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Message: <blockquote data-quote="usa#1" data-source="post: 32594" data-attributes="member: 3516"><p>Otisdog, Are you talking about the D-ring that bolts near the bottom of the left arm. If so, I checked with a Bobcat dealer about purchasing one for my S150. It is powdercoated black and cost about $38.00 if I remember correctly. It's pretty heavy duty. I decided that was too rich for my blood so while at the dealer I traced it with a pencil on a sheet of notebook paper. Using the tracing, I made one myself. It's real easy to make it if you have a welder. I went to a parts house for transfer truck trailers and purchased a 5/8" D style leaf spring ubolt. It was almost exactly the same size a the bobcat part. I made the backing plate for for the D-ring out of the plate that clamps underneath the leaf spring on the trailer. After welding the D-ring to the plate, I cleaned and powercoated it. I believe I spent about $6.00 on parts. I already had the black powdercoat paint. If you would compare it to the one bobcat sales, I don't think you could tell which was which. It does a good job of keeping the hydraulic hoses away from the wheels, etc. Well worth $6.00.</p></blockquote><p></p>