redm18
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So I noticed that Skidsteer content seems to be popular on here lately so maybe I would add my new little project. I have about ¾ of an acre in a small town in a house we bought last year. I have a 33x26 3 car attached garage and a very rough 16 by 24 foot pole building with a gravel/dirt floor. My wife and I park the daily drivers in the garage with the third stall pretty much taken up with my tools. The lot needs a fair amount of work done in order to get the yard in the shape that I would like. The main tasks will be filling in several large areas in the yard that are low spots, sloping the ground around the foundation away from the house, spreading gravel around probably 35 feet of driveway to get from the pavement to the street, adding a 26 by 12 foot gravel pad next to the garage to park a pickup and popup camper and spreading a good layer of fresh gravel on the floor of the pole shed. I think all of this is probably beyond the stuff at least I can do with a shovel and a wheel barrel.
Enter my new project I found on market place. It's a Gehl 2600 and it came with a big empty hole where the engine would be. The guy I bought it from said he bought it in a lot with some other stuff he wanted. He said the engine had a hole in the block when he bought it so he pulled it, scavenged some parts off it, and scrapped the rest. Other than an engine it seems pretty complete and I’m hoping if I get an engine it will work. If not I guess I get to tear into everything else. I believe it came originally with a 2 cyl Onan with about 22.5HP. There are repower kits on the internet with a Briggs Vanguard, a Honda GX690, and a Kohler for between 2k and 3k. I’m thinking I will go a little cheaper with a Harbor Freight Predator 670 at 22hp. Pictures to follow later.
So I noticed that Skidsteer content seems to be popular on here lately so maybe I would add my new little project. I have about ¾ of an acre in a small town in a house we bought last year. I have a 33x26 3 car attached garage and a very rough 16 by 24 foot pole building with a gravel/dirt floor. My wife and I park the daily drivers in the garage with the third stall pretty much taken up with my tools. The lot needs a fair amount of work done in order to get the yard in the shape that I would like. The main tasks will be filling in several large areas in the yard that are low spots, sloping the ground around the foundation away from the house, spreading gravel around probably 35 feet of driveway to get from the pavement to the street, adding a 26 by 12 foot gravel pad next to the garage to park a pickup and popup camper and spreading a good layer of fresh gravel on the floor of the pole shed. I think all of this is probably beyond the stuff at least I can do with a shovel and a wheel barrel.
Enter my new project I found on market place. It's a Gehl 2600 and it came with a big empty hole where the engine would be. The guy I bought it from said he bought it in a lot with some other stuff he wanted. He said the engine had a hole in the block when he bought it so he pulled it, scavenged some parts off it, and scrapped the rest. Other than an engine it seems pretty complete and I’m hoping if I get an engine it will work. If not I guess I get to tear into everything else. I believe it came originally with a 2 cyl Onan with about 22.5HP. There are repower kits on the internet with a Briggs Vanguard, a Honda GX690, and a Kohler for between 2k and 3k. I’m thinking I will go a little cheaper with a Harbor Freight Predator 670 at 22hp. Pictures to follow later.
