Videos: 2016 Toolcat 5600 at work, mowing, tree stump, plowing, etc...

[npartist]

I plan on adding several videos of putting my Toolcat to work, I'll keep adding them to this this thread (appears forum rules is only 1 per post).

Mowing a field. I also show the "crab steer" in action to cut around the perimeter of the field to try to keep the branches and stuff away from the cab.

 

[ruffdog]

Nice video!

 

[npartist]

Removing a tree stump with my custom DIY stump bucket:

Here's a video on how I made that stump bucket: How To Design, Build and Use a Stump Bucket for a Skid Steer or Bobcat Toolcat 5600 - YouTube

 

[npartist]

Snow plowing my driveway (better video coming this winter):

 

[npartist]

Here's my "owner review" of my machine. Many regulars on this forum known all these specs/features (and more) but may be helpful for people looking to learn more about the toolcat

 

[Xfaxman]

 

[npartist]

 

[npartist]

I was surprised (and impressed by her pedal to the metal skillz) but the wife obliged to my request for a tug of war between the Toolcat and her Jeep Grand Cherokee. I wasn't sure which way it was going to go but knew weight is often the dominant factor. We locked her jeep in 4wd low and left the Toolcat's traction control on.

 

[npartist]

Here's a video about getting a toolcat stuck in wet grass...haha. I exploited one of the toolcat's weakness (diagonal ditch/hill and slick surface) and demonstrate how the bobcat hydrostatic traction control (HTC) system works.

 

[Xfaxman]

Good to see Traction Control in operation. I have only felt it working from inside the cab.

 

[dieselscout80]

Being a 2016 does it have to use DEF?

 

[ruffdog]

Being a 2016 does it have to use DEF?

No DEF in the Toolcats.

 

[dieselscout80]

What emissions equipment/systems do they have?

 

[ruffdog]

What emissions equipment/systems do they have?

With DOC they use EGR.

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I just had to run the toolcat indoors so I could weld a receiver hitch on my ssqa>3pt adaptor. It was a cold start and I just needed to raise the lift arm and I'm amazed that it hardly smells at all. No smoke and no burning eyes. Nice.

 

[npartist]

Here's a used buying guide and history of changes for series and model years. This includes major changes from each series (A thru G series) and common things to look for when buying a used toolcat 5600. I mispoke at the 1:11 min mark saying the older ones have independent front suspension, they do indeed have a solid axle (like my chart shows) but up front they have coil springs and links to locate the axles vs the leaf springs in the rear.

 

[Hay Dude]

Great video

 

[Xfaxman]

 

[npartist]

Got a small ~2in snowfall on Christmas so took the opportunity to get some 4k and drone footage of the toolcat plowing.

 

[Hay Dude]

Nate, another great video!
I have a plow mounted on my M126x and equipped it with a snow foil. You should try one. They are an inexpensive way to keep the windshield clear and the snow rolling even better.
My Western plow on my truck has one, too. Love em for powdery snow

 

[npartist]

Nate, another great video!
I have a plow mounted on my M126x and equipped it with a snow foil. You should try one. They are an inexpensive way to keep the windshield clear and the snow rolling even better.
My Western plow on my truck has one, too. Love em for powdery snow

Oh man, thats a serious tractor...can tell by 3 steps to just get in! yeah i have thought about getting a rubber strip to bolt on the top of the plow. Probably should get around to doing it. Plow already has mounting holes. Maybe that will be another Nater Tater video! :cool2: