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Vol. 30, No. 3
Summer 2006
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Performance You Can
Count On
Scott R. Nelson, Bobcat
Company president,
presented a check for
$66,738 to LaRayne
Longtine, board chair
(center) and Sherri
Thomsen, executive
director of the MinnKota Chapter of the
American Red Cross.
New 2300 Utility Vehicle
New Mid-Size Excavators
New Pick-And-Place V638
Buildings/Grounds
Industrial Products
Agriculture
New Bobcat Attachments
Updated Product
Spec Charts
Construction
Rental
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Missing Loader
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Helping Those Who Need Help
he Bobcat Company and our
dealers have a long history of
supporting worthy causes—from
college scholarships for children of
employees to donating equipment
for local projects. In keeping with that
tradition, I recently presented a check
to the American Red Cross to aid the
victims of Hurricane Katrina.
We are extremely pleased that our
dealers and employees were able to step
up and raise these funds to help with
relief efforts along the Gulf Coast. Like
everyone across the nation who saw the
devastation, we wanted to do something to assist the victims—some of
whom were part of the Bobcat family.
We contributed $100 from each
“gold package” option sold on
Bobcat machines during SeptemberDecember last year. Several dealers
also raised money privately to increase
the donation.
After raising more than a $132,000,
we decided that at least half of the
money would be earmarked for the
American Red Cross, and the other
half would go directly to 14 individuals within the Bobcat organization
affected by Hurricane Katrina.
When Sherri Thomsen, executive
director of the Minn-Kota Chapter of
the Red Cross in Fargo, N.D., received
our check she noted: “I think more
than anything what this contribution
means to the victims of Hurricane
Katrina is that when devastation hits,
the American people and the American
Red Cross are going to come out and
support them.”
Thanks to everyone in the Bobcat
family for helping to make this donation possible.
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Scott R. Nelson
President
Bobcat Company
Bobcat Delivers
Performance
You Can Count On
O
ne key to business success is proper timing—showing up
for work on time and completing the job on schedule. That’s
especially important in the construction business, where a
delay by one contractor can have a snowball effect, delaying the work
of every other contractor who follows on the project.
No wonder savvy contractors choose Bobcat® compact construction
equipment. They know that they can rely on machines and attachments bearing the Bobcat name to deliver the performance they need,
when they need it.
Bill Jenny, Flagstaff, Ariz., is a long-time Bobcat equipment owner
and excavating contractor. His company, RAM, Inc., has an S300
skid-steer loader and a 435 excavator. He describes the value of
Bobcat equipment reliability: “If I can’t get my footers dug on time,
the dominoes start falling. The general contractors I work for count
on me to be there when I say I will. I’ve never lost a job because of
downtime with my Bobcat equipment.”
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Chris and John Haas don’t know how they would do their work
without Bobcat equipment.
Standing up
to tough duty
Haas Construction, Rockford, Ill.,
specializes in industrial construction projects. Most involve working
inside factories and other facilities,
on jobs such as replacing bases for
industrial machines or digging pits
for large printing presses.
“In most cases, our customers
can’t shut down their operations for
very long,” says Chris Haas, whose
father, John, started the company in
1975. “Often we have only a limited
amount of time, such as weekends
or holidays, to get the work done.
We need equipment that we can
depend on to work quickly and efficiently in tight spaces.”
That’s why Haas Construction
has relied on Bobcat® equipment for
the past two decades. “I don’t think
we’ve ever had a problem with one
of our Bobcat loaders or excavators
not starting or continuing to run,”
Chris says.
That kind of reliability, he notes,
is one reason the company doesn’t
have to advertise for business.
Haas Construction currently has
a 773 and an S300 skid-steer loader, a
T300 K-Series compact track loader,
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a 337 and 430 excavator and half a
dozen attachments, all purchased
from Bobcat of Rockford.
