Posted by jdemaris on January 20, 2011 at 14:16:28 from (67.142.130.12):
In Reply to: 753 bobcat skidsteer posted by 1349 on January 20, 2011 at 13:47:12:
I think it was a 753 that I used to borrow from a friend for tight work. He had a loader and backhoe for it (maybe ought to call it a "front" hoe. He bought it used with a couple of thousand hours on it and ran it for years. He had two graveyard contracts plus he did custom work. He died before IT did.
It had a Kubota diesel that ran on very little fuel, and the machine was bullet-proof.
That being said it was awful trying to change attachments on it unless on perfectly flat land. I don't have any flat-land around here.
One day I took the loader off, the Bobcat kept popping wheelies and I couldn't drive it 100 feet to where the hoe was parked. So, I put the loader back on, drove to the hoe, and tried again. Then when I bumped into the backhoe, it fell over. What a mess! One lesson I learned fast. Don't mess around changing attachements unless on level ground.
Next day it rained, and once the ground got wet, the Bobcat got pretty useless for moving dirt. Too little ground clearance. Wheels would dig into the mud, it would bottom out, and it would get stuck. I had to finish up with a Deere crawler.
But, when the ground was dry, the Bobcat worked much faster then a crawler-loader.
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