Buying Guides

Mini skid steers and compact track loaders are popular choices for fencing, landscaping, and light construction because they fit through standard gates, work in tight yards, and leave less track marks than larger machines. The question that keeps coming up is whether these compact loaders can effectively run a hydr...

The type and diameter of post you install most often should drive your attachment choice more than any other factor. T-posts, wood fence posts, steel sections, and guardrail rails all put different demands on impact energy, drive rod size, and how you run the machine. Matching the driver to your primary post materi...

Selecting a skid steer post driver comes down to four things: the posts you drive, your machine's hydraulic capacity, the ground you work in, and how many posts you need per day. Pick a driver that's too small and it'll stall in hard soil; go too big and you're wasting flow and possibly overloading ...

Putting a mulcher on a skid steer that's too small is a recipe for trouble — instability, poor cutting performance, and premature wear on both the machine and the attachment. A carrier that's too large for a small mulcher wastes fuel and can actually overspeed or damage the attachment with excessive hydraul...

Hydraulic flow is the single most critical factor in matching a mulcher to a skid steer. Too little flow, and the mulcher runs slow, stalls constantly, cuts poorly, and stresses the carrier's hydraulic system. Too much flow — beyond what the mulcher is rated for — can damage the hydraulic motor, seals, and hose...

Picking between a drum mulcher and a disc mulcher is one of the bigger decisions you'll make when equipping a skid steer for vegetation work. They both cut trees and brush, but they go about it differently — and that affects mulch quality, cutting speed, how big a tree you can handle, and what your hydraulic sy...

A mulcher that doesn't match your skid steer's hydraulic output, weight capacity, or the vegetation you cut will stall, underperform, and wear out prematurely. Picking the right one means looking at your machine first — then matching the attachment to your typical jobs. This guide walks through the key deci...

Building a log splitter for a skid steer means getting the hydraulics, structure, and mounting right. A homemade splitter can be a practical project for personal use, but it takes a solid grasp of hydraulic principles, frame strength, and mounting interfaces to make something that's safe and durable. This guide...

When you're turning logs into firewood, the first big decision is whether to go with a standalone splitter or a combined cutter-and-splitter setup. A standalone splitter does one job — splitting pre-cut logs. A cutter-and-splitter or processor attachment combines cutting, splitting, and sometimes conveying into...

Log splitters for skid steers come in four main mechanical configurations, and each one handles logs differently. Hydraulic wedge splitters use a cylinder to push a wedge through the wood; inverted splitters do the same but from above; cone and screw designs rotate into the log to split it. The right choice depends...