The work requires equipment that
can stand up to tough duty—such as
using an excavator with a hydraulic
breaker to demolish an 18-in.-thick
concrete base, and one of the loaders
with an industrial grapple or combination bucket to remove the debris.
One time they spent a month tearing
out the reinforced concrete base for
a drop forge. The 40-ft.-wide by 60ft.-long base extended 21 ft. below
the factory floor. After removing a
6-ft.-thick layer the loader was lowered to the next level using a large
crane.
“We also replace a lot of truck
docks,” Chris says. “That’s hard on
our equipment, too. I don’t know
how we’d do our job without Bobcat
equipment. The machines work
when we need them to.”
Around the clock reliability
In the 22 years that Greenscapes
Garden Center and Landscape
Co., Whitesboro, N.Y., has been in
business it has owned only Bobcat®
skid-steer loaders. “One reason we
like them is because we can use
them 12 months a year,” says Dennis
O’Neill. “For the most part, we don’t
have any problems with them.”
In addition to two S185 skid-steer
loaders, equipped with enclosed,
heated and air conditioned cabs
and suspension seats, O’Neill owns
a Bobcat 328 excavator, a 2400
articulated loader and several attachments. He credits his dealer,
Warner Sales & Service, Rome, N.Y.,
with helping to keep the equipment
up and running. “It doesn’t happen
often, but if we have trouble with a
machine, our dealer has been very
good about giving us one to use
until ours is fixed.”
Located in a narrow belt where
the effect of nearby Lake Ontario
produces frequent, heavy snowfalls,
snow removal work keeps cash flowing during the winter. That’s when
the ability of Bobcat equipment to
perform on demand is especially
critical to O’Neill’s operations.
“It’s not the end of the world if
one of our machines should break
down on a landscaping project because we can pick up another one
from our dealer,” he says. “But if a
machine breaks down in the middle
of the night when we’re trying to
clear a foot of snow from a parking
lot before morning, then we’ve got a
problem. When it snows, our Bobcat
equipment has to keep running.
“The reliability of these machines
over the years has been excellent.
That’s why I keep buying them.”
Staying on schedule
By keeping projects on schedule
and labor expenses on budget, reliable Bobcat® loaders and excavators
help protect profits of the Bremec
Group, a landscaping contractor
based in Chesterland, Ohio.
“The dependability of our Bobcat
equipment is very important to us,”
says Bob Bremec, who owns the
company with Brad Buckels. “If a
crew is standing around in the morning because a machine won’t start,
labor costs can go right through the
ceiling. We can count on our Bobcat
units to work.”
The dependability of Bobcat equipment is very important to Bob Bremec.
The company, which buys its
Bobcat equipment from Bobcat of
Akron, has owned Bobcat machines
for the past 22 years. Right now, the
partners rely on an MT55 mini track
loader, an 873 skid-steer loader, a
T300 compact track loader and a
331 and 435 excavator and several
attachments. They use them on projects ranging from site preparation
and finished landscaping to construction of retaining walls.
The improved flotation and traction of the track equipment, with its
rugged undercarriage and durable
rubber tracks, also help minimize
any costly delays.
“With wheeled equipment we’d
have to wait a day or more for wet
ground to dry out before we could
work on it,” says Buckels. “Now,
even if it’s lightly raining, we can
keep working. That’s really helpful
when we’re under the gun and have
to get the job done. The tracks help
us keep production on schedule.”
Three of the machines—the 873
and T300 loaders and the 435 excavator—boost machine availability in
another way. They’re equipped with
the keyless start security system,
which helps prevent unauthorized
use and theft.
“Our Bobcat equipment has held
up well for us,” says Bremec. “We’ve
been really happy with the dependable way it operates.”
Satisfying the customer
Chuck Rouse manages Honeyman Rental, which serves contractors
and homeowners in Omaha, Neb.
The company’s business depends on
the reliability of Bobcat® loaders and
excavators to keep customers productive and coming back.
