Just got in from the job I was on today with the 299d. Wow cat really did there homework and listened to there customers. The job I was on was extremely dusty, and temperatures in the upper 90's. I never had to stop to blow out the radiator or oil cooler. The hyd oil temp and water temp stayed in check all day I took a picture today of the gauges at 2 o'clock the hottest part of the day u can check it out below. The engine bay at the end of 10 hrs was clean not a leaf or any other debris, which if it wasn't sealed go I would have found out I cut 1 acre of wild Youpan and privet, then trimmed 1/4 mile of fence row. The 415hm is a great match with the 299d the head never stalled out or jammed and I was trying to do just that I cut a 12 in blackgum down with no problems. The 2 speed motor really makes a difference compared to my old 315hm. An the a/c works amazing I had to shut it off serval times to keep the windows from fogging up. As far as comparing the 299d xhp to other machines i really can't. In the past few weeks i've ran serval machines tl 250 an t870 an out of the two the bobcat is the only one that comes close but the 299d smokes them both hands down. I would go as far to say that with
chipper teeth on the head it would cut just as good as my rayco 140. All an all awesome machine great job by cat. I took some before photos but forgot to take afters.[/QUO :thumbsup: Think I've made my decision.