If you search bobcat loaders on here and there is no complaints about their reliability. Whey were selling them with a 5 year warranty, think it might be back to 3 year now they have started selling afew of them. @Hard Graft knows men running two of those in a big feedlot and they have been bullet proof.A neighbour with 1000 cattle is looking for a new loader to do the yard work, fill a diet feeder as quick as possible . He’s looking at a bobcat tl38.70hf. Anyone any experience of these loaders or other options .
Kramer. Porsche of the handler world, could spend a day in the cab and come out fresh as a daisy. Hydrostatic makes driving a joy and the hydraulic grunt on tap is insane.
yep they are very good as the feed lot is hard on kit as they are livestock farmers one will have over 10k hours in 4/ 5 years and yes their are break downs but they do not get the love and care and grease. They need they only do the feeding as a 16t track machine clean the sheds outIf you search bobcat loaders on here and there is no complaints about their reliability. Whey were selling them with a 5 year warranty, think it might be back to 3 year now they have started selling afew of them. @Hard Graft knows men running two of those in a big feedlot and they have been bullet proof.
What sort of break downs did it give .yep they are very good as the feed lot is hard on kit as they are livestock farmers one will have over 10k hours in 4/ 5 years and yes their are break downs but they do not get the love and care and grease. They need they only do the feeding as a 16t track machine clean the sheds out
Old ones were the VW beetle of the handler world.Have heard Kramer described as many a thing but never that.
i don't drive them often but hear from the lads and off from their independent mechanic and the owners as they in my yard every day but its nothing to to major the newest cracked the croud check valve body,What sort of break downs did it give .
Old ones were the VW beetle of the handler world.
If you think a 5 year warranty covers everything down to each nut and bolt you'll be disappointed check whats actually covered and what hoops you have to jump through to keep it. (That's not say they are or are not reliable it's just extended warranties are a big part of marketing side of a sale).
Ours is white and orange and paint is perfect after 1200hrs. Mixed use in and around the steading, loading muck, road work and silage pit workwhats the paint quality like
Different shade of Claas!Is anotherHave heard Kramer described as many a thing but never that.
What are Bobcat parts prices like?
I remember a farmer who raved about his Terex loader, until he bought the first spare part: £70 for a wiper blade, and that was about 20 years ago. Strangely they didn't catch on.
Difficult one to answer as we have only had service items and a door glassWhat are Bobcat parts prices like?
I remember a farmer who raved about his Terex loader, until he bought the first spare part: £70 for a wiper blade, and that was about 20 years ago. Strangely they didn't catch on.