The company’s inventory of
Bobcat equipment, purchased from
Bobcat of Omaha, includes three 463
and eight S175 skid-steer loaders,
two T190 compact track loaders,
and six compact excavators (a pair
of 316s and four 325s).
He switched to the Bobcat line
eight years ago. “They’ve cut our
maintenance costs by one-third to
one-half compared to our previous brand because they’re more
durable,” Rouse says. “The Bobcat
machines have stronger components, such as the drive chains, and
the hydraulic cylinders don’t leak
like the other brand. They stand up
well for our customers.”
And, that’s good for business.
“If the machines are reliable, our
customers are more apt to come back
and rent them again.” Chuck Rouse says Bobcat products have cut maintenance costs
at Honeyman Rental.
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A compact workhorse
BOBCAT 2300
Featuring the same physical dimensions as the Bobcat 2200 utility vehicle,
the 2300 is powered by a 20 hp diesel
engine. The attachment arm, which
can be removed when it is not needed,
can lift loads up to 500 lb. to a height
of 2 ft. The exclusive IntelliTrak® drive
system provides the traction for all
operations.
Currently the 2300 can be equipped
with five different specially-designed
Bobcat attachments for the utility vehicle: bucket, mower, pallet fork, snow
mover and whisker push broom. More
will be available in the future.
You control the attachment arm and
attachments using the joystick control
located in the center console of the
vehicle. The design of the exclusive
RapidLink™ attachment arm makes it
easy to hook up and use.
A New Generation
of Utility Vehicles
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he revolutionary new Bobcat® four-wheel drive 2300 takes
utility vehicle versatility to an unprecedented level thanks
to a front attachment arm that can be equipped with several
attachments, a first-ever in this industry.
“Other utility vehicles offer attachments for doing a few jobs, but
none offer the opportunity to do as many different types of tasks as
the 2300,” says Brad Claus, Bobcat utility products manager. “It’s
ideal for buildings and grounds maintenance work, home owners
with acreage, farms and ranches and for saving time and labor on
construction sites and nurseries.”
The 2300 is the only utility vehicle with
joystick control.
LINE UP ATTACHMENT
LATCH ATTACHMENT
READY-TO-USE
Changing attachments is fast and easy with the 2300’s RapidLink ™ attachment system,
an industry first.
Designed for performance
The IntelliTrak drive system prevents one, two or three wheels from
spinning without the fourth for exceptional traction. The automatic locking
differential engages when needed and
disengages when turning for minimizing damage to the ground, tires or
drive components.
The deep-ratio, continuously-variable transmission eliminates the need
to shift gears and moves you quickly
from one jobsite to the next at speeds
up to 25 mph. The tilt steering wheel,
adjustable driver’s seat and industry-leading leg room add to operator
comfort.
The durable aluminum frame is
rust-free. The rack-and-pinion steering, excellent suspension system and
four-wheel hydraulic disc brakes add
to the machine’s impressive handling
characteristics.
With its large cargo box load capac-
ity and standard electric dump, the
easy-to-use 2300 works hard to save
time and labor. Plus, you can hook
up a trailer or implement to the 2-in.
receiver hitch on the rear.
The 2300 is also equipped with
lap and shoulder belts for restraint,
parking brake, a roll-over protective
structure (ROPS) and front and rear
tie-downs for transporting.
EASY MAINTENANCE
Ready for a challenge
The same traction and simple
operation features that make the
2300 utility vehicle such an impressive vehicle on the jobsite also gives
it exceptional tractive abilities and
handling features to enjoy a variety of
outdoor activities.
Experience the unmatched performance and versatility of the remarkable
2300 utility vehicle yourself. Visit your
participating Bobcat dealer today or
read more about the 2300 at www.
bobcat.com. More Choices
to Fit Your
Work and
Lifestyle
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n addition to the unique 2300, the
Bobcat® line of utility vehicles includes
three other models.
