Possible Forum that would fit Bobcat Toolcat

[Rolando]

I've been thinking about a category that would better fit the <font color="red">Bobcat Toolcat</font>. As some may already know it's part tractor, part utility vehicle, part truck so it has features that relate to many forums and doesn't fit well into any. I've been bugging Muhammad about this, so I thought I should make a suggestion.

How about a forum under the "Related Equipment" category title "HYBRID AND MULTI-PURPOSE UTILITY VEHICLES"?

This could take care of the Toolcat as well as something like the <font color="brown">Unimog</font>. I've also heard there are some European brands that also manufacture similar equipment.

Perhaps others can make other suggestions on how to handle this that might be better than mine. I don't care what it's called, I just want a category that the Toolcat can fit into. As it is, it's being discussed all over the place in forums that it doesn't really fit into.

Comments?

 

[BrianSouthernMD]

Over the past two months, the number of Bobcat Toolcat owners and the number of potential owners seriously examining the machine have increased significantly on TBN. /forums/images/graemlins/cool.gif And the Toolcat owners have been regularly posting and answering questions well after their purchases, creating the basis for an ongoing TBN Bobcat Toolcat community forum.

Bobcat Toolcat comparisions with particular other compact equipment should continue in the general forums, but I agree there should be an appropriate place for Bobcat Toolcat-specific discussions. With front-mounted implements and now even a rear PTO option, the Toolcat is properly and increasingly viewed as a compact attachment carrier and tractor, more than just an atv/utility vehicle, or construction equipment, or lawn & garden, or large ag related equipment (although it serves all of those purposes as well).

I suggest the compact Bobcat Toolcat be discussed using threads in a new "Bobcat" or "Bobcat Toolcat" forum located in either the Other Major Manufacturers or Other Brands/Equipment sections: "Discuss the Bobcat Toolcat attachment carrier work machines." Note the similar Power Trac has its forum in one of these compact equipment sections rather than in the Related Equipment section.

I greatly prefer this above idea over a nebulous, hybrid, multi-purpose UV forum that would not be manufacturer or machine specific. The Toolcat owners and potential owners want to "own" a forum that deals with their issues! /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[Muhammad]

Yes, good idea... we'll be adding a forum soon.

 

[Big_Daddy]

</font><font color="blue" class="small">( Yes, good idea... we'll be adding a forum soon. )</font>


Muhammad, thanks in advance for listening and responding to our requests. I look forward to a dedicated Toolcat area.

Mike

 

[hobbyfarm]

</font><font color="blue" class="small">( ...the number of Bobcat Toolcat owners and the number of potential owners seriously examining the machine have increased significantly...)</font>

That's great!
Maybe if the other manufacturers see a bunch of interest, they'll make one of their own. The more the merrier. /forums/images/graemlins/cool.gif
Skid-steers started out just like that...now, they're all over the place.

It would be cool if TBN shaped the industry!

 

[Rolando]

Actually, after reading Brian's post, I agree that a Toolcat specific forum similar to what Power Trac owners have under 'Other Major Manufacturers' or 'Other Brands/Equipment' would be a more preferable situation.

I think having the Toolcat specific orientation will make the new forum more viable and also more visible to folks that already own, or are interested in the Toolcat.

Thanks again, Muhammad, for being so receptive to our input. I am a member of many discussion boards on the internet, and I can tell you that this is by far the most technologically advanced and liveliest of them all.

 

[odleefs]

Let me jump on this bandwagon and say that I, too, desire a separate section for Toolcat specific concerns.
It would be greatly appreciated not only by Toolcat owners and those interested, but also by the gracious (and not-so-gracious) posters in the forums that we have been "invading". Thanks in advance! /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif
Steve

 

[odleefs]

Took several photos today of the Toolcat in action...can't wait to post them in OUR forum! /forums/images/graemlins/cool.gif
Steve

 

[Rolando]

Hi Muhammad,
I don't suppose there is anything we can do to help you get this Toolcat forum up? I'm getting close to making a purchase decision and could really use that dedicated forum. I kinda fell like a stepchild posting to the other forums. And I also worry that my comments and questions will get lost and not seen by the people with the Toolcat experience.
Thanks,
Rolando

 

[BrianSouthernMD]

</font><font color="blueclass=small">( Yes, good idea... we'll be adding a forum soon. )</font>
In summary, TBN Toolcat owners (multiplying rapidly!) and other interested members desire a brand-specific forum. We're committed both to help make the forum a success and to post according to TBN policies. Thanks for your encouragement. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif Proposed details are:

TractorByNet.com
DISCUSSIONS
Other Major Manufacturers
Bobcat
Discuss Toolcat work machines & other Bobcat compact attachment carriers!

The forum focus is proposed to be on Toolcats, but we should also be home to any other Bobcat brand COMPACT tractor-like attachment carriers and related equipment, even if they are not labeled Toolcats.

The Bobcat Company has over 900 full-service dealers, is a North Dakota-based major manufacturer of compact equipment, has manufacturing plants and sales operations on multiple continents, and is a division of the diversified Ingersoll-Rand industrial manufacturing company.