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jocww

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JD 550c, 443 bobcat, had an old john ford FEL gone
I just bought a 1990 443 bobcat last week to get into my backyard to do a retaining wall and to move about 45 yards of dirt under my house which is why i didnt get a bigger one. Problem is the local rental places and bobcat west only has bobtach attachments or the ones that go behind the stand or walk behind tracked units. I have the pin on style 3 and 4 ft buckets but need an auger bit to do some holes for trees and piers later. I also would like to get use an ditcher later too for the ranch along with the auger. So is there a way to make my little new to me toy more relevant in today world of attachments. I got a screaming deal on the bobcat, and buying a newer s70 at 15k is way out of my budget and renting it just to dig holes instead of an attachment would be a bummer to because A it would be more expensive and B the whole point I bought this thing was to use it as a swiss army knife. I dont mind welding it on if need be.
 
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bobcat.jpg

Heres a pic
 
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easiest way is build a attachment plate to accept the attachments you have access to that mounts to your current pin on mounting,
 
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so I would have to weld up a bare plate to accept my attachment and then to that i weld on the 2 handle bobtach pieces? I was hoping for an easier way. If not I guess thats what I will have to do. Seems like alot more weight out front is the problem. I was hoping to just get rid of my attachment system.
 
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never used them but if it attaches to your pin locations it would work, then you could cut off the lugs on your buckets and buy the attachment plates for them, then you have quick attack for all
 
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Lets try this again

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