Yesterday I borrowed a older bobcat. I have used case and hydromac before. The guy we borrowed it from said he would sell it if we wanted it. The loader works well (maybe a little fast). I cant stand the way it drives and steers. The thing does not seem to have any marking or id plates anywhere that I can find. The counterweight cover on the back says bobcat as does the seat. It has a 4cyl Wisconsin gas engine that from what I read is the typical hot start problems. It has the lever on the left side that changes the vbelt pulley pitch. It has the 2 1/4 plugs behind the left front tire. It has the 2 rather large nut cap things on the side above the wheels. The right side has a small control box with a broken meter I cant tell what it was and an hour meter. The left side has the key and light and an ammeter that does not seem to work. The gas filler is on the left side back corner. It has the large round cover on the left side just above the rear wheel. I assume this model is the clutch drive type? Most of the time it does not want to do smooth turns. It seems to roll quite easily. At first it would seem to want to stall the motor when you tried to turn. If you only push one lever forward it moves forward fairly straight. After an hour or so it seemed to get a little better but was still no where near like the others I had run. Does this sound normal for this model? Is it an easy fix or adjustment? Or should I just finish my project and return it to the guy and keep my eye out for something better. In the open moving dirt in the yard it was OK but trying to move some heavy stuff around around the barn was quite interesting and did some damage to the barn and the stuff I was trying to move. I would just take more time and keep reading here but I think the owner is going to want to know if I am going to buy it tomorrow. We have not talked price but being an older beat up unit with bald tires im thinking around $1000 as is tops. Its more or less of a toy and I work on cars and tractors all the time so tinkering is not an issue I would just hate to end up with something that needed a major expensive part and after replacing it I would still have a pile of junk that is hard to drive.