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Message: <blockquote data-quote="skidsteer.ca" data-source="post: 11085" data-attributes="member: 307">If it has the 3 analog 2 inch guages that would indicate it is not the boss option.If it has bar graph electronic guages it is a boss option, be forwarned, machine with boss that are displaying  error codes in the hour meter display  at startup or  during operation can be expensive to fix that electronic cr_p.Also be sure to activate the aux hydraulics to be sure they function, push the aux mode button up on the dash 1 time, one of the green lights on it should light and stay lit (flashing indicates malfunction) then push the thumb lever on the rh steering lever right, the engine should labour as the front quick coupler oil goes over the relief valve, also it must stop when you let it go and it centers to neutral. Try it to the left and the same thing should happen.Then push the aux mode button again, now 2 green lights beside it should both be lit. Now pull the finger trigger on the front on the rh steering lever. First pull the engine should labour, and keep labouring until you pull it a second time. This is the aux hyd  (front couplers) locked mode used for running a hoe or brusher, thumb switch is used for controlling a grapple etc with cylinders.Any bobcat wheel loader will be vary light on the front when empty, a long wheel base may be marginally better then a short one. If you remove the front attachment, you can let all the air out of the front tires and they will stay up.You can counterweight the front or rear depending on your application.  Skids work on hills by keeping the heavy end up hill. which is the front when the attachment is loaded and the rear when it is empty.Deere has an advantage on hills being they are a heavier machine for a given lift capacity, they have more weight on the front tires with no attachment and a long wheelbase. Bobcats are about the lightest machine in a given lift capacity. They have 90 % of the weight on the back when empty, and that much on the front when fully loaded. Working on hills goes better with moderate size loads and counterweight to the front.Skids tend to have a low center of gravity though, if you keep the load low.Ken</blockquote>

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