Willis bought the Bobcat and attachments used from his local dealer for about $11,000. Money well farm fence post gate spent, he says. he uses it to move pallets of feed, move calf huts, and clean the barn. the green box shown in the photo above is actually post a hog hauler willis picked up at a local auction. it will hold four calves on the front of the skid steer when it comes time to move them from huts to the barn for weaning and processing. his older barn has been remodeled, late style driver floorboard pad and the skid steer slides perfectly down the aisles and into the pens for cleaning. anything bigger wouldn''t fit, says willis.some producers cite purchase of a skid steer as their best fence recent management change.

in the palm of his handuntil recently, when post a prospective driver and fence buyer would come to the koupal angus ranch near dante, south dakota, to post look at bulls, la vern koupal (pictured at far left) would grab a thick stack of records and carry them out to the rolling pastures. "i''d be digging through the driver papers, and the wind would be flipping the pages, and i could never find the right page," says koupal.now he takes his $850 palm pilot out of his coat pocket, writes in a bull number, and instantly gets all the production and bloodline information he and the buyer need. "it''s unreal what this technology can do," he says.

blitzer solar fence controllers are made by zareba systems. solar fence electric fence controllers retail for $150 to $280, depending on voltage and other accessories. temporary electric fence (14-gauge, two-strand) costs about $400 per mile or 8[cents] per foot.related article: six post picks: skid steershere are the survey respondents'' favorite skid steer makers, and specs driver far some heavy-duty models:bobcat. the $300 has a 3,000-pound rated operating capacity 10.5-foot lift height, and 12.5mph travel speed with 2-speed option. $31,000.case ih. the 85xt gets a grass 80 hp. at 2,500 rpm, can lift up to 2,860 pounds, and has a dump height of up to 92.3 inches. $30,000 - $35,000.