Fatjay: I love the old 53 bobcat and happy to hear it's a gem. any regular maintenance or just keep gas fresh and turn it on?
also interested in seeing a 3 story shop and will there be living area up above or just storage?
how do you post these amazing pics? imgur, photobucket or do tell cause very nice?
The oliver is the 53, 67 years old. Sits years at a time keep the gas tank full to prevent rust, keep the battery on a tender. Leaks hydraulic fluid enough that it never gets bad as I'm always filling it. The bobcat I just bought, it's an early 70's model. I rebuilt the carb, changed hte oil and filter, hydraulic fluid, new battery, and it runs great except the governor isn't working, so that's on the list to be fixed.
I'll have my office on the second floor, metal shop, stuff like that. Storage on the 3rd floor and an elevator between floors. I don't want to haul equipment up one flight of stairs let alone 2. Things like seeders, sprayers, aerators, snowblowers, all that stuff can go up on the 3rd floor and out of the way.
I like imgur, it's easy and there isn't any bs like photobucket. Upload the picture from the phone, bring it up on my computer, click copy on the bbcode, and paste it in. Real easy, no ads or bandwidth throttling or blocked images.