2100
The new-look 2200 is ideal for farm and
ranch applications.
The whisker push broom is one of the
attachments for the 2300.
The 13 hp, two-wheel drive 2100
utility vehicle is the perfect way to carry two
people and 800 lb. of cargo around your
jobsite or property—from commercial
developments, college campuses and rural
acreages to resorts.
Lift up the seats and cargo bed (top)
and hood (bottom) to access machine
components for routine maintenance.
2200
With a standard 800-lb. or optional
1,050-lb. bedload capacity, the re-designed
four-wheel drive, two-passenger 2200 utility
vehicle can tackle different terrain on or off
the trail. The restyled vehicle features a
rugged appearance that is sure to get plenty
of attention. Choose a 20 hp gasoline or
diesel engine.
2200S
The new four-wheel drive,
four-passenger 2200S has the performance
and room to carry a driver, three passengers
plus their gear and supplies just about any
where you want to explore. Great for a variety
of applications including buildings and
grounds, farms and ranches, nurseries and
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wo new models—the 329
and 335—expand the selection of Bobcat® excavators to
a total of 14 different machines.
“The 329 is designed for those
who want the performance of a
mid-size, conventional tail swing
excavator in a value-priced packThe new 335 excavator works well in
age,” says Tom Connor, Bobcat
many applications.
excavator product specialist. “It
is designed to appeal to first-time
buyers, especially plumbing and utility contractors who do shallow
excavating and load trucks. It’s also a good fit for rental centers.
”The 335 offers a way to step up in performance from the Bobcat 331 or
334 models without having to upgrade to a larger trailer or towing vehicle.
It fits the needs of landscape contractors, who dig retaining wall footings
and place materials such as concrete blocks and boulders. This excavator
is also ideal for grading, excavation and demolition contractors.”
tional keyless start system minimizes
unauthorized use of the machine.
For added productivity the 329
comes standard with such comforts
as a roomy cab with easy entry and
exit, a fully-adjustable suspension seat,
soft touch joysticks and an easy-to-use
switch for high/low travel speed selection. A control pattern selector valve
lets you switch quickly between ISO
and Standard control patterns.
The optional enclosed cab with a
high-output heater keeps you warm
and dry when the weather turns bad.
Offering excellent arm and breakout forces, the 40 hp 335 features a
maximum digging depth of 11 ft., 8 in.,
a maximum digging reach at ground
level of 17 ft., 10 in. and an operating
weight of 9,170 lb.
The piston pump provides maximum hydraulic performance with
smooth, precise predictable control
of work group functions. The torquesensing feature of the piston pump
systems manage the hydraulic load for
maximum fuel economy and extended
engine life.
Operation is easy and convenient
thanks to features such as the blade
float which exerts a minimal but
consistent down-force on the blade to
make quick work of grading, leveling
and backfilling jobs.
The standard heavy-duty XChange™ attachment mounting system
makes it easy to hook-up and remove
more than a dozen different Bobcat
attachments.
You’ll also like the swing-open
tailgate and side access hood for quick,
easy access to all fluid and daily maintenance checkpoints.
Available with an enclosed cab, the
335 is one of the few in its class that offers factory-installed air conditioning.
The automotive-type ventilation package for heating, cooling and defrosting
provides an ideal work environment.
For all the details on how these
latest additions to the Bobcat family
of excavators can save you time and
make money on the job, visit your local
Bobcat dealer. 329 Specs
335 Specs
Engine hp: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Operating weight:. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,098 lb.
Maximum dump height:. . . . . . . . . .10 ft, 2 in.
Maximum digging depth:. . . . . . . . 10 ft., 2 in.
Maximum digging reach
at ground level: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 ft., 0 in.
