Guys, Meet Bob.

[Brent Dowell]

I thought about an auger, but we had a guy out last year to run some water lines for us and he used basically the same thing I've got now.

It seemed to work pretty well, especially considering just how rocky this soil is.

I figure I can use the backhoe for digging planting holes and doing trenching as well...

[Brent Dowell]

You sure Bob is a Robert or maybe it's a She a Bobbie (Roberta) She sure is getting some nice accessories

You know, I tend to think of graceful machines, like cars, boats, guitars as being of the feminine gender.

When I think of big ole brute force machines like my F350 Diesel Dually or Bob, I kind of think of them as being of the masculine gender...

That's why my truck is Named KingBubba, and Bob is named, well, Bob!

[Chuck Thoits]

I don't know Brent equipment is kinda like a girl. It can be temperamental at times. (having a hard time finding neutral) And as we all know girls like accessories

[Sharon Korn]

Where is the face slap icon???

[Brent Dowell]

Where is the face slap icon???

[Ken Cook]

Nice additions your gonna need one of these to clean-up those tire marks, and... you probably have enough room now, to use it in your shop, no more dust pans

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yfqmt...feature=relmfu

[Rob Keeble]

Wow I am quiet uninformed when it comes to Bobs. Is there anything that these things cannot do or have attached. I never knew you get a backhoe attachment for them.

Brent how high can the arm go with the extension.

What i am getting at is would this machine have helped you with the roof on your bunkie?

Say for example you put the forks on the end of the arm and add a pallet could it have acted a bit like a platform of a cherry picker? Yeah i know dangerous etc but if say you were trying to put shingles up on that roof could it have acted as a platform for the shingle packets and what height would that have been.?

Are accesories priced at a reasonable level or do they come like printer cartridges and sting? I presume these are available in the "used" market or is these less of this available.

Just for infor sake can the guys that know tell me what the merits are of track versus wheels.

Tanks used to have tracks but i seen wheels work even better in military action especially in soft sand. Whats the bobcat track versus wheels comparison. Are they in the same price range.


Jonathan this questions for you, hope you reading this but could a bob like this not help you in your farm to soften the tasks if you added a few attachments? I know you got some big berthas but this seems to me to be small and agile or what? Not saying give up the team.

[Brent Dowell]

1) Wheels work fine for dry conditions. If it was wetter our here, I'd be wishing I had tracks.
2) The lift height I think is about 114", so almost 10'.
3) It would definitely have been useful for lifting the trusses up on the shed. It would have been even better help leveling the pad.

The backhoe attachment will dig down to about 6', according to the literature. That might be a bit of hyperbole.

I've got a tree to move, and brush to dig out, and I have a little spade attachment coming that will attach to the forks to allow it to dig like a really powerful shovel.

So, yeah, with the attachments you can get, this thing can be pretty versatile.

As far as cost, there are a few types of backhoe attachments you can get. Since I really won't be digging holes everyday, I got this kind which is a lot less expensive. They make kinds that still attach to the skidsteer, but swivel, and even bigger ones that really just use the skidsteer to move around and you have to get out and sit on.

As far as pricing, well, I thought these were pretty reasonable new. I could have probably searched for used ones, but I kind of wanted to get started on a few projects and didn't feel like searching around for them.

I'd been saving up for a while for a Compact Utility Tractor, and the skidsteer and all these attachments came in considerably under what my budget was....

[Bart Leetch]

"I have a little spade attachment coming that will attach to the forks to allow it to dig like a really powerful shovel."

Please post it when you receive it. It probably won't fit my antique but would be interesting anyway. I use a fork to dig under rocks & pull them up. I do have a Case backhoe that is designed to fit my Robert-cat. Some day I'll put it on & get a pic.

[Brent Dowell]

Here you go Bart, This is what I ordered... Just slips over the forks and you chain it up.

http://www.northerntool.com/shop/tools/product_200356534_200356534