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  1. M

    Choosing between CTLs and would welcome any input

    bobcatdan i was just wondering what kind of cold mill were you running and what was the width of the mill?
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    Choosing between CTLs and would welcome any input

    oh i will agree about the controls and ride. just wait to you put about 3000 lbs on the front. before demoing the cat this year it was hard to get some one to demo us a a clt with high flow. the biggest reasone we have a bobcat is dealer support. i will never complain about the dealer support...
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    Choosing between CTLs and would welcome any input

    the one thing that i did not get to do on the demo was load it and unload it( driving forward not backing on) off the equipment trailer without a bucket or attachment. i was in to big of a hurry to get jobs done. with the T300 i have no problem doing that. that is important to me because when...
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    Choosing between CTLs and would welcome any input

    i have demoed a cat 279. i was not impressed at all. the front suspension is a total waste if you are loading trucks. i could get a foot of movment of the bucket going over the side of the truck due to the suspension. the other big problem i seen was that the cat was light on the rear of the...
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    skid steer planer

    yes you can do it with a cold planer. i used our 30 inch cold planer on a where we had limestone (304) or 1.5 minus that we could not dig with the skidloader. the only problem i ran into was busting teeth off. i think the problem is we mill asphalt 99 % of the time and the teeth are not built to...
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    Crushed concrete vs limestone for driveway

    i have only found one supplier that sells a good quality crush concrete. the rest of the crushed concrete is junk, it will not lock together when rolled, water turns it into soup, and takes for ever to dry out. i would vote for the lime stone. my question is how thick do you plan on putting it...
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    Bobcat Cold Planer issues

    i have run a 18 inch bobcat grinder and you can be moving forward and adjust the depth. i is a very very slow pace when running a skid loader grinder. if you ask me i do not like the bobcat grinder. you can not put enough down pressure on the head to keeping it from vibrating to bad. three...
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    skidsteer mounted mill

    i run a bradco 30" cold planner. it is on its third year and have had no problems with break downs. the only problem i have had was desigin problems which i had to fix on my own. you would not belive how much better a cold planner works when you run it on a tracked skidloader. the traked loader...
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