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    Bobcat attachment control device (ACD)

    Trying to use a grader attachment on my s185 without pilot controls. I hook up my auxilary hoses and my 7 pin electrical connector. Engage maximum flow. The two small vertical toggles on each of my control sticks work to run each side of the moldboard up and down. However, the left hand center...
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    Ditch Witch blade won't take grease

    Hey guys Ditch Witch RT40, but I believe the blade assembly is fairly similar on all the compact ride on's. The pivot bushing won't take grease. I can reach up inside the zerk hole with a piece of wire about 3 inches and there is some older grease up in there, but its not hard. Has anyone had...
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    Case 460 trencher

    Does anybody have any experience with the Case 460? I really like the size of this machine, however I am worried that it would be underpowered. A 6000lb machine that digs 5' deep and only a 37hp Kubota? The 560 has 51hp. That seems more like the hp I would want, but it is too bulky of a...
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    AW32 or AW46

    Sorry, it was late last night and I was headed to bed. I should've waited to post. It's an 04 s175 bobcat with 1600 hours on the clock. Machine looked the part when I bought it, but have since come to discover I own a Ritchie Bros. special. It is a weird machine. The condition of some of the...
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    AW32 or AW46

    My drive motors are getting noisy. Would I be better off going with the heavier viscosity oil or will it make any difference?
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    Well designed skid steer forks?

    The last couple guys get it. Thank you. I was using my John Deere forks on my bobcat today and there is next to no rollback. Carrying loose pipe at low level would be sketchy at best. I have been getting measurements from manufacturers and so far blue diamond is the lowest riding, no idea on the...
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    Well designed skid steer forks?

    What I'm most concerned with is roll back and being able to set the forks on the ground completely. This helps when loading on uneven terrain. It seems like no manufacturer is putting any thought into these areas. I'm looking for feedback from people who have forks like this. Also any feedback...
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    Well designed skid steer forks?

    I am looking for a well designed set of forks. Currently I have a set I built by copying a friends and a John deere set. Neither set touches the ground or has very much rollback. I have a bobcat s175 and when the forks are at their lowest and level the tops are 4 1/2" and 3 1/2" off the floor...
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    Ideas for flushing bobcat hydraulic fluid

    Remove as much of the old fluid as possible without wasting new and just draining and filling 27 times. I don't know what is in there and want to avoid cross contamination as much as possible. Going to be refilling with AW32
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    Ideas for flushing bobcat hydraulic fluid

    How much fluid would an s175 pump at idle? Could a guy drain the tank, unhook the return line and extend it into a barrel, cap the port on the tank, fill the tank, start the engine and drive ahead and shutdown? Or would the reservoir empty in seconds? Where is the majority of the oil not in...
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    Bobcat bucket positioning

    Why is it called a shutddown code? Forgive me, but start at the beginning. Why is there a code when you hold down the bucket positioning button? Is it a fault code reader thing?
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    Bobcat bucket positioning

    29 I think
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    Bobcat bucket positioning

    I have an s175 with a bucket positioning button, but it does nothing. Is it an option that I don`t have but the button comes with regardless? Also when I hold the button I get a shutdown code. What is this exactly? Thanks guys.
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    why is some bobcat and jcb equipment painted green?

    Sorry to necro post but..... I just got an 04 s175 with 1600 hours on it. Only once I got it home could I tell it has been resprayed and it is indeed green underneath. I am in Canada. Is there any way to check the serial number to find out who took delivery of this machine or anything else I can...
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    Dust control

    We (municipality) have used sugar beet molasses with very favorable results. A road with heavy haul traffic gets done twice a season.
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    Is thicker oil any better than standard...outback mechanical tricks

    I have seen the banana thing on a video shot in Africa. What about running something like 75/140?
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    Someone please help me before I scrap this P.O.S.!!

    I am probably no help at all, but lets kick this off. If the transmission feels like it is doing absolutely nothing is there a safety somewhere that could be not functioning? Seatbelt, door, etc..
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    Screw up charges

    Wholesalers and Parts suppliers are the reason I am not wealthy. They are too big, don't have to be competitive, and could care less. It is also getting worse, not better. Whenever I come across a good partsman I let him know, and the management too.
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    My Appendix Burst in a Remote Logging Camp

    Sounds like you beat the odds for sure. That's a crazy story. Mine happened when I was 10 and no doctor would give it a second thought, just a kid being a baby. I wasn't though and my mom knew it. If I was asking for medical attention something was wrong. My parents took me into the city an...
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    Nord lock disc washers

    They look like they were glued together but have come apart. I don't know if they are genuine, they came in a baggy from Brandt tractor. From the website (Thanks) it looks like they are being used wrong anyway. Only on one side and on a hardened surface. I might just try and find a bolt that...
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