[Hook'em_Horns!]

Originally Posted by daddysLBZ

Hey hookem,we are used to calling the mini excavator the ''bobcat'',[rubber tracks!!],and actually it's a Cat mini 302b,now the skid steer is EXACTLY that,with a front loader bucket,and manuevers on tracks.Takeuchi skid steer since we are all technical round here Sounds like a truck driver instead of an equip operator talking there...

Sorry, just had to Fun ya…the Bobcat ‘brand’ has become synonymous in describing equipment, like a tissue is a ‘Kleenex’.

Unfortunately Daddy, my knees will tell the truth of 2000+ hours logged in a CASE 440 Skid Steer clearing many an acre. A Hauler now, but of my many varied careers, Commercial/Residential construction was one. Got tired of the constant employee problems in construction and started bringing everyone else their materials instead. I hate operating the ‘Bobcats’, but I think my favorite is the MUSTANG track steer, a little ‘touchy’ on the controls at first.

They ARE heavier than most people think. 5k is about right on the ‘Mini Backhoe’, with the small Skid Steers starting around 7k and on up to 9.5k. I always get a little ‘Edgy’ when I encounter some idiot pulling a small one with an old ½-ton on a 5-lug tandem with the wheels bowed out and no lights plugged in, so I know they have NO BRAKES.

You’re not blocking the rear of your trailer when loading? Working in the Delta, you won’t encounter it but, working in the hills, I think everyone should experience the feeling just once of being half on the rear of the trailer, lifting the rear wheels of the truck off the ground and having her just start rolling away downhill!!!