JCB Teleskid or John Deere 270? 

Went to my local JCB Dealer today to arrange a demo of the Teleskid because of your videos of the machine. The room in the cab and cad access is second to none. My brother who is quite large (6'8" 350lbs) can actually get in and out of the cab, which he cannot fit in any other Skidsteer he tried.

The telescoping arm is one of those things you didn't know you needed but once you have it you never want to give it up

As an employee of JCB in the UK it’s great to hear such positive feedback about Teleskid. I’ve only recently discovered your channel after being a fan of How Farms Work for a while and set Ryan up with the demo Teleskid machine and I’m now loving your videos too. Especially the really big machines your run. Such a contrast to UK farming.

I love my Welker farm videos and my coffee in the morning, thanks to all your family effort

JCB are good because they’ve had years of experience in the telehandeler industry which a lot of the designs are transferable

It's an easy fix, regarding visibility- just mount LCD on that boom, and camera on other side of it. It should work perfectly!

When I was shopping for a skid loader, I was focused on Bobcat, back in my day. I tried the 743, but it really felt lacking and I didn't like that it was all it could do to load a 15 yd. dump truck. I then tried the 7753 and it was night and day for me. High lift arms made side-loading the large trucks a lot easier and it had a wider stance. I had a 72" bucket with removable tooth bar, forks and a landscaper attachment. That there was an amazing implement! This was back in the early 90s and I bought the 7753, used, with 1400 hours on it and immediately put new tires on it and then had them solid rubber filled. At $100 per tire, that was a major money saver when working around thorny trees or demolition duty on jobsites. I would get my job done and come away from the site with my tires looking like a porcupine - but obviously NO flats! It's no fun having a flat and paying for a service truck and the down time. Rubber-filled was definitely the way to go for me.

I do love how you mentioned some of the things that you need to think about when running the JCB, could be considered drawbacks, or just unavoidable consequences of going with that design!! its very helpful to know in advance what your gonna need to think about

Paid for equipment is tough to beat. I think you made a great review and the correct business decision... Tough as it was.

I've been a huge fan of JCB products. That boom looks the same as the one they use on the Teletruck. I currently drive a JCB 540-170 and love it.

i have a 2011 bobcat s160. its simple but a workhorse. you see bobcat about 10 to 1 over other brands on construction sites around here.

That left armrest has two positions for the little gas strut. Yours is in the shorter one. If you change it, the arm will swing up until the joystick his the back window. 4 Phillips screws and a 13mm open-end wrench will do it.

Great to see one of the UK's finest companies represented all the way over there in Montana. Shame you didn't keep it, but I too have bills to pay. Luckily they are a heck of a lot smaller than yours!

Before you buy something, you owe it to yourself to demo a tracked machine..... I love tracks. Now, I'm not saying tracks are for you, but I'd definitely check it out, before I dropped that kinda cash.... Great video though. Very fair analysis... Great reminder for everyone, too, in all situations... If you are on foot, in an area where machines are running around, keep your head on a swivel, and stay alert.... Expect the unexpected. The operator, is going to be thinking real hard about their load, and where they are going... It's just human nature... Sure, they are supposed to be watching, but hey... Don't be wandering that area on foot looking at your phone... Pay attention....

I've ran a Deere, Bobcat and a tracked Cat, and the Deere is noticeably louder than the Bobcats. The Bobcat A300 I ran was two seed, but it could switch steering modes. It could skid steer or four wheel steer which kept you from tearing up lawns or scuffing up fancy concrete sidewalks. Of the three the Bobcat was so much nicer and while the Cat was solid, it was a single speed and slower than any of the others even if they were in slow speed. The thing that makes them so pricey is they can replace a dozen or more dedicated machines for small jobs. They pretty much make an attachment to do nearly anything. The company building our new shop used a big tracked Bobcat with a road grader attachment and graded the gravel inside the building's foundation after the steel supports and roof had gone up. That zero turn radius just makes them so much better in confined spaces.

That JCB is a real leap in engineering and design! Thanks.

Just picked up a Kubota SVL90-2 on tracks after my Bobcat 873 on tires wasn’t getting things done around the farm in the mud during spring and fall land improvements.

That's a nice JCB, tractor. I can understand there are way more priorities before buying this. Keep up the great videos Nick.

Great video, I always look forward to Wednesday and Saturday for videos. Nice fair comparison of the two machines. Good job on firing Leg Arms! Can't believe you're already over 220k subs, maybe 300k for Christmas! God Bless!

