Any municipal or high volume users of Toolcat out there?

[Randaroo]

I'd like to know if anyone is using the toolcat for snow clearing as a municipality or large facility and what kind of volumes/distances that you have to keep cleared. Does the Toolcat keep up with the requirment, do you use other equipment such as Holder or Trackless, Bombardier etc.
what are the foibles of the Toolcat that i need to look for in the next few years.
We had an engine melt down due to a factory error, a preassembly plug was left in the cooling system causing the engine to overheat and since it was brand-spank'n new, it cooked.
Then had a temperature sensor reading too hot that caused the service to deduce the controler was at fault, a new one was shipped from, somewhere in the mid-west, found not to be the problem, then found a pinched wire in the loom that was found to be the real cause, an assembly problem.
The sander supplied with the unit is not protected and folded up when backed into a bush, the spinner head needs a protective bar of some sort fasioned for the rear as the operater will eventualy back into a snowbank and the unit is made of cheese and will fold up quite expensivly.
first day out pushing snow bent/twisted the lifting arm, previous post.
so with 6 months and 3 snowfalls the unit has cost quite a bit.
Anybody else?

 

[jmfox]

Are you a high volume user?

jmf

 

[timm9]

Randeroo,

I'm not sure what qualifies as "High Volume".... I curently have two (2) Toolcats (among other equipment) that I use in a Snow Removal Business. The oldest one has been in service for three (3) years. While there is no such things as the perfect piece of equipment. To date, I'm very pleased with their performance.

Tim

 

[dylan]

I did 158 driveways twice yesterday and 4 parking lots with six inches of snow. Put three tanks of fuel through my unit in one day. It ran great all day.
As of yesterday, I have 700 hours on this machine. It is just over one year old.
It is a pretty heavy duty machine. There are lots of improvements that could be made (like any machine) but overall it is good. I am a bit concerned about all the electrical down the road (salt damage) but I imagine I will trade it in for a new one before too long.

 

[dylan]

Well, it can stop snowing anytime here. We got hammered this week. Setting records. In one week I added almost 100 hours to the toolcat!

Anyone else racking up the hours? I think I might install a sleeper unit on my dump box!

 

[theoshin]

Well, it can stop snowing anytime here. We got hammered this week. Setting records. In one week I added almost 100 hours to the toolcat!

Anyone else racking up the hours? I think I might install a sleeper unit on my dump box!

why don't you send some of that snow down here - 7 inches total so far in far northern wi! down south they have almost 20 already. only used the tc 2x for snow so far.

ts