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<blockquote data-quote="Tazza" data-source="post: 710" data-attributes="member: 82"><p>Well, the main reason i bought my Bobcat was that i needed a project to keep me busy, also we live on acerage with a creek running through the middle. Each side of the driveway slopes down to the creek, it was made of bitumen all of 20 or so years ago. Many years of neglect left it in horrible condition. I started looking in the paper for a cheap second hand Bobcat and found one, an old 731. Yes i know its old, its about as old as i am, but it works great. Now the driveway is very easy to maintain, its amazing just how much such a small machine can actually do!. I use it for so many things, lifting things on to and off my dad's truck, moving concrete pipes around the yard to use as fish ponds for my mum, moving rocks (this is where the 4 in 1 bucket really shines), building retaing walls, moving dirt, the list goes on. I could never be without it now. I have 2 attachments to build for it, an excavator attachment (one of those ones that use the aux hydraulics to drive the bucket) and pallet forks. I would also like to one day get a post hole drilling attachment for it, but i have asked the Bobcat dealer and they say they almost never get them, for the use i would give it i would be wasting my money buying new. I don't do commercial work with my Bobcat, i fear it would die on a jobsite and cost me a fortune to fix. I believe its the best money i have ever spent. I would like a more current model but the amount of work i have done on this one i will find it very hard to part with it, new ram seals all round, new hoses all round, re-built the tilt ram (was bent like a banana and spewed out oil) and re-built the controll valve block, now my lift arms don't slowly fall when the pedel is in the centre position!!. I have found the parts are of a reasonable price, the service is EXCELLENT, if you ever have any problems you just talk to the service department and they will help you out without hesitation. Personally i would only ever own a genuine Bobcat. ooh, his name is BOB, for BOBcat <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Tazza, post: 710, member: 82"] Well, the main reason i bought my Bobcat was that i needed a project to keep me busy, also we live on acerage with a creek running through the middle. Each side of the driveway slopes down to the creek, it was made of bitumen all of 20 or so years ago. Many years of neglect left it in horrible condition. I started looking in the paper for a cheap second hand Bobcat and found one, an old 731. Yes i know its old, its about as old as i am, but it works great. Now the driveway is very easy to maintain, its amazing just how much such a small machine can actually do!. I use it for so many things, lifting things on to and off my dad's truck, moving concrete pipes around the yard to use as fish ponds for my mum, moving rocks (this is where the 4 in 1 bucket really shines), building retaing walls, moving dirt, the list goes on. I could never be without it now. I have 2 attachments to build for it, an excavator attachment (one of those ones that use the aux hydraulics to drive the bucket) and pallet forks. I would also like to one day get a post hole drilling attachment for it, but i have asked the Bobcat dealer and they say they almost never get them, for the use i would give it i would be wasting my money buying new. I don't do commercial work with my Bobcat, i fear it would die on a jobsite and cost me a fortune to fix. I believe its the best money i have ever spent. I would like a more current model but the amount of work i have done on this one i will find it very hard to part with it, new ram seals all round, new hoses all round, re-built the tilt ram (was bent like a banana and spewed out oil) and re-built the controll valve block, now my lift arms don't slowly fall when the pedel is in the centre position!!. I have found the parts are of a reasonable price, the service is EXCELLENT, if you ever have any problems you just talk to the service department and they will help you out without hesitation. Personally i would only ever own a genuine Bobcat. ooh, his name is BOB, for BOBcat :) [/QUOTE]
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