Would love to have a skid steer, but we just don't have enough use for one. We have a 5085E with pallet forks we use to pick up pallets. Every couple weeks we bring in a ton of cattle feed and have no problem picking it up. It is a two person job though, because the visibility is not very good on the loader. The only piece of construction equipment on our farm is a John Deere 17G excavator. We use it for digging trenches, ditches, leveling ground, putting in culverts. Man it is a great machine.

Great review. I learned a lot. THANKS!

A lot of positive remarks from folks that have purchased the JCB, good machines but like you said these type of machines are very expensive $$$$$

This is the most indepth and unbiased comparisson I have ever seen. Thank you.

We are running a Bobcat T880, and we love it we had to get it in a hurry because we were cleaning up from a storm, and we bought it and had it working in 3 days. We love it. I love the vids keep it up

Hey Leg Arms, if you are tired of getting fierd you can come to our farm here in Sweden and work for us insted!

Love my ASV RC-50 but when it's time to upgrade the teleskid will be top of the list.

We run a 326D Deere. It has been a very good machine for us. The worst problem we have had is the front quick tach plate was too light and bent which also took the electric actuator out too. $3000 later it was fixed.

We have a 260t I use for feeding cow large round bales and for snow clearing, I used to be a bobcat fan but after using the jcb I’ve switched all the way to jcb I love that machine.

Mount a small screen on the right A-pillar and camera on the roof facing the same angle. That way you can see to the right even with the boom raised.

We've got a John Deere 328d that is awesome I have no complaints other that when it is in the field picking up large square bales the air conditioning tends to make it overheat

I’ve ran a bobcat s770 i love the iso controls on it and love how the drive and steering is with my left hand and everything else is with my right it makes a difference as an operator when you have to be technical with your machine wish I had the chance to operate a jcb it wouldn’t be nice for snow plowing

Just got my first skid steer last year. It was a John Deere 125. With a continental 4 cylinder gas engine. Works great. Love it. Can use one hand to run and drive it.

we have had a kubota svl 75 for 4 years it has about 2000 hours on it. no complaints or promblems with it.

Love your videos and love your map on farming simulator 19

I am roughly 2 hours north of you from the land of the two colored flag. I rented many skid steers and tried most models. I ended up buying a new 2008 S250 Bob Cat. I chose it for the visibility and the 10 1/2 foot lift. It also drilled holes better because the arms would come down plumb. I can see that the teleskid has great visibility and I do like the side entry. You are correct about these machines retaining their value. I sold mine in 2017 with a little under 2000 hrs for the price I paid for it. Like your video's. As a kid we occasionally came to Havre for holidays.

Robert, thanks for the reply. I don't use Discord at the present time, but I did find an answer to my issue over on the Steam/Farm Sim 19 forum.

The only problem with the JCB (and i know this for a fact, having seen ours nearly tip over a few weeks ago) is that despite their best efforts (there's some really clever engineering in that unit) it's skewed towards the arm side, in terms of weight or better said, balance. Makes our operator a bit nervous "walking" edges or moving stuff on inclined terrain. We're prolly going to add a few weights on the other side.

If I owned the JCB Teleskid i would install a camera on the boom for visibility.

A well rounded, frank and serious assessment between the two units.

Great video, good idea on putting a poll up to get different opinions..

Gehl rt175 is so helpful, we do a lot of hay and have a lot of cattle, it’s good for about everything thing we do

The side door is amazing. I hate crawling into the cab from the loader. It's annoying if you're doing anything other than plain excavating like land scaping .

RIP Teleskid! Loved seeing it. Its almost like when the 2588s went it felt like something that was part of the farm was lost

Love the videos keep up the great work! love that skidsteer

2019 JCB has my vote, with regards to visibility out the right hand side, in reality you should not be driving around with the forks/bucket up in the air it needs to be like an inch or two off the ground then the boom won't be blocking the right hand side vision. At the start it seemed to me your lip movement to your words seems off? This video came up while I was playing Welker Farms map on FS19 :)

Nice video and i play the welker farms map on fs 19 on the Xbox one

I have an old JCB 535 farm special telehandler, not as compact as the new tele skid steer, doesn't turn on a button, but shortest wheelbase on a full size telehandler available, pick up hitch and auxiliaries. No where near as fancy as the new fly by wire machines, but your comment regarding the old skid steer having direct link between handle and hydraulic valve resonates. You do get better "feel" of how the hydraulics behave. Great channel, informative and factual, no fluffy stuff 👍

Lunch is always great when I get to watch a Holywood Video!! Nice honest review.

