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I just had two jobs that I couldn't do because my tire skid steer would sink right in. I got nothing done for 2 hours. Just had to keep unstucking myself till a buddy showed up with a tracked Cat brand and got the job done in like 45 minutes. I'm looking into getting tracks over my tires and going to see how that treats me. Houston ground is so wet and soggy!
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I want a track loader that has a minmum of 4500 pound lift and must be vertical lift. What do you suggest?
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one thing i noticed is you didn't go into much detail in the cost of ownership with a tract machine. From my understanding it costs $5.00 to $10.00 more an hour to run a tracked machine. That's a lot of money when the day of reckoning comes and you get to buy a $4,000.00 set of tracks and that doesn't include any undercarriage stuff. Baby that track machine. I know why you have 3 tired machines and 1 with tracks.
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Have you seen those JCB Units with 1 Arm, easy to get in and out of? I also like the Bobcat Versahandler.
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gription???
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Stanley, if you don't mind me asking, I'm thinking about doing some general all around landscaping and contracting and skid steer work as a side job. It won't be my primary source of income, and I know the business won't be large enough to justify having one machine with tracks and one machine with tires. I live in North Carolina where it hardly snows, so that's not an issue. But would a skid steer with tires and OTT rubber tracks be a good all around skid steer for me? I'm thinking that a Bobcat S250/S300 or maybe a newer model S650 would be a good mixture of size and capability to tackle most jobs I would encounter. Or should I go ahead and spend the extra on a track machine? Thanks for your input!
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Our company has several different skid steer brands. Bobcats just don't last as long as they should. Takeheuchi is junk - lots of DPF aftertreatment issues because the guys don't understand how to regen it. Recently cost us six grand for a new DPF. The Cat is awesone,but it uses a 2 grove idler that can plug with mud and throw a track. Had that happen the other day. The little Mitsubishi alternator, identical to the alternator on the Takeheuchi, is $630 from Cat. The Cat track frame spindles also won't take grease, if you go more than 2 or 3 days between greasing. Cat uses a torsion axle in the front and rear, similar to a trailer axle. The track frame slides onto the spindles, and are retained by caps. It takes some one to operate the machine side to side, and rock up and down while the 2nd person pumps the grease.
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I would recommend the Gehl RT 175 track loader. Great serviceability except the fuel filter is hard to.
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I have found that running a small, narrow bead of non-hardening clear silicone around the perimeter of the bulb/gasket interface will eliminate the tendency to pop out, and still allow for easy disassembly if the bulb fails. Repeat after installation of a replacement if the gasket's integrity makes is usable.
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My company and I rented a T-190 to do an under-pinning job she worked like a beauty! and we ended up buying it don't have to many problems with it works great its great for leveling grading under-pinning loading dump trucks you name it she can do it! thanks for this review it was very helpful
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Do you have any cat skid Steers?
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You're definitly a bobcat guy. Nothin wrong with it. You're an entrepreneur and bobcat has what you need. Honestly made me think about the type of skid steer I'd want and leaning more and more towards bobcat. My only ting with em is the pedals
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is that an interstate company skiddie? just wondering if you work there?
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We have an S205 great machine for having tires. recently added a Deere 333E to the fleet we wanted another tracked machine and have a Deere 317G on demo at the moment love the 333E not so much on the 317G Deere is supposed to bring another one out to try we feel this machine has an issue from the factory. We are not fans of the newer Bobcat equipment
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What do you think about radial vs vertical lifts?
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I used to have a Bobcat T190 and t180 and the t190 is probably the best track Bobcat because they're little enough move and they have a little bit more horsepower like what they were talking about
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I would buy a bobcat s160 and in a the summer put on tracks
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You should really demo a kubota svl 75 I went from using a bobcat to a kubota and won't go back