How Do You Buy The Right Skid Steer Attachments?
There are a lot of Skid Steer Manufacturers and Models to choose from as a buyer. This article is focused on showing the reader solid information about how to choose the right attachments for your particular model, but first we need to provide a little history lesson. The first Skid Steer loaders were produced by Melroe which became Bobcat. Many people still use the Brand name “Bobcat” to describe a Skid Steer loader even if the manufacturer is not Bobcat. The most popular brands of loaders today are Gehl, New Holland, Bobcat, John Deere, Mustang, Caterpillar, JCB and Takeuchi. Even though there are a lot of brands, they all have one thing in common! They all use the Bobcat Style “Universal Quick Attach” system to attach different implements to the machine to perform different tasks. They all went to this style hitch when many Skid Steer owners wanted to change brands of skid steer, only to find that their attachments would not work with any other brand loader. This shared “Quick Attac
