachment. Give them a try if you want to play it safe while making your job easier.

The Dozer Blades are equally at home and adept in landscaping work, construction sites, and farms and ranches, whether you need to scrape soil and level it, or push a pile of pea gravel or crushed stone.

1) ON A LANDSCAPING JOB: You can easily imagine using even the widest Dozer Blade for major earth-moving operations. These skidsteer attachments come in several widths from 60 to 96 inches and are capable of handling a lot of soil — both literally and figuratively. (Get it? A “lot” of soil? See what we did there? Oh, never mind.) With replaceable cutting edges, a skidsteer operator would be able to move from earth-shaping to grading with a few minor adjustments.

2) ON A CONSTRUCTION SITE: There are a thousand uses for these Dozer Blade skidsteer attachments. With adjustable skid shoes, a Dozer Blade would be able to push or move anything from pea gravel for a slab foundation to white rock for a road, drive or walkway base, all at the correct level.

3) ON A FARM OR RANCH: Dozer Blades are just the right skidsteer attachments for everything from moving piles of feed, to cleaning a stockyard or poultry house, to carving out the bed of a new field access road. With four-way pivotal movement, universal quick attachment and protected hoses, these attachments are tough and ready to be used anywhere.

The skidsteer machine itself can go anywhere. It deserves skidsteer attachments that can be put on and taken off in a snap, are as heavy duty as the skidsteer, and can be used in a lot of different situations. Those describe the Dozer Blade quite well. If you are a landscaper, a construction contractor, or a farm or ranch professional, get your skidsteer in front of a Dozer Blade. You’ll be glad you have one of the most versatile skidsteer attachments available.

For any given job, however, because just one machine is needed, sometimes the hardest decision to be made is just which skid steer attachments will be needed on site? When it comes to preparing a building lot for grass seed or sod, there are four mini skid steer attachments that will help you make the grade, as it were.

The Rock Bucket

It is essential to have a rock bucket attachment on hand for sifting the damaged soil of all of the construction debris. This attachment is 48 inches wide, so it can scoop up plenty. Its hefty, solid 1 1/8” tines will lift out the nasty rubble and leave only dirt.

The Scarifier

The attachment known as the Scarifier sounds like a Halloween prop, and to be honest, it could be. With its heavy duty, solid steel deck lined with teeth, this is one of the mini skid steer attachments to handle with care. But its intentions are good as it is used for breaking up hard as well as soft soils, turning the ground up and preparing it for final grading.

The Roto-Tiller

Another of the ground-breaking skid steer attachments is the Mini Skid Steer Roto Tiller. A compact powerhouse, the roto-tiller makes quick work of the toughest, hardest clay and packed soil. Although roto-tillers are officially mini skid steer attachments, this unit features an offset configuration (for tight tolerances) and adjustable, replaceable skid shoes (for maintaining operating depths) just like its larger siblings.

The Sod Roller

In areas of the project that won’t be getting seeded, the Sod Roller mini skid steer attachments make laying and fitting sod a snap, once final grading and preparation is done. It can handle large rolls of 24 to 36 inches in width, and up to 800 pounds, but it saves weight in other areas so it can easily be handled by most mini skid steer machines (always check the capacities of a skid steer before starting a job or using a new skid steer attachment).

But one of the most important skid steer accessories we sell are the skid steer lights. We sell these skid steer accessories because we’re not always impressed by the factory-installed lighting systems that come with the skid steer loaders.

The problem is we found it was difficult to see at night because the lights weren’t very powerful or durable. We figured if we were having these problems, then our customers must have the same issues, which is a problem for the contractors who are working long hours in the summer, or have the early morning snow plowing duty in the winter. So we began offering skid steer lights as part of our skid steer accessories line.

Each light is made from extruded aluminum cases with unbreakable polycarbonate material for the lenses., and the light is created by high intensity LEDs, which are impact-proof and have a life expectancy of more than 50,000 hours. They throw a 40 degree beam to light the way and help you spot dangerous situations in the dark.

We have been working with a manufacturer that builds some of the best commercial-grade vehicle lighting systems available, and we created a system that allows you to install them where you really need them, with an optional magnet set that lets you place them on any metal surface. And these lights use less than one-half amp per light, so it won’t add a serious load to your electrical system.

