OK, long time lurker, first time poster. Looking at a compact loader for my parking lot snow removal. I have found a bobcat 2400 and a swinger 3000 locally. The bobcat has aux hydraulics and the bobcat quick attach plate but is twice the cost of the swinger. Fabbing a quick attach plate and adding a 3rd valve as well as plumbing aux lines down the mast would be a pain but it is worth it if the machine is cheap enough. Are there any large blaring weaknesses in either of these machines? Can I still get parts for the 2400? Does anyone still stock swinger parts?
Bobcat 2400 loader or Swinger 3000
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Xfaxman
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Don't know anything about either one, but think an articulated loader is neat. and you definitely need the quick attach plate.
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They are kinda cool. I'd be interested in one of those if it had a heated cab and aux. hydraulics for my snowblower.
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The Toolcat has heat, hydraulics and SSQA. They are very popular for snow removal.
We use the air conditioning more than the heater.
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The Toolcat has heat, hydraulics and SSQA. They are very popular for snow removal.
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We use the air conditioning more than the heater.
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I recently spent quite a bit of time looking to trade my skid steer for a Toolcat. Toolcats are rare and go for big money in the northeast unless they're rusted out and have over 3,000 hours on them. I would have had to trade a very nice skid steer for basically a used up machine unless I wanted to throw in another $15-20k with it.
I gave up the search and decided that my S185 does all I need & more. The money I would have spent to move to a Toolcat is being used to update the bucket truck for my business. A Toolcat was more of a "want" than a need.