A small monitor with side mounted camera that comes on automatically when the boom is obstructing the view would solve that problem.

Teleskid has so much more operator comfort visability and reach capacity.. I'm a lifetime John Deere Guy and JD Skid steer is worth more than you paid for it. I would keep both..

When that JCB goes back, we shall miss it, loved watching it work

Good walk thru of the new JCB. You answered a few questions I had, thx!

Cheap reversing camera set might help that blind spot if you needed?

Checked prices, he wasent kidding when he said it was a expensive machine

Great video! Excellent editing, music great. Lots of work involved in making this, but viewer friendly!

These 20 min + long videos are damn fine keep it up

Comparing these two units is like comparing apples to hand grenades. The only bad thing about the JCB is that it cost an arm and a leg.

I own a CAT 252B2 skid, heat and A/C, turbo, 2 spd. NICE ride.

Running a CAT 272D love it Controls very smooth! “Once you go CAT you NEVER go back” Cheers from BC Canada 🇨🇦 BTW watch every video of yours , Always look forward to next releases :)

That is a cool machine. A teleskid will be first on my list when I look at getting one. Thanks to JCB & Torgersons.

The videos are fire man keep up the good work

Do not fire your brother and dad because work needs to get done and you are fulltime filmcrew😉 PS are you still gonna test livestream before harvest?

Very nice review on the skidsteers .Unless a person has spent a lot of time around farm/construction equipment they wouldn't know about all of the little quirks these machines have inherently.God Bless!!

I've never worked one of these, but it sure looks impressive. Like that you show the pluses and minuses of both, better than those new car comparing shows. Like to that you also admit to any mistakes you made working on these. Keep it real.

The Teleskid is amazing.

I see you can't put over the tire tracks on the JCB either. I like the OtTT, best of both worlds.

Another fantastic vid nick. I totally believe what you said about the two skids and their pros and cons because I think you’re an incredibly honest and loyal person, an example of which is you’re long term relationship with you’re local equipment dealer whose name I won’t attempt to pronounce so as not to offend, and helping out neighbors when they need it, or just inspiring and teaching people about what our farmers really do,Bottom line is we need people like you and you’re family who set a fine example for people to follow, to treat others with respect and kindness. And loyalty. Sorry for the sappy ness but I just had to say what was on my mind. 🤘🇺🇸👊

A great review, and your decision well founded. I have owned Bobcat and a DEERE skidsteer and both served us very well. My only experience with JCB is an early 70's backhoe. We found the JCB to be terrible for getting parts for and it was some kind of metric that was odd for any fit. Our CASE 580 a much better hoe. But having a local JCB dealer would make a JCB a good choice. BUT, all too expensive, the old DEERE still does the job. Oh, we mounted backup and side cameras in our DEERE for safety, we were a school district and wanted to see everything around us. Surprised the JCB didn't have cameras from the factory.

There are issues with the jcb/ Volvo 1 arm skids with eating arm bushings and pins as the 1 boom isn’t as stable and walks its self out Huge disadvantage

Sounds like a build vid coming for the deere? Make that old machine mint.

They should pivot the left joystick console with the door. You would have way more room to get in,and less parts to move to go in and out. It's drive by wire,so it's relatively easy to do.

Use to run a Skid Steer for a living bailing cardboard and any other jobs from grading the parking lots to moving dumpsters clearing brush trees even finished tearing down a house after the fire dept burnt it down for practice. The first one was a Catipiller 242 and the second one was a Catipiller 252B got them both new with zero hours only a few tenths of hours on them. The 242 was a good one and they got the 252 for me after 3 1/2 years cause I put 7700 hours on it. The step up to the 252B was nice. That thing was a beast compared to the 242. The Tela Steer that Machine looks nice and van see how useful it could be. It would have been nice to have one of those back then. Theres so much that you can do with them and can and would save a lot of work and getting in and out

Jcb man. So much easier to see escpecialy when your using an auger to punch post holes all day

Not to be apart of the H&S brigade :P But... do be careful walking under those Skid steer booms, there was a sad case in Scotland not too long ago, of a Recycling worker crushed to death when the hydraulics failed and the bucket and boom hit him, 38 years old with two kids and a wife #safetyfirst

We’ve got a Bobcat T650. Killer machine! We’re a Deere farm, and demoed a Deere skid loader first, then a Bobcat.

Our farm we run a Bobcat S510 763, and a Gehl 3510. We use smaller machines because we have a lot of small buildings we need to get into. I would seriously consider a JCB because of what you guys and Kuester's been doing with the machines.