And like one of our other skid steer accessories, the cab enclosure, these lights are water- and weather-resistant. They can operate in temperatures as low as -40 Fahrenheit, and are protected from dust and extended periods of water submersion. In other words, they’re ideal for working in the winter, in the middle of summer in all the dirt, and even out in a heavy rainstorm. These skid steer accessories are not sold anywhere but at the Skid Steer Solutions website.

You may be a construction contractor who needs to get supplies to the second story of your building. Using the Teleboom skid steer attachment, you will easily be able to hoist drywall, shingles, brick, block, or any other construction material higher than ever before. The five sheet carrier hooks on instantly to the end of the Teleboom so you can begin to lift sheets of sheetrock, plywood, or paneling with the greatest of ease.

There is also a unique pallet carrier that uses the Teleboom to hoist pallets of almost any necessary construction, landscaping, or farm supply material high into the sky. With the Teleboom, your skid steer can save hundreds and thousands of man-hours by simply giving your skid loader a really useful reach. But perhaps more importantly, it saves wear-and-tear on the backs, arms, and legs of your labor force, potentially preventing injury.

The Teleboom attachment, like so many other attachments, can be used for a hundred other back-breaking tasks. If you are a mechanic, and need to hoist an engine out of a car, this attachment is for you (provided that your load does not exceed the maximum weight allowed by the Teleboom).

Farmers might also benefit from the Teleboom. It could be used on a farm to put supplies on the second floor of a barn or other outbuilding. it could be used to secure and carry large pieces of equipment, such as a cement or feed mixer, a generator, a tractor implement, or even a pallet of animal feed. There are so many potential uses for the Teleboom skid steer attachment that it’s hard to simply list them out.

Sometimes you just need bigger. Sometimes “big enough” just isn’t big enough. And sometimes you don’t feel like carting dozens of bags or bundles of something up and down ladders or stairs. That’s where the Teleboom skid steer attachment is going to really make a difference. With the Teleboom, bigger is sometimes better.

Then, it’s time to say hello to quite possibly the most practical and efficient cleaning skidsteer attachment on the market today. It’s called the Sweepster Rotary Broom, and it is a full 96 inches of brushing and cleaning power. This skidsteer attachment is a truly commercial grade, high quality broom.

The Sweepster Rotary Broom is a simple and elegant design. It could have come with a lot of needless convenience features, but instead, it offers a super-durable design, it’s not prohibitively expensive, and it has very few moving (and thus breakable) parts..

The brushes available for the Sweepster Rotary Broom come made of different materials, but the Metal – Plastic combo offers an excellent mix of wear-resistance and toughness. This Rotary Broom skidsteer attachment will fit all skidsteer loaders, it doesn’t require you to break the hydraulic line when changing out the core, and it comes with folding stands that can be pushed up and out of the way when the operator is sweeping.

One of the best features of this skidsteer attachment has to be the floating hitch point. Because of the way the hitch is constructed, the broom is always going to be in direct contact with the surface you are sweeping, so there is no need to worry that you will inadvertently leave piles of gravel or debris behind, just because the broom lifted for a second or two.

The operator can also change the angle at which the skidsteer attachment meets the road surface, though this can be upgraded from manual to a hydraulic control and a dual motor arrangement. The hex-drive system is also fully replaceable in case of wear.

When you think it might be time to sweep up, consider a skidsteer attachment like the Sweepster Rotary Broom. Who knows? If people see what a great job you can do, you might just be able to sweep up a little cash on the side.

There are a number of different skid steer accessories on the market that will deter teens and real thieves alike. They’re a must for anyone who is worried about the security of their skid steer loaders.

A two-sided skid steer lock is a thirty-inch wide, double-barred mechanism that reaches from one side of your skid steer cab to the other, surrounding and immobilizing the drive controls. Skid steer accessories like this do not come any more bullet-proof.

The wheel-lock is an all-steel, fully adjustable lock that clamps onto one or more of your skid steer wheels, and makes it nearly impossible for a thief or vandal to consider making off with your machine. This is one of those skid steer accessories that is as easy to operate as a bike lock, but infinitely more robust.

