Bobcat Manufacturer

[logan97]

Curious if Bobcat was always manufactured by the same company.

 

[galaxie428]

Bobcat was owned by Ingersoll Rand up until a few years ago when they sold the Bobcat line to a Korean company. It seems like Doosan is there name but I am not 100% on that.

I am also not sure if Bobcat was owned by someone else before IR had them either.

 

[sweettractors]

It may be Daedong, South Korea. Ken Sweet

 

[logan97]

wonder if they were making the parts/ engines etc.. for IR and then recently bought the company and are now using their own name ??

 

[KSinWI]

They started out as Melroe Manufacturing. Ingersoll-Rand bought them out years back and then changed the name to Bobcat. They were sold in 2007 to Doosan Infracore of South Korea.

 

[qed-cat225]

the tractors have the doosan engine in them, I believe the skid loaders still are using kubota

 

[Duffster]

Curious if Bobcat was always manufactured by the same company.

Tractors? Yes, Daedong. Which is NOT Doosan.

 

[adnan]

THe best Tractor I've seen yet. but never had one.

 

[Steve_Miller]

Bobcat to Enter Compact Utility Tractor Market - Bobcat Company

Steve

 

[Hoosier Hay Man]

I believe the skid loaders still are using kubota

I heard once that Kubota wasn't happy with Bobcat getting into the CUT market. As long as Bobcat used Kubota engines in their skid loaders Kubota wasn't going to build a skid loader. Kubota came out with a tracked skid loader this year that some believed was motivated by Bobcat selling CUT. Don't know if all of that is true but would make sense.