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    CTL vs VTS Skiddy

    eh john, how goes it? i look at the vts system vs the systems used by all the main manufacturers and ask myself if the vts is so good then why do the suppliers bother to re-engineer their machines substantially to fit tracks? put another way, i figure they employ enough engineers with some...
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    T190 Changing Keyless To Turn Key Start

    afaik when you install the keypad you also program the computer to accept that particular keypad. i understand it is installed this way as a security feature otherwise to 'borrow' the bobcat all you would need to do to bypass the keypad is fit a key ignition. to revert back to a key igntion i...
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    rayco T275 forestry mower rocking & rolling.

    dont be so flat out that you forget to read your emails and call me re that 2-3k hectare job, i'm demoing there next week but i dont think my gear is going to cut the grade. i haven't seen the job as yet but it sounds a perfect test job for the rayco.
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    hydralic generator

    i've seen one and its rather expensive. hydrapneu do such things locally. it'd be cheaper to bu a diesel genset and just pick it up with your skidsteer...
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    living on the edge.

    got it and thank you, pete. and thanks, steve, i meant to ask squizzy to do that for obvious reasons.
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    Layman Bobcat S150 attachment questions

    martin, maybe i dont understand you but its the attachment side that is universal. afaik the mount will be made specifically for whatever breaker it is but you should be able to hook it up to most machines. do i make sense? the bobcat range from (definitely) the S100 to the S330 all use the...
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    Suitable substitute for Bobcat "hydrostatic" fluid??

    the owners manual for my '04 s185 says to use the engine oil of 15w-40 grade. the later model manuals for some of my other bobcats don't suggest using motor oil... but then they don't suggest anything except the bobcat fluid. now as far as i know, bobcat components and systems haven't...
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    living on the edge.

    interesting, i can ping my server without drama and i can send myself an email from an alternate address. most curious...
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    living on the edge.

    there's a guy building a dressage arena down the road. the entire 5ac site is fully fenced with post and rail fencing. the place is subdivided into a few paddocks, again all post and rail. the arena is in one paddock, part of the council's building approval required the contractor to fence...
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    building new house

    at least they were careful to make sure their faces were hidden... interesting. do you have something against dirt pete? me suspects you'll end up with the same problem just it'll take longer to happen.
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    Layman Bobcat S150 attachment questions

    ditto what ksss said that there are many good brands. i'd go heavier on the hammer out to about 1100lb mounted. pretty much any mount plate except any one that fits a toyota. i have a bobcat hb980 breaker, mounted using an xchange mount, all up it weighs about 1100lb, ideally for the S150...
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    losing a wheel

    xr, sorry to hear you've had to park up. i trust it works out for you, the 3 months of wet weater we've had over here has slowed things down but its picking up again. squizzy, how did a radial tyre contribute to his death?
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    rayco T275 forestry mower rocking & rolling.

    the $64 question pete - have you had the mulching head operational as yet? ie is it bent or out of balance? one of the local boys operator bent the drum on his tak mounted mower by hitting a bit of sleeper in some lantana (apparently) good job btw, i would've run screaming long ago. what...
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    dual plane laser grading

    pm on its way as i'm curious who/where the dealer is. and yep, locally is here, australia, clark's pricing is nation wide afaik. the first problem for you with the bobcat box blade is that the electronics on it work in weird wonderful ways - the attachments usually feature a circuit board...
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    Ramps for skid steer don't fit in truck - what to do?

    your intended concept sounds about right - my only thought is what happens when your tracks sag? though i guess you just tilt your bucket down further...
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    dual plane laser grading

    the bobcat box blade with laser receiver is sub 10k locally. however it wont interface with your cat very well...
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    Which one??

    second that, when i have a choice its the tracked one every time (or a wheeled one twice the size as the tracked one on offer) can't really comment on your trees, around here anything smaller than about 18" is fair game but it might take a bit of work. i've been running my tracked...
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    Bobcat T-300 Idlers

    so whats the way you are doing it? i assume you are releasing the grease first using the correct tool on the correct fitting - heed carefully the previous advice about the grease being under extreme pressure.
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    Ramps for skid steer don't fit in truck - what to do?

    you, cal, must be one small fella. i have enough problems with the front door, i look at the back window and think to myself i hope like hell i never need to use it as an exit... ah - the mouse tag disguises the fact that i am 6'5" and about 300 pounds +/- 10 percent.
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    Looking to buy 246B Cat...any advice???

    interesting. if i had only one machine it'd be a tracked one every day of the week and bugger the cost, they are just that much better to operate. bobcat now do steel tracks as an option for their tracked machines tho i'm pretty sure its not available here as yet. all feedback i have about...
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