Carl Peter
Well-Known Member
Thanks for the input guys !!
Also I got a new 36" Geth digging bucket. I highly recommend it. I have realized bobcats digging buckets suck, the pins for the teeth go in from the top so if you are squeezing wood or even concrete with the bucket and thumb the material will push the pins out and your teeth will fall off. With the Geth the pins go in from the side. The machine is a little tippy at full reach over the side but its not that bad. Probably the same as my 52" grading bucket with power tilt.
I can really move some dirt with this bucket. I would say I can load a 6 wheeler or Tri-Axle faster than a skidsteer, if I'm positioned correctly. The best part is the E50 has so much power I can full out dig with it, no problem at all. And I have some every hard and rocky soil here in New Hampshire.
Also the E50 is great for doing crazy excavator tricks with and getting you unintentionally famous on YouTube...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ftsg--DQCzs&feature=plcp
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Hi Tom did you guys have any other problems with the Bobcat tooth bucket that you didn't like? I'm familiar with the lousy shank design that Bobcat uses, did you consider changing out the shanks for the standard horizontal pin type? On a different note I was wondering how you like the Bobcat MT55? I've been thinking about acquiring a similar machine on tracks as I've had a few calls for working in confined areas like small city lots etc.
Tom,
Does you E50 make much noise in the travel motors/final drives? My unit only has around 250hr on it and the travel motor/final drive noise is quite noticeable. We had Bobcat come and inspect the machine. Both final drives had the same heat at 40 deg C and the technician had not had any experience with the E50 so he couldn't make any comment until he has heard another E50 operate. We've changed the final drive oil( and plan to do every 100hr in future) and it was burnt. We do quite a bit of walking on our site. Very happy with the machine but it does have a couple of things that we would like changed - when the safety bar is down the machine should not be able to be started and that when the key is turned off the lights should go out. All in all a very nice unit to operate with plenty of grunt.
Firetrack
After reading tomg's posts on the e50 I whent out and bought one, it is a great machine! I got the long arm model and it can still lift fairly large boulders with no problem.
Tom,
have had Bobcat tech guy come and have a look as machine is still quite loud when it walks. They seem to think it is OK but i am uneasy about it. Is it normal that the machine can be started with the safety bar down? None of my other machine have been able to be started with the safety bar down.
Firetrack
Tom,
You can hear my travel motors from 300yards away and even further away if your tracking in high range. Both sides are the same. We have 250hrs on it and have changed the final drive oil at 200hrs and now plan to change it every 100hrs as we probably do at least 1 to 2 miles of tracking each day travelliing between drill pad sites and it is very wet conditions. We're going to put synthetic oil in the final drives. Bobcat are aware of it and advise it is normal.
Firetrack
Tom,
You can hear my travel motors from 300yards away and even further away if your tracking in high range. Both sides are the same. We have 250hrs on it and have changed the final drive oil at 200hrs and now plan to change it every 100hrs as we probably do at least 1 to 2 miles of tracking each day travelliing between drill pad sites and it is very wet conditions. We're going to put synthetic oil in the final drives. Bobcat are aware of it and advise it is normal.
Firetrack
Tom,
have had Bobcat tech guy come and have a look as machine is still quite loud when it walks. They seem to think it is OK but i am uneasy about it. Is it normal that the machine can be started with the safety bar down? None of my other machine have been able to be started with the safety bar down.
Firetrack
Tom,
You can hear my travel motors from 300yards away and even further away if your tracking in high range. Both sides are the same. We have 250hrs on it and have changed the final drive oil at 200hrs and now plan to change it every 100hrs as we probably do at least 1 to 2 miles of tracking each day travelliing between drill pad sites and it is very wet conditions. We're going to put synthetic oil in the final drives. Bobcat are aware of it and advise it is normal.
Firetrack
Loud humming noise. No contamination in any oil samples taken. We change the final drive oil every fortnight on Friday afternoon and now use synthetic oil which has quitened it down some. I have a Hitachi Zaxis 35U(Same as JD 35) that has nearly 2000hrs(purchased new Dec 2010) on it that is doing similar work and its travel motors are quiet. Firetrack