Doughknob
Veteran Member
My key has Not bent. I have had my rear wheels off and on all by myself, and no harder than any other tractor. I have not found any nits yet that interfere with daily use.I have a Bobcat 1025. As a first year model unit with a Kioti core and Bobcat assembled, it's got some obvious flaws (e.g. key bent too easily and needed a new design, removing the backhoe is incredibly difficult without removing the tires, replacing the tires on the hub is not user friendly). But it works. The dealer used my tractor as a rental for a year (120 hours), got a great financing deal from Bobcat to buy a new one and sold the rental to me cheap. If I used it more, serviced it more often, swapped out implements more, etc. the "little nits" might be more of a problem. It's my guess that when Bobcat comes out with "their" tractor design in a couple years it will be a vastly improved product.
I'm using the backhoe to dig stumps while I'm waiting for my stump grinder.
I did, however, find some small design flaws, but i was able to correct all 3 of them myself. Of course my corrections look like DIY things but they work.