PeterD wrote:
>
> On Sun, 05 Nov 2006 18:40:13 -0800, "Paul Hovnanian P.E."
> <paul@hovnanian.com> wrote:
>
> >This may be a little off topic, but here goes.
> >
> >Many (about 20) years ago, I saw a guy using a small tractor, about the
> >size of one of a riding mower. It had a power takeoff for a small
> >backhoe attachment (and other goodies). It had all wheel drive, but
> >instead of the usual front wheel steering, it had fixed front and rear
> >axles and was articulated in the middle with a hydraulic steering
> >system. The guy using it claimed that this thing could get into almost
> >any terrain.
> >
> >I seem to recall that it as a Kubota, but I may be wrong. Anyone have
> >any ideas about what it is (was)? I didn't see anything like it on the
> >Kubota web page.
>
> It may have been a Kubota, but wasn't as small as you remember...

About the same ride height as a lawn tractor, but somewhat longer. The
tires looked like wide ATV tires, about 18 inches in diameter. The only
articulated machine on the Kubota web site is a loader. The machine I
saw was definitely smaller than one of those.

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