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Rob Keeble said:
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. :)
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Tracks float where wheels sink. Soft sand,mud, and snow with a track machine you can float over the top of them wheels sink to the bottom. I have taken snow and piled it up in a hole to make staging for more than one project. You just keep pushing it out into the hole and as you go building it up like a dirt pile. Before you know it you have a hard packed road that (in our case a place to be to side a barn) 10 feet off the ground.:thumb:
A track machine is a bit more pricey. A track machine will climb up out of a hole better than a wheeled one especially is the ground is a bit slimy with mud. They have a lighter foot print something like 2.4 psi how ever they will big the lawn up real well if you turn to tight. But as long as you run straight and turn slow they do not rip it up as bad as one with wheels.
CL is full of used attachments for skid steers. Lots of people buy an item get the job done and no longer have use for it so off to CL it goes.
I'm not Jonathan but yes it would be a very handy machine around his farm.:thumb:
 
Sharon Korn said:
Where is the face slap icon???
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I'm just here to help. ;)
 
Brent Dowell said:
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....
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Where are you going to put all these attachments? Sounds like another storage shed/garage build may be coming up! A nice warm/cool place for Bob to hang out with his bling and for you to attend to his needs in comfort.
 
Well, Spent a little time adjusting the neutral settings on the steering linkage today. It's not perfect, but it's about a 100% better than it was. I can start it without finding the 'magic' spot for the control arms.

Also couldn't resist getting the backhoe setup on it today. All I can say is Wow! I know it's just a little backhoe on a skid steer, but I managed to clean out a couple of holes to plant some trees in today down to about 2.5' deep in really very little time at all. Almost became second nature coordinating the use of both feet, both arms, and the bucket control with the right thumb...

I also learned a few other things.

1) Old skid steers are really, really dirty to work on. I have to figure out a way/place to power wash this puppy.
2) Digging a hole with a backhoe in dirt that is over 50% rock is pure joy compared to using a spud bar and a shovel, or your bare hands.
3) You really don't want to run it out of diesel fuel, ever. Starting up again is a little bit of a chore...
 
As for number 3 just crack the injectors open crank it over until the bubbles stop tighten the injectors and varoom.:thumb::thumb::thumb:
 
Hmm, I'll have to check that out in the manual... I just kept cranking, the battery got low (probably needs replacing). Pulled out the jump pack and was able to coerce Bob back into running...

Oh, I forgot...

#4 - A 2' length of 1" iron pipe makes a good cheater for getting the quicktach levers down where they are supposed to be.

Don't have much skin left on my knuckles after today, but that's fine, the grease and dirt seemed to have stopped up most of the bleeding. :D
 
Just a word of caution. When unlatching the levers for the quicktach make sure the bucket is level and close to the ground. We had a guy here who was having trouble getting the levers to move so he raised the boom and dumped the bucket. With a pipe over the lever he got it loose. The bucket fell off and the cutting edge landed on his foot just behind the toes. He was on crutches for awhile. Have fun with Bob.
 
Rex Bloem said:
Just a word of caution. When unlatching the levers for the quicktach make sure the bucket is level and close to the ground. We had a guy here who was having trouble getting the levers to move so he raised the boom and dumped the bucket. With a pipe over the lever he got it loose. The bucket fell off and the cutting edge landed on his foot just behind the toes. He was on crutches for awhile. Have fun with Bob.
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Will do Rex. Little scared of those heavy attachments falling on me, so Have been trying to keep all those body parts I'm attached too away from them until I get in the seat!
 
Brent Dowell said:
Hmm, I'll have to check that out in the manual... I just kept cranking, the battery got low (probably needs replacing). Pulled out the jump pack and was able to coerce Bob back into running...

Oh, I forgot...

#4 - A 2' length of 1" iron pipe makes a good cheater for getting the quicktach levers down where they are supposed to be.

Don't have much skin left on my knuckles after today, but that's fine, the grease and dirt seemed to have stopped up most of the bleeding. :D
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I always just stood on mine.:thumb:
And here ya go it's not a bob but it has the same power plant.:thumb:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJn2kDnWQPU
 
Thanks Chuck!

That did look a lot like my kubota engine. Guess I'll just try harder to keep from running it out of fuel!

There was a few gallons still left in the tank, but the angle of the hill I was on was keeping the pickup tubes from getting any juice.

From now on, my rule will be if it's less than half full, fill it up...
 
Stuart Ablett said:
Brent, do you not own a MIG or stick welder?

Seriously, that would be VERY easy to fabricate!

Bob looks like a lot fun!
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That's one of them things that could be made. But IMO at the price it is way more cost effective to just to buy it. Unless you happen to have scrap steel laying around to make it out of.:thumb:
 
Man i think we should report this thread and have it closed.:rofl: its causing me way too much distraction.:D and fun.

I am learning so much and Brent i am green with envy actuall past green.

But you guys need to keep in mind that some of us here aint worked on these things before. So you gotta use more pics and less jargon or i need a new BOB dictionary. :rofl:

What is a quicktach ....my guess is a quick attach attachment of some sort but hey i dont understand the connection to that and getting knuckles hurt etc.

Is Sharon giving you the benfit of her expertise in this matter cause it sounds like you could do with her help. :)


On thing for sure i see you building bob a shelter and a service bay and storage shelves. Mmm me sees a nice steel building with some heavy racking ....all accessories stored on racking at a height that makes or easy attachment and removal with some sort of hoist if neccessary and a service bay that allows you to drain fluids without lying on your back. All tools required close at hand and power washer with run off concrete slope like one of those self serve carwash places.

Remember you take care of Bob and Bob will take care of you and the heavy lifting. :)

I dont know how you manage to get any computer work done with all your distractions around. That sailing boat is enough for me never to work another day. :)
 
Rob Keeble said:
What is a quicktach ....my guess is a quick attach attachment of some sort but hey i dont understand the connection to that and getting knuckles hurt etc.
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It is how the bucket and other attachments are held on the machine. There is a plate(quick attach plate) Pinned on the loader arms. This plate fits into a lip on the attachment and has 2 holes on the bottom that when the bucket is rolled back two pins stick through the holes. Than one moves the locking levers down that drive pins through the tabs on the bucket. These levers have a tendency to move rather hard. at first so what happens is one will pull on it and it comes dry so they pull harder and it pops open usualy resulting in bruised and bloody knuckles. After one time of that you learn to use a pipe or hammer or kick them like I do.
Not the same but you can get the just of it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ug3tmqQ09I
 
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