Hello from Alaska

[Saul907]

Hello from Fairbanks, Alaska.

I'm a 4-year owner of a Bobcat 853 with 4000+ hrs. Use it for plowing snow, lifting heavy crates, flipping trailers for maintenance, and yard/driveway work. Needs more TLC than I have time, but it keeps on doing what I ask of it.
One of my maintenance accomplishments is tapping in a new fuel pickup into the tank, after the factory pickup tube broke off. Installing a new pickup towards the center of the tank was a great way to avoid removing a LOT of components that were in the way of fixing the factory pickup.

Running Hotshots EDT in every tank of all my diesels and Seafoam seasonally.

Just picked up a very clean 709FDS Backhoe attachment.
Looking for the mount kit for my machine: P/N 6587606.

 

[cdmccul]

Welcome aboard!

 

[Saul907]

Welcome aboard!

Thank you sir!

 

[cdmccul]

Got pics of your new fuel pickup?

 

[Alaska_Rancher]

welcome here, lotsa bobcat owners on the board. I['m also in Fairbanks running a NH Lx885 fo 10 years. My fiberglass tank spung a leak few yrs ago, what a nightmare getting it out thru the bottom. Skidsteers are not easy to work on for sure

 

[cdmccul]

welcome here, lotsa bobcat owners on the board. I['m also in Fairbanks running a NH Lx885 fo 10 years. My fiberglass tank spung a leak few yrs ago, what a nightmare getting it out thru the bottom. Skidsteers are not easy to work on for sure

Any pics of your struggle? So it was fiberglass, not just a clear/black plastic? My fuel tank is white/clear poly... But I've got an ancient 632.

 

[Saul907]

Got pics of your new fuel pickup?

I can tilt the cab back and get some more photos this week. I know I have some already, but it's been a few years. I have the black plastic tank, so just bought a factory new grommet and pick up tube, and drilled the appropriately sized hole in the center top of the tank to make it all work.

 

[cdmccul]

If you gotta do that much to get the pictures, don't do it special for me. Ha, thanks thought.

I figured that's how you'd fix it. I like creative problem solving.

 

[Alaska_Rancher]

Any pics of your struggle? So it was fiberglass, not just a clear/black plastic? My fuel tank is white/clear poly... But I've got an ancient 632.

White fiberglass, it' was raining while I struggled so no pictures lotsa $^&8(* tho <grin>

 

[cdmccul]

Sometimes it's the colorful metaphors that get the job done!