Arm breakout force:. . . . . . . . . . . . . .3,857 lbf
Bucket breakout force:. . . . . . . . . . . .6,866 lbf
Maximum auxiliary hydraulic flow: . . .14 GPM
Travel speed (low/high):. . . . . . . . 1.2/1.9 mph
Engine hp: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Operating weight:. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,170 lb
Maximum dump height:. . . . . . . . . 11 ft., 8 in.
Maximum digging depth:. . . . . . . . 11 ft., 8 in.
Maximum digging reach
at ground level: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 ft., 10 in.
Arm breakout force:. . . . . . . . . . . . . .5,262 lbf
Bucket breakout force:. . . . . . . . . . . .7,892 lbf
Maximum auxiliary hydraulic flow: . 19.8 GPM
Travel speed (low/high):. . . . . . . . 2.0/3.4 mph
Two New Mid-Size
Models Join the
Bobcat Excavator Line
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329
The 7,098-lb., 329 offers a 10 ft.,
2 in. maximum digging depth and 16
ft. maximum digging reach at ground
level. It’s equipped with a 28 hp Tier
II compliant engine for greater fuel
economy and cooler operation.
Like all Bobcat excavators, the 329
is engineered to keep you working
productively and comfortably day in
and day out. Its 360-degree cab rotation and independent boom swing
are enhanced by hydraulic circuits
that use the latest in pump and valve
technology for excellent control of
work group functions. The variable
flow bi-directional auxiliary hydraulic system features a thumb-operated
switch on the right joystick for easy,
precise operation of hydraulic Bobcat
attachments.
The engine and hydraulic monitoring system automatically shuts down
the engine under extreme fluid temperatures and pressure to reduce the
chance of catastrophic damage. An op8
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New V638
Gives
Building
Contractors
a Big Lift
he new pick-and-place V638
VersaHandler® telescopic tool
carrier takes performance to
new heights.
Featuring a three-stage boom that
extends to a maximum lift height of 38
ft., 11 in., the V638 is ideal for construction contractors and rental centers,
according to Eric Brown, Bobcat product specialist.
“It offers the lift height and reach
to save time and labor for framers,
masons and others who need a
compact machine to carry,
lift and place a variety of
building materials,” he
says. “Unlike most other
machines on the market
with a similar lift height,
you can equip the V638 with
an optional field-installed
stabilizer kit. It improves
side-to-side stability when
lifting on uneven ground.”
The V638 is also outfitted with more standard
equipment, such as fenders,
mirrors and road and working lights, than other brands,
making it a better value for
your money, Brown adds.
Available with a choice
of canopy or enclosed
heated and air conditioned
cab, the V638 offers many
of the same features as the
VersaHandler V518 and
V723 models. These features
include:
Easy-to-use hydrostatic transmission. You
can shift-on-the-fly to transition smoothly from low
to high speeds. The inching
pedal, which lets you control
travel speed independent
of engine RPM, is another
convenience feature.
“You can maintain full
engine RPM while hydrostatically controlling the
machine’s ground speed,”
Brown says. “For example,
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you can operate the boom at maximum engine RPM for fast cycle times,
while traveling at any speed within
the transmission’s speed range. It’s a
real benefit when picking and placing
materials, and you only need to move
the machine just a little to reposition it.
The inching pedal also reduces wear
on the disc brakes.
Dynamic braking system. As
soon as you let off the accelerator pedal,
the V638 will slow and stop, a benefit
of the hydrostatic transmission.
Unitized frame design. Rigid,
light and strong, the V638’s frame
provides the strength to lift as much
as heavier machines within its size
class. Plus, it does not flex as much as
a conventional rail frame.
Full belly pan. The frame’s full
belly pan provides total protection of
machine components.
Easy-to-use controls. A single,
loader-style joystick controls lift and
tilt functions, while variable-control
thumbwheels on the joystick activate
boom extension and auxiliary hydraulic functions.
A single shuttle lever controls forward and reverse travel and high and
low speeds. Another single lever operates turn signals, horn and high-beam
road lights.
