Recent content by Pichemain

I have a Bobcat S205 and I want to install the beacon light kit and use the wiring for a LED light bar. Is the beacon light kit just a plug and play or is there more wiring involved? Also does anyone have the Bobcat instruction for the beacon light install? Thank you.

Last March I bought a 2011 S205, it had 3300hrs BUT I got a pretty decent price from the Bobcat dealer I dealt with. My machine is for personal use and of course the odd non-profit job. Because I was buying this machine for me (and wife) and wasn't able to see the machine in person I asked lots...

This might be a long shot.... but maybe a bad ground... just run a "booster cable" from the battery to a "good" ground. clean the battery terminals and connections. I bet in the end it will some silly little thing!

Thanks Tazza... I think I'll look at it on the weekend. I'll remove the washer and take measurements of it and get the machinist at work to make me another one less 0.005". I guess I should also plan on changing the axle bearings over the next year or so. I don't want to get into a mess like...

Hi... I have a 2011 Bobcat S205 with 3300 hours on it... I have a rear axle seal leaking. No biggy BUT I just want to do the job once. I checked with a dial indicator and I have 0.005" axial movement in the axle and 0.001" lateral movement. Tomorrow night I'll check the other axle and compare...

Alrighty... I took the plung.... I even got my wife to give me the thumbs up. I bought a 2011 Bobcat S205 with 3300 hrs on it from Bobcat of Brantford. My biggest concern was the hours and what the machine was used for, also I wasn't able to see the machine because its 16hrs away. The salesman...

Yeah thats true... 20,000 hrs wow! Just normal maintenance? As for tracks... I know with heavy equipment the if the chains are warn the sprockets are warn.... and if you change one and not the other.... it will wear prematurely... the new chain will wear to the old sprocket or the new sprocket...

So a 5 year old bobcat with 3000hrs on it.... I should be good for a couple of years before a major repair... or is it just luck of the draw?

I'm looking to buy a skid steer for personal use. I'm curious at how many hours so the components such as a drive motor fail, the tandem drive pump, the hydraulic pumps... etc. I fully understand it also in how you use the machine and maintain it. It's just a big investment and I don't want to...