petedegan
New member
In response to the posts that toolcats are unreliable- these have been my expierences. I bought mine tc with 1100 hours on it two + years ago, it had been used for the previous two years to build a train tunnel- (thats right- build a train tunnel) my "A" model had been completely covered with concrete- cab and windows smashed, dented- jackhammer hose draped all over, poor thing had been to **** and back. driven thru water ice and a slurry of concrete every day. It had concrete 1" thick everywhere, except the seat. conditions were so rough in the tunnel that the tires were foam filled to prevent flats. 28' rebar was rammed tru the glass cab as a way to carry it. i repainted it got the concrete off with a chisel and acid, put glass back in. machanicaly nothing was wrong with it just cosmetics after all that abuse. repainted it is hard to tell it from one with 100 hours. drives and operates perfectly for almost 3 years now. oh yea- im not easy on it either but thats another story. As for this being a fluke- at my dealer recently was a bobcat with the same motor as my toolcat, with 9000 hours on it without a teardown. oh yea- my tc has had nothing but oil changes lots of paint and a heater switch. There was a heavily visited post about a polaris rangers bieng superior, I hope this post disperses with that notion, and gives toolcat owners a little more confidence in their machine.