dfkrug
Super Member
- Joined
- Feb 3, 2004
- Messages
- 7,458
- Location
- Santa Cruz Mtns, CA
- Tractor
- 05 Kioti CK30HST w/ Prairie Dog backhoe, XN08 mini-X
Any word on how the new Bobcat tractors are holding up?
The Bobcat CT335s purchased by the rental yard to replace the JDs are somewhat worse
for the wear. These units are substantially heavier and more robust than the JDs.
One that I saw had a serious dent in the rear steel fender. Several have been overheated while
mowing....one of them enough to blow the engine. They are being rented a lot for
rotary mowing, and the operators just don't seem to get that you have to clean the
rad screen often if you mow dead grass.
They bought a new engine from Kioti, since it was much less than Bobcat.