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Message: <blockquote data-quote="bobcat_ron" data-source="post: 10667" data-attributes="member: 1066"><p>You said brother, I have become a much better and more productive operator since buying my new 247 MTL from Cat, grading on rough uneven terrain is a snap, big difference, it's like operating a tractor with the front oscillating axle locked up versus one that is unlocked, no more tipping down into ruts and what not, even the tracks and rollers have surpassed my expectations in the first 20 hours of a harsh environment that I ran through.  Learn how to work the bucket while pushing is the trick, if it was done in the Deere vid,  Cat and ASV would have caught up with the Deere.  My T190 would have cost over $7000 to keep running, new rear idlers, new front idlers, new sprockets and tracks and labour and shipping costs, all this after not even 1800 hours, my 247 is cheaper, I am replacing individual parts like squirrel cage rollers and track rollers over the 2000 hrs, it's much cheaper to pay a couple of hundred bucks over a few months once in a while than it is to pay over $7000 in one month.</p></blockquote><p></p>