I wudn't be brave enough to fire Leg-Arms. His arms wud have an intimidating effect on me...😂

Hi I’ve been playing walker farms map sense it came out

Nice job giving your analysis on the new machine...

Great video, Nick. We have been with Bobcat for 35 years, and love them. I have run a few different New Hollands as well over the years. The Teleskid is an awesome machine for sure, but way out of reach for us as well. All of our machines are older models, and like your JD, I do like the feel of mechanical controls. The reliability that a mechanical machine comes with too is a real perk in my opinion. I know that the old machines are not maybe as safe as the newer ones, but the best piece of safety equipment on the farm is the piece that is between your ears. Cheers - God Bless!!

Great video and teleskid for the win 100%

We just run John John Deere tractors that's all we're on we only use a bale spear

Thank you another very informative video. Keep up the great work. Love the JCB but just not in the budget.

Good honest review im glad u said the good and bad of both machines

always drive with load or no load, with the boom DOWN for maximum vicibilety. i can't understand farmers that drive tractors with the front loader hig in the air. its dumb

Nick… I’m running the front entry double arm chair with the rollabout Ottoman… Just so you know…

1:45 bought a teleskid lol guess the demo was eye opening.. Good video always look forward to them

I run a bobcat 770 skid steer with tracks ,It it used in construction and landscaping . I have operated many different brands and models and to me the 770 is by far the best so far. The thing is a beast. I guess if it had a telescoping boom that would be even better because you never know when you have to get up high. Enjoyed the video as always keep them coming.

Do you remember John Deere and we used bucket more than we do the Bale spear

Cat 299d2 Xhp is what I’m running

They are awesome but pricey machines. $65k for the wheeled and another $5-8k for the tracked version. Definitely worth it is you have a landscape business, or construction, etc they work well in those environments where the bigger units cant reach and they earn their keep for sure. Im sure you'll come across a good deal for one down the road in a few years. thanks for the review of the unit, you all have been putting it to work on the farm and im sure the dealer and JCB are glad you did. Now back to your map on FS19!

I like the teleskid. I do understand business. Some times you have make smart business dissensions. Even though in your heart you really want that machine. I know one day I will see a teleskid on your farm.

Have you thought about trying a newer bobcat? The specs are very similar to the teleskid.

JCB might want to put a proximity sensor on telescoping arm.

I ran a Bobcat for a few years and I must say that side entry of the JCB rules as I've had too many slips getting in and out of the Bobcat with snow covered booms and buckets. The telescoping boom would be a bonus!

Thank you, I am convinced, I have been going back and forth on what to buy.

only make left turns with the jcb. that's how my wife drives her car.

How Farms works wants to race their demo teleskid tracked unit against your demo wheeled model lol smh ROTF lmao Thanx from the left coast near the Krapitol of California

I used to own a JCB backhoe, it was an excellent machine. When I bought a skiddy, it came down to local dealer support which was Deere or Bobcat, with Case a little further. Lots of used JD's and Bobcats in the area. When I found out the oil could only be checked by leaving the boom up on the 324 I was looking at...I thought...who ever checks the oil on these things? Its hard, dangerous, and takes a lot of time? I've learned with maintenance, humans share the trait of not doing hard things that they don't "have to" right now....so I wonder how often the oil gets changed on the average deere skid steer, especially if its ran by "the help" instead of the owner? So, I opted for a Bobcat S220. I've put over 500 hrs on it in the last 6 years and absolutely could not be happier. I do like the side entry on the JCB, but other than that, I've found excellent support out of my local dealer with FANTASTIC PRICES on parts. Frankly, I expected the parts to be INSANELY EXPENSIVE like Deere...nope. Very reasonable. The only problems I've got at almost 2600hrs are the blower in the cab quit a few months back and I've got a bad seal on the left bucket cylinder, and various tire problems (not the machines fault). Thanks to the great local dealer I'll most likely trade for a newer bobcat when I get closer to retirement. This year alone the bobcat dug a bunch more post holes around the homestead/warehouse, 12-24 & 36" holes. A bunch of support work on a new septic system on one of our rentals (3rd year in a row for a new spetic system backfilling and grading), it placed a couple hundred more tons of driveway stone and did the heavy lifting and digging for a new 21' bridge we built back in the woods and moves customer goods from semi's to warehouse and then out to delivery. Love this machine....don't know how I could do without it at this point.

You're right Nick, all about priorities. Hoping grain bins and a giant cold storage building is your next thing to get done. Be nice to see some of those nice machines sit out of the elements.