Bobcat 2300 (mini toolcat?)

keeney · Sep 29, 2006

Was on the Bobcat site and found they are showing their new 4x4 Utility vehicles (this may be old news - I haven't followed this forum for a while).

Overview: Bobcat 2100, 2200 and 2300 Utility Vehicle

The model 2300 has a lift arm (called Rapidlink) in the front configuration like a Toolcat (but much smaller, lower capacity). I am not sure if this post belongs in the Toolcat or ATV/Utility forum, but I had a couple of comments and questions about this new model:

Why did they invent a new attachment mechanism? Why didn't they just make this take the mini-loader attachments?

The mini loader has better specs than the 2300 - higher lift height, more aux hydraulic flow.

Looking at the mower setup, its obvious that with a front-mounted mower, you really want rear-steering.

Anybody try one of these or own one yet?

- Rick

IslandTractor · Sep 29, 2006

Interesting but they look more like ATVs on steroids than mini Toolcats IMHO.

BobRip · Sep 29, 2006

The attachment device is very similar to the Power-Trac one for the PT180 (smallest PT).

Ukraine Train · Jan 29, 2007

What do they use for hydraulic power? Do they just have a pump attached to the engine? Seems like at idle it wouldn't flow a whole lot. You'd have to shift to neutral and rev the engine, unless it's a variable displacement pump.

rox · Jan 29, 2007

I saw this and I liked it. jsut the fact that you can put foks on it and lift, was it 500lbs or 400lbs is really a nice feature. Instead of lifting a heavy item up to the bed of the vehicle you can jsut push/pull amneuver it onto a pallet and move it slowly with the forks. Also it is 2 passanger which is really really nice, a small loader is one passanger.

brittgers · Jan 30, 2007

I demo'ed one of these this fall. After the dealership dropped it off and picked it up twice to get a cooling issue reparied the unit actually worked pretty well. I only had the bucket, but was able to do quite a bit. I do not think the forks would go high enough to lift a pallet into the bed of a truck.

The unit was very stable on terrain and powerful. It rides high and visibility is good. The snowblade looks like it would work well, however I think the broom is a joke.