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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...

Has anyone run out of diesel fuel in their TC rev. C? I put ten gallons back in it and it won't start. I scanned the owners manual and didn't find anything about priming the fuel line. A search here revealed this on Brian's TC...

I'm getting more experience with my Boom Flail Mower from Skidsteer Solutions. I fully expected to use the mower to do a good job on horizontal surfaces. But now I discovered an additional, very helpful use: vertical mowing. I have miles of roads and paths through woods, and trees and...

Very Useful New Tool The first tool I used on a ToolCat was a flail mower on the ToolCat demo on my property last Fall. I liked the idea of the flail mower but felt the Bobcat version was a bit heavy for my needs. I ended up buying the Bobcat 60" BrushCat and the 72" near finish mower and...

As if all wheel steering, suspension driver's seat, air conditioning, MP3 player, etc., weren't enough, this morning I put an automatic cappuccino machine in my ToolCat. (scroll) (scroll) Haha, okay, I transported a cappuccino machine, I didn't install one! It has been kind...

Are the blades on the Bobcat near finish mower bi-directional, i.e. can you reverse the flow and mow with them rotating in the other direction before you resharpen? And are the blades easy to take off and sharpen? After how many hours of mowing do you resharpen? I probably have 25 to 30 hours...

I was in ToolCat about 8 hours today moving wood around with the Anbo farm grapple. Towards the end of my day, a red warning light illuminated on the dash, then shortly a warning beep started. I noticed engine temp. was in the red. I shut down. I have been working in pretty dusty/dirty...

Thanks to my neighbor's suggestion and a ToolCat forum member's website ToolCat Diary I have become interested in adding a hydraulic winch to my ToolCat. Among the uses I have in mind are pulling out dead trees from a mucky part of my lake. Hydraulic winches, compared to electric ones...

Hello, everyone. Here's an early report on using the Bobcat Stump Grinder SG60 with ToolCat. Although I had never used one before, I imagined it would be very useful around here and last winter I purchased the stump grinder and it's been in the barn. I've had a local tree service out here for...

Brian, I think you already own a dedicated sickle mower, but look at this hydraulic skid steer attachment. The seven foot long sickle mower can be operated vertically or horizontally. Check out the video on this website that shows the mower being used vertically at the top of the skid steer...

Hello, Everyone. Thought I'd drop by and tell you a few of my first experiences with the new ToolCat. Wanting to get a little more seat time and accustomed to driving, first two weeks' use saw more general maintenance & transportation than "Tool Time," but that's coming. Love the cab by the...

Hello, everyone. I'm pretty new to rural living. My new home is heated by radiant heat, water heated by a boiler fuled by fuel oil, my supplier assures me it is in fact diesel #2. It is stored in a subterranean tank just outside my garage. I just purchased two Kubota diesel powered landscape...

Hello everyone. I had been away from the forum over Thanksgiving. But I'm back and I've been busy, my Walker diesel mower was delivered. 48" mowing deck with built-in grass handling system and hydraulic dumping 9 bushel grass catcher. Also a really cool PTO-driven wood chipper for the Walker...

Bobcat 5600 was delivered today by local dealer. Not the turbo, just the 44HP unit. Had front loader, grapple, and 72" brush mower. I had not driven a tractor much so I just spent some time getting used to control inputs and handling. It seems very easy to drive, very car-like and friendly...

Any input on actual price paid for TC? I haven't seen the "sticker" or MSRP, but dealer is quoting about $42K for new 5600 Turbo w/ high flow hydraulics and "free" air conditioning and heat thru end of November. Depending on market/region, are people getting 0 to 15% off retail like on a new...

Hello, Everyone, I'd like to introduce myself. My name is Chris. I'm new to this forum and new to tractors. (You should have seen me seated on the John Deere lawn tractor I inherited with this house reading the owners manual.) I recently bought a home on 35 acres in the San Juan islands...

Hello, everyone. I am a new member of TBN and am looking for advice on a tractor purchase, and I would appreciate your input. I have recently purchased thirty five acres in western Washington state (rains a lot here.) I have never owned a tractor and have had little experience with land...