Recent content by Gadgetnut

ToolCat, rev. C: I struggled through two years of mis- and un- diagnosed drive motor failure. With help from a member of this forum, I replaced both hydraulic motors last winter. It's growing season, starting to rely on ToolCat again. Over last two years I had stored my Bobcat BrushCat...

We had a cold snap for us, 28 degrees. This morning my helper had been using the ToolCat for light duty use (no hydraulic tool, just driving around the property) for 45 minutes. With no warning, he hadn't noticed the temperature gauge rising, a warning light came on the dash and he saw smoke...

Hi guys, I've read several threads here on better traction in snow. Where I live, it's *not supposed* to snow a ton but it did snow quite a bit last December: I currently have the factory turf tires. Is it worth buying different tires to get better traction, or should I just buy chains for...

Hi everyone. After four years now, the construction around my place is pretty much completed and we're in mostly maintenance mode now. I have the ToolCat and about a dozen tools sitting in my shop not getting a whole lot of use. I also have a helper guy working for me who has gotten really...

I have a thirteen year old Weil-McLain 115,000 btu/hr oil-fired boiler that is used to heat water to provide infloor radiant heating to a medium sized house. Two years ago I eliminated two 80 gallon electric water heaters that provided domestic hot water and installed a 79 gallon indirect water...

Hey everybody. After my shop project last week, my owner's manual is a bit worse for wear. I'd like to have a pdf copy on my computer for search, reference, and archival purposes. I don't really care to purchase a CD from Bobcat for info I already paid for once before, so I'm looking at...

Want to replace rev. C. hydraulic fluid. Owner's manual says to remove drain plug on hose coming from hydraulic reservoir, did that. Six gallons drained out; how do I flush out the remainder of the old hydraulic fluid -- dealer says capacity is ten gallons. I have the rear bed lifted &...

My angle broom (rotating brush) is out of commission... and I need to clear a long asphalt driveway of snow. Very naive question here folks, but I've never used the combo bucket to push snow on an asphalt driveway. The driveway has a very high quality finish and I don't want to scratch or...

Help, please. We've had uncharacteristically heavy snow here and I was using the Bobcat 84" Angle Broom to brush the snow. It kept snowing and I brushed the road three times during the day. I had never used it more than once a day before. Anyway snow had built up, caked in the bristles, and...

Last year I built an addition on the end of my shop for attachments and I'm running short of floor space. I'm considering getting some heavy duty warehouse shelves, like six feet high by twelve or eighteen feet wide... something like this... any thoughts or ideas where you'd get shelves like...

TC helped me move an outboard motor from the shop down to the lake. Looks like I'm ready for anything! Have a great weekend!

Hello, all. I have posted here before about the challenges of finding water here at my property. There are now four abandoned wells on my 35 acres ranging in depth from 45 to 605 feet deep. The well driller began today. About 17 feet deep he found very wet sand. He was hoping to find clay...

Hello, Everyone. Okay, here's the naive question this week! I've noticed a couple Zerk fittings on my TC and on a few attachments are being stubborn and don't want to allow any grease to go through. (I've been using a Lincoln electric grease gun with rechargeable battery, very convenient.)...

Hello, everyone. Not having had a lot of private water well experience in the past, I would appreciate receiving your opinions regarding my next move to try to get a potable water supply. My water well gave out in August of last year and I've been hauling water ever since. Last October we...

Wanted to let the group know I ran into a performance issue with my ToolCat rev C this weekend. I've been in touch with Rolando and it sounds very similar to his prolonged issue. The problem presented itself after about an hour of mowing, both with the Bobcat 72" near finish mower and with...