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Machine runs on 33.3-hp., liquid-cooled Isuzu 3LDI engine. A 65-hp. rated hydrostatic transmission is equipped with servo control to reduce pedal effort in forward and reverse travel modes. Loader boasts 3,400-lb. breakout force and 2,100-lb. lift capacity. Maximum loading height is 90 ins. Bucket holds 1/2 cu. yd. Ideal for construction, utility, landscaping, and other small or medium earthmoving applications. Ingersoll introduced its 7000 Series Loader/Backhoe at EXPO 2001. The 7020LBH is a compact 4-wheel-drive tractor designed and built from the ground up as a dedicated loader backhoe. Engineered as an integral part of the tractor and frame, the loader has heavy-duty lift arms with a reinforced bucket for maximum strength and single-lever control operation. The loader bucket''s lift capacity is 750 pounds at full height. The backhoe is coupled to the tractor via mounting arms that are connected to a counter weight for optimum performance. It offers a 92-inch digging depth with joystick controls and a selection of buckets from 8 to 24 inches. The tractor is powered by a 20-hp. Kohler engine. hydraulicrampumpspec It has a hydraulic drive through a 2-speed transaxle controlled by a foot pedal. I don''t know anything else nonexplosive, that you can pick up with one hand, and that can move five tons one hundred feet--with safety, precision, and astonishingly little work. Like many good tools the Tirfor is a thing of beauty, superbly designed and engineered. With 100 feet of cable (or more) its reach is much greater than a come-along, and this can often make all the difference. Its speed is much faster, too, not just the speed in moving something (the lever is double-acting) but speed in setting up or moving the set-up around. Often when you need to move something, minutes if not seconds count. The action is precise. A come-along winds the cable hydraulicrampumpspec upon itself, and often when the cable comes under tension the cable wrap slips a bit. The resulting jerks can cause all kinds of problems in a situation where precise movement counts, and a sudden shift in load may cause failure somewhere else. Finally, the Tirfor has a much more effective (and safer) mechanism for smoothly lowering a heavy load. Most (ratcheted) come-alongs are very poor at this. The most universally capable modern homesteading machine we know of is a commercial-grade compact diesel tractor. We like Kubota tractors, John Deere''s 20- to 48-hp 2000 class and New Holland''s Boomer line. Even the smallest models--which look like sturdily built lawn tractor mowers--are equipped with powerful diesel engines and industrial quality transmissions and running gear. They also sport a three-point rear hitch that will mount commercial farm land plows, harrows and rakes and provide attachment points for a hay or field corn cutter bar or silage chopper, a sprayer or buzz saw. These tractors include a hydraulic system that will power remote motors on the chopper''s flails, the sprayer''s pump or hydraulicrampumpspec the saw''s blade. They''ll also mount hydraulic cylinders hydraulicrampumpspec to pull the plow up or dig it in and hydraulicrampumpspec hold it down and will run any number of other hydraulic attachments such as a front-end snow thrower or plow blade, a bucket loader to carry soil, gravel or building bricks, a rear-mount backhoe to dig trenches, a forklift to raise bay bales hydraulicrampumpspec into your barn loft, an electric generator to power hydraulicrampumpspec the house and barn if the power lines go down in a storm, or a pump to fill a pond or empty the cellar after a flood. A modern, small diesel tractor is a major investment for a ranch or truck-farming operation--but one that will expand your homesteading capabilities beyond muscle-power, and will pay off every day for a lifetime or two of strenuous use.
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