MultiCat Wheel Loaders for Landscaping
Landscaping is one of the most varied trades in New Zealand. In a single day, you might be grading a driveway, trimming hedges, grinding stumps, screening topsoil, mowing rough pasture, and shifting mulch. Each of those jobs traditionally needs a different machine or a different contractor.
A MultiCat wheel loader with the right attachments handles every single one. That is why landscapers across NZ are switching to a multifunction loader setup that travels on one truck, operates with one person, and gets the entire job list done.
The Landscaper's Toolkit: Key Attachments
Mowing and Vegetation
The 1.6m flail mower tackles rough pasture, overgrown sections, and heavy vegetation that would stall a standard mower. For thick scrub, the heavy-duty slasher mower clears it fast. Both leave a clean finish ready for the next stage of work.
Hedge Trimming
MultiCat's 1.0m hedge trimmer with arm reaches up and over hedges with precision. The 1.8m hedge trimmer covers more width per pass, making long boundary maintenance fast. For landscaping businesses that handle property maintenance contracts, these attachments pay for themselves within months.
Stump Grinding
The stump grinder attachment removes stumps below ground level, eliminating the need to sub-contract a specialist stump grinding service. At $8,000+GST, it pays for itself after a handful of jobs if you are currently hiring a stump grinder.
Digging and Ground Prep
The auger powerhead drills holes for trees, posts, and features. The digger arm handles small excavation work without needing a separate mini excavator. The rotary tiller prepares garden beds and planting areas. The leveler grades surfaces to precision.
Material Handling
Move bark, mulch, topsoil, and aggregate with the 4-in-1 bucket. Screen soil on site with the sieve bucket instead of paying for pre-screened product. Shift pallets of pavers, retaining wall blocks, and supplies with the forks.
Tight Access: The Landscaper's Secret Weapon
The LX100 is just 1.6m wide with a 3m turning radius. That means it fits through residential side gates, down narrow driveways, between houses, and into backyards where larger machinery cannot reach. For urban landscaping jobs, this tight-access capability is the difference between doing the job efficiently and spending hours with a wheelbarrow.
The 35 km/h top speed also means you can move the machine between jobs on the same property quickly, rather than crawling at walking pace like some compact loaders.
One Truck, One Machine, One Day
For landscaping businesses, the ability to load one MultiCat with a set of attachments onto your truck and arrive at a job site with everything you need is transformative. No coordinating multiple machines. No waiting for a sub-contractor. No second trip for a different piece of equipment.
Arrive, assess the job, swap attachments as needed throughout the day, and leave with every task completed. That efficiency directly translates to more jobs per week, less overhead, and higher margins.
The Pricing Advantage for Landscapers
Competitor compact loaders popular with NZ landscapers start at $55,000 to $70,000+ for comparable capability. The MultiCat LX100 starts from $25,990+GST. That price difference means a landscaping business can get into a MultiCat and several attachments for less than the base price of some competitor machines alone.
With Finance NZ, weekly payments make the investment even more accessible. Many landscaping businesses find the weekly finance cost is covered by a single extra job per week, with everything beyond that being pure profit growth.
Ready to upgrade your landscaping setup?
Call us on 0800 228 488 or DM us. Tell us what jobs you do most, and we will recommend the perfect machine and attachment package for your business.