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WIDE, but better than all the Street trucks running around with tires Outside the body!
I was thinking, bet that'd be Fun at the OBX!
 

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I learned today there is a battery size with one more A than a AAA...?
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jeepinmatt said:
I did the exact same thing with my truck and my Bobcat T190! :laughing:
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They want $200 dollars for the struts that make it doable by hand. Its only been raised once before for service and they were blown when I went to raise. And since it has to be raised to change them I'll rig it every 500hrs to save $200.
 
YotaOnRocks said:
They want $200 dollars for the struts that make it doable by hand. Its only been raised once before for service and they were blown when I went to raise. And since it has to be raised to change them I'll rig it every 500hrs to save $200.
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Bobcat ones were maybe $50 each, and it was still a biotch to get up, but once you got 2/3's of the way up it would at least hold itself up.
 
jeepinmatt said:
Bobcat ones were maybe $50 each, and it was still a biotch to get up, but once you got 2/3's of the way up it would at least hold itself up.
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What’s your opinion on bobcat reliability? A guy has one who swears it’s broken more than it runs. Claims he’s always having to fix something and says he’ll never own another, but he does use the piss out of it. My brother has a Case that gets used 10 hours a day 6 days a week. It usually has something leaking and randomly doesn’t like to start but it’ll get it done. I’ve heard good stuff about Takeuchi. No experience with caterpillar.
 
Wes said:
What’s your opinion on bobcat reliability? A guy has one who swears it’s broken more than it runs. Claims he’s always having to fix something and says he’ll never own another
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Did he buy my old one? That is EXACTLY what I have to say about it. Every other time I used it, I swear I had to spend $200 and 3hrs to fix something. I will probably never own another Bobcat. Many people love them, especially the T190, so maybe I got a dud, but there were a lot of really crappy design issues and access/servicability issues that would piss me off regardless. I guess the thing is I had to work on it. If I never worked on it, I might not have ever noticed them.

Loved my New Holland skidsteer, loved my Komatsu dozer (best and most reliable mechanical thing I have ever owned), love my Takeuchi mini-ex, like a lot of things about my ASV skidsteer/trackloader but currently rebuilding the entire undercarriage $$$$ (which I knew it would need when I bought it, not pissed, just hard to be excited it about right now :().
 
jeepinmatt said:
Did he buy my old one? That is EXACTLY what I have to say about it. Every other time I used it, I swear I had to spend $200 and 3hrs to fix something. I will probably never own another Bobcat. Many people love them, especially the T190, so maybe I got a dud, but there were a lot of really crappy design issues and access/servicability issues that would piss me off regardless. I guess the thing is I had to work on it. If I never worked on it, I might not have ever noticed them.

Loved my New Holland skidsteer, loved my Komatsu dozer (best and most reliable mechanical thing I have ever owned), love my Takeuchi mini-ex, like a lot of things about my ASV skidsteer/trackloader but currently rebuilding the entire undercarriage $$$$ (which I knew it would need when I bought it, not pissed, just hard to be excited it about right now :().
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When my brothers case takes a shit I’m hoping he’s going to get something big enough to run a forest mulcher. I need to clear a couple of lots. A nice enclosed ASV with AC would be pretty cool and pretty expensive as well. His money. Not mine.
 
I know Matt loved his when he bought it but I just cant get excited about anything ASV makes.
Its part junk, part CAT and part Terex...and now its owned by Yanmar.
Yanmar doesnt exactly have a history of long term support. They are a good engineering and design company they just dont keep support and parts availability in production.

ASV was a fringe player, went belly up took a lump sum from CAT and became their experimental arm. If something worked it moved to CAT if it didnt it was abandoned. Then no one wanted them and Terex bought em and didnt do anything but break them then sold them to manitex who nearly went belly up and now its Yanmar's turn.

Just look at their valuation. They sold for like $500 million in 07-08 time frame (to terex) then for $150 M to manitex and most recently for 70 MM. Thats a dieing company. And when they die support will evaporate
 
Ron said:
I know Matt loved his when he bought it but I just cant get excited about anything ASV makes.
Its part junk, part CAT and part Terex...and now its owned by Yanmar.
Yanmar doesnt exactly have a history of long term support. They are a good engineering and design company they just dont keep support and parts availability in production.

ASV was a fringe player, went belly up took a lump sum from CAT and became their experimental arm. If something worked it moved to CAT if it didnt it was abandoned. Then no one wanted them and Terex bought em and didnt do anything but break them then sold them to manitex who nearly went belly up and now its Yanmar's turn.

Just look at their valuation. They sold for like $500 million in 07-08 time frame (to terex) then for $150 M to manitex and most recently for 70 MM. Thats a dieing company. And when they die support will evaporate
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I’ve always heard yanmars were great , but like you said, parts/support is no bueno.
 
Ron said:
I know Matt loved his when he bought it but I just cant get excited about anything ASV makes.
Its part junk, part CAT and part Terex...and now its owned by Yanmar.
Yanmar doesnt exactly have a history of long term support. They are a good engineering and design company they just dont keep support and parts availability in production.

ASV was a fringe player, went belly up took a lump sum from CAT and became their experimental arm. If something worked it moved to CAT if it didnt it was abandoned. Then no one wanted them and Terex bought em and didnt do anything but break them then sold them to manitex who nearly went belly up and now its Yanmar's turn.

Just look at their valuation. They sold for like $500 million in 07-08 time frame (to terex) then for $150 M to manitex and most recently for 70 MM. Thats a dieing company. And when they die support will evaporate
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I'm a design/features guy. I have an ASV skidsteer, a Great Dane mower, an electric SXS, a diesel car, and a Cab&Chassis truck. I could care less about support :D. For personal stuff, I've found I can't afford the "support" anyway since time ain't money at the house. There's a solid ASV aftermarket for anything except the frame, cab, and loader arms, and if you manage to destroy those, you're probably looking at a new machine anyway.
 
Filled up the fuel sipper on the way home. No gas to be found anywhere, but plenty of green nozzle.
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