Buying Advice Case vs Bobcat

[Camoboy70]

What are the goods and bads about both? Looking to buy soon with front end loader and forestry attachment at a minimum. Thanks in advance.

 

[jdbnh]

bobcat doesnt have the parts and service behind them for the most part like New Holland/CAse, Deere, or Bota

 

[TripleR]

Depends on the model and who actually makes it. Some Case models are the same as some NH made by Shibaura; hard to tell who really manufactures what now. Kioti makes Bobcats.

 

[Dr_Zinj]

I'm not sure jdbnh is precisely right about case service being better than bobcat. So much depends on the dealer/service department. The John Deere, Kubota, M-F, and Bobcat dealers in southern NH all have pretty extensive and good service departments.

Of course we could put them all to the test and take similar model tractors, smash the same parts on all of them, call them up and see how long and how well they all take to fix them.

Anyone want to give me a quarter of a million to set up the test?