Attachment locks are small and ingenious. In essence, the attachment lock secures the locking arms in the down position, making it impossible to use the skid steer or move the attachment in any way. At only nine inches long, these skid steer accessories are a cinch to put on, take off, and put away. You just have to be extra careful not to lose the thing!

Skid steer accessories, like these locks, can keep you from becoming a victim. The kid who nearly drove the bulldozer is all grown up and responsible now, but you never know when the herd mentality will kick in with the local teenagers, and they’ll come to a jobsite looking for your skid steer. Skid steer locks are skid steer accessories worth investing in.

The post driver is a great example of these adapted skidsteer attachments. After prolonged use, the pointed tip of the concrete breaker attachment gets dull. These tips are replaceable because the steel that is used to make them, no matter how strong, eventually becomes too rounded over to grab into the hard stuff. This happened to a particular skidsteer owner not too long ago, and instead of throwing out the old tip, he got an idea.

The pneumatics of the concrete breaker still worked fine. And the tip was not bent or cracked, it was just too dull. So, removing the steel shaft, he machined the worn tip into a kind of cup. Then, after re-shaping the tip, he reconnected the whole attachment to his skidsteer loader. Raising the boom up high, he found that he had made what he says is one of the most powerful and efficient post drivers he has ever used. It’s one of the most ingenious adaptations of skidsteer attachments we’ve seen, and one we’ve been happy to sell ever since.

Someone else came up with three great reasons to combine an auger attachment and a cement mixing bowl: first, the spinning motion of the auger drive is needed to turn cement and keep it soft prior to pouring; second, the crew that uses an auger attachment to dig precise holes in the ground will inevitably need to anchor their support posts and poles in concrete. So it only makes sense to put the two together, and save on the costs of buying two separate skidsteer attachments.

An ingenious solution: the auger drive of these skidsteer attachments is pointed toward the ground, of course, but this new product has a flippable hitch that allows the spinning shaft to be upturned, secured, and then inserted into the cement bowl.

There are many inventions that start with unconventional use of simple skidsteer attachments. Bales of grass, straw, and other crops in rural communities need to be stacked, stored, and moved around. The Bale Spear is a pair of sharp fork tines for poking the bale and putting it in a barn or the back of a truck. But a single-tine spear can also be used for huge spools of wire, flexible drain pipe, and cable. The Bale Spear is one of those skidsteer attachments that perform brilliantly in all of these circumstances.

The skidsteer seems to inspire unconventional problem solving. But that always seems to lead to something good, just like these three skidsteer attachments. What can you come up with for your skidsteer loader?

Finding and buying a skid steer for sale is a lot like buying any other vehicle. There are a lot of manufacturers to choose from, there are new and used machines, and each skid steer loader is different. It’s always good, even if your only option is to finance the vehicle, to go into the process with a set budget.

Once you have found a skid steer for sale, or even several of them, there are only a few things to look at before you buy it or leave it. Used skid steers, like other heavy equipment, can’t be judged on miles travelled, so the key is to develop an eye for wear and tear.

WEAR: Normal usage produces wear, but there are places on any skid steer for sale that you should initially look for signs of abnormal or extensive wear. Look at the friction points, basically anywhere the parts of the skid steer move together. All of the hinged joints on the machine should be checked for wear, for excessive “play” (or looseness), and for the integrity of the pins. It could be either expensive or just plain dangerous if you decide to buy a skid steer for sale that needs replacement boom, cylinder, or bucket pins. The only thing that could be more of a problem is signs of unplanned damage or abuse.

TEAR: Crashes, accidents, and reckless stupidity may all contribute to the tear factor on a skid steer for sale. Structural cracks or torn welds are sure signs of an incident, as are brand new welds on an otherwise aged machine. It’s important to ask about these things.

OTHER THINGS to look for on a used skid steer for sale are excessive oil, fuel, and hydraulic fluid leaks. A new machine won’t have any, but expect a little wet around the motor on even a good used ski steer. And when test driving, make sure that the machine tracks true to the controls, and isn’t experiencing a major loss of power.

For best results, take along an experienced mechanic when you go looking for a skid steer for sale. It’s the trained eye that will spot a good value.