Easy-to-read sweep gauges make
it easy to check hydraulic oil temperature, engine temperature and
fuel level.
Side-mounted engine. This feature provides much faster and easier
access to routine maintenance items
than some other brands with a rearmounted engine. Mounting the engine
on the right hand side of the machine
gives you better visibility to the sides
and rear of the unit.
Visit your participating Bobcat
dealer and see for yourself how the
new V638 can lift your jobsite productivity to new heights. Operator
training resources are available to meet
OSHA CFR 1910.178 training requirements for rough terrain forklift trucks
at www.training.bobcat.com. The new V638 telescopic tool carrier has a
lift height of more than 38 ft.
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BUILDINGS/GROUNDS
Equipment Gives
Campground an Advantage
ape Cod Campresort, a family
campground located in the
heart of old Cape Cod, enjoys
many advantages—a 55-acre wooded
landscape with a freshwater lake,
sandy beach, 200 sites for recreational
vehicles up to 48-ft.-long, rental
cabins, a tenting area and plenty of
amenities. There is also ample room
for expansion.
Another advantage for the East
Falmouth, Mass., park: A pair of
Bobcat® loaders that save time and
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money doing a variety of construction and maintenance chores around
the popular campground.
“Having this equipment is very
convenient and economically beneficial,” says John McCarthy, manager.
“These loaders and attachments paid
for themselves in a very short time,
compared to bringing in an operator
and machine for a day here and a
day there.”
He purchased an 863 skid-steer
loader four years ago from Bobcat of
Cape Cod, and a T300 compact track
loader last year.
“While the 863 has been extremely
valuable—it paid for itself that first year
—we added the T300 because of our
sandy soils,” says McCarthy. “I used to
grade with the 863, but with the soft
ground conditions I had to keep working out the ruts I was creating. The
compact track loader does a much better job of grading. It gives me more traction and doesn’t produce ruts. Grading
projects get completed much faster.”
Bobcat Equipment Goes to Town
in Saving Money for Taxpayers
he same features that make
Bobcat® machines the leading
compact equipment choice
in the private sector—amazing
versatility, high productivity and
rugged durability—also make them
the perfect choice when it comes to
saving money for taxpayers in the
public sector.
Bobcat offers more different
types, models and sizes of compact
machines than any manufacturer.
The key to their money-saving performance is the industry’s largest
selection of attachments, more than
70 in all. The many choices, plus the
ability to work quickly and efficiently
in limited access areas, mean that one
operator can often replace several
workers, not to mention larger, more
costly equipment, in a broad range of
municipal and other agency jobs.
In addition, Bobcat operator training materials provide consistent,
easy-to-use instructions to make
learning to operate the machine as
easy as possible.
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As supervisors with various local governments and departments
report, the speed, maneuverability
and ease of operating Bobcat equipment pays off all year long—whether
planting trees in the spring, constructing ball fields in the summer,
repairing streets in the fall or clearing
snow from sidewalks in the winter.
Parks and playgrounds
The Parks and Recreation Department of the City of Clive, Iowa, has
been using Bobcat® equipment since
1997. Two years ago, Jeff Thielen,
park maintenance supervisor, added
a Toolcat™ 5600 utility work machine
to his list of Bobcat equipment, which
includes a 773 skid-steer loader and
The park maintenance crew in Clive, Iowa, relies on a 773 skid-steer loader
and Toolcat 5600 utility work machine.
So does other work.
“At the back corner of the property
there has been a large pile of logs left
over from a hurricane in the early
1990s,” says McCarthy. “I couldn’t
move them with any of our equipment. Then we got the T300, and I
was able to go right down into that
spongy ground and clean the logs
right out. Without the T300 those logs
would still be there. It’s an unbelieveable machine.”
