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QUESTION:A strip of full hard shim stock that is the width and length of the
platen? That could be replaced easily and as often as necessary. You
would probably have to figure a way to clamp it in place without causing
a hump in it.
I think I had a Craftsman belt sander that had something like that. I
got rid of that one because it used an oddball size of belt that could
only be found at Sears for the most part.
ANSWER: I spent a couple of pleasant afternoons running my brother in law's
Case 9020B excavator last week while I was in PA on vacation. Huge
(weighs ~35,000 lbs)compared to mine (weighs 1,700 lbs) but the
controls were the same and the bigger one was much easier to operate
once I got used to how much area it covered - very smooth, lots of
pump flow to support compound movements. Really fun to watch it
scooping a yard of dirt per scoop - I dug a hole the size of my
swimming pool in less than 25 minutes with it and I'm really slow
compared to a professional operator that does it day in and day out.
However, for what you want to do I think a New Holland 515 skid steer
would be a pretty good machine - and it wouldn't crush the curbing if
you strayed onto it.
I liked the CAT 953B track loader also, moves a lot of stuff, although
it is a small one of its kind. 2.4 yard bucket if my memory is
correct. But the excavator is the most fun - its just hard to find
jobs to keep it busy for very long.
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