They have to learn at some point.

Nate V. IA · Jul 26, 2013

I finally have my oldest son driving equipment, Bobcat S175. Oddly enough this is the only one he can drive because he's to short, he can't even reach the clutch on the lawn mower. He wont be loading manure anytime soon, he can only push the back half of the pedals so only bucket tilt back and loader arms up. I was surprised he weighed enough for the safety switch under the seat or maybe there isn't one.

We had about 600 ft of single strand hot wire to roll up after they completed construction on the chicken house you can see in the background. He drove along beside the fence while I took the wire off and pulled the post. I tried to get a "working" photo but he kept posing for the camera so I gave up.

Nate

uncle henry · Jul 26, 2013

you might have better luck by shooting him in the back that"s what they do to me for most pictures of me except my dl

Craig2 · Jul 26, 2013

I started on a Case 1816 when I was about 7 or 8. No trailer then so I drove it on the road from farm to farm. Didn't load anything then, just drove it from place to place but I got the jest of how it worked. That probably started my love for the farm

RBnSC · Jul 27, 2013

He is a better man than Me. I have run almost every piece of construction equipment there is except a dragline and I can't get the hang of a skidsteer. That business of working the bucket with foot pedals messes me up. Case backhoes mess me up too.
I was 8 when I drove My grandfathers 8n back to the house (about 1 1/2 miles) by myself. Had to stand up to mash the pedals man I thought I was big.
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T in NE · Jul 27, 2013

Seems to me the Bobcat system doesn't take much pressure to activate the seat switch, and once the bar is down, you can come clean out of the seat, and as long as the bar doesn't move it stays working. Figured that out picking rocks, bar half down, push down on seat, bar on down, now you can reach in and pull the levers to move the loader.

They have to learn at some point.

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