McCarthy uses his Bobcat loaders
and attachments (backhoe, sweeper)
to build new sites and roads and
install water, sewer and electrical
lines and regularly sweep 1.5 miles
of asphalt roads.
five attachments—angle broom,
auger, combination bucket, pallet
fork and snowblower. The skid-steer
loader is used for dirt work on landscaping projects and for handling
palletized items such as fertilizer and
ballfield material.
The Toolcat 5600 handles most
of the other jobs. One of those is
taking care of the 12 miles of paved
bike trails which run the length of
this Des Moines suburb. The utility
work machine is used with a bucket
for dressing up the sides of trails following asphalt repairs and with the
pallet fork for moving downed trees
following windstorms. In the fall,
it’s equipped with an angle broom
to brush away leaves. In winter, the
5600 and a snowblower attachment
clear the trails of snow.
The all-wheel steering of the
Toolcat machine makes it much more
maneuverable than a pickup truck
in tight areas, such as around playground equipment, Thielen reports.
“We use the 5600 with the auger
for drilling holes to plant trees and
to dig footings for playground equipment,” he says. “It’s great for hauling
concrete when building edges around
playgrounds and for carrying and
placing wood chips around trees. We
John McCarthy
“Our Bobcat equipment
is a real advantage,” he says.
“We save money, complete
work on our own schedule
and demonstrate to our
visitors that we run a firstclass operation.” A T300 cleans up a pile of logs at the
Cape Cod Campresort.
also use it to transport fencing materials to jobsites.”
The Toolcat unit is used with the
pallet fork to unload supplies and
materials from trucks, and at times
is teamed up with the loader. For
instance, the skid-steer machine
loads clay aggregate into the cargo
box of the 5600, which then carries
it out to ball fields where it dumps
the material.
“Of all our equipment, the Toolcat
5600 is our most versatile machine,”
Thielen says. “We’ve put almost 900
hours on it in less than two years.”
Road repairs and
maintenance
Earlier this year Roger Dye, Service
Department foreman for the City of
Brecksville, Ohio, added a Bobcat®
A300 all-wheel steer loader to his
equipment fleet. It took the place
of the department’s 863 skid-steer
loader which has been reassigned
to the horticulture department for
landscaping work.
Equipped with high-flow hydraulics, the A300 can be used either
as a turf- and pavement-friendly
all-wheel steer loader simply by
pressing a switch in the cab or as an
agile skid-steer loader. “We bought
The City of Brecksville, Ohio, uses its
A300 loader and tiller attachment to
prepare ground for seeding.
the machine to minimize tire marks
when turning on fresh asphalt or on
turf,” Dye says.
One of the A300’s primary duties
is using the wheel saw and planer
attachments to repair asphalt streets.
“This equipment is a lot easier and
faster than using a jackhammer to
break up the asphalt,” Dye says.
The A300 is also used for grounds
maintenance and roadside landscaping jobs. In these cases, a pallet fork is
used to unload and transport small
trees and an auger is used to drill holes
for planting trees and placing fence
posts. A tiller makes easy work of
breaking up ground for seeding jobs.
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BUILDINGS/GROUNDS
The Bobcat high-flow snowblower
attachment is ideal for clearing snow
in cul-de-sacs, Dye notes. “Unlike
a large front-end loader, the snowblower attachment lets you direct the
snow to prevent burying mail boxes
and driveway entrances,” he says.
“We also use it to widen the cleared
roadway when snow builds up along
the edge of the street.”
No matter what the season, the
Bobcat equipment helps his crew
save time and labor. ”Sometimes,
we may only use the machine once
or twice a week,” Dye says. “Other
times, we use it every day.”
Airport applications
Positioning itself as a convenient
alternative to Chicago’s busy O’Hare
International Airport, the Chicago/
Rockford International Airport (RFD)
in Rockford, Ill., has embarked on
an ambitious program to increase
passenger traffic. The ability of its
Bobcat® compact equipment to efficiently handle a variety of work to
help airport facilