- Joined
- Nov 30, 2001
- Messages
- 6,924
- Reaction score
- 514
- Points
- 113
- Location
- Gnaw Bone, Indiana
- Vehicle Year
- 2007
- Make / Model
- Toyota
- Engine Size
- 4.0
- Transmission
- Manual
I've seen pictures of the first ones. No ROPS? That's insane.i had the priviege of opperating the first model ever built the m52. it ran and handled suprisingly well for being built in 1952. looks a litte scary comparied to the newer models
Mine isn't very good compared to a newer one either--not a lot different from the early ones. My dad has a model the same size as mine--like a 463 but gas powered. Hydrostatic; the bar that comes down--not only can you rest your elbows on it (mine hurt bad) but you don't get thrown around. The balance is better. The cage is wider--my shoulders rub the sides of mine. The pedals on mine are in too tight a box for comfort.
The biggest thing is the hydrostatic drive. I love driving my dad's. I've moved a half milion pounds of dirt in the last 2 years on mine in a huge excavation I've carved in my hillside. Hours of bumping back and forst across the yard. I wish I had his because it flies. Mines one speed.
That said, my Bobcat is the best damn thing I own. I have pallet forks for it too, I use it for everything that you keep your clothes on for. I've pulled engines, carried my truck body, unloaded trucks, changed tires, moved trailers with a ball hole I drilled through the bucket--I've even used it as a clamp to hold my backhoe bucket down while I was pounding it back in shape with a sledgehammer. I move snow, grade, spread gravel, clear brush, load logs--I dunno, everything. It's like being the bionic man--jump in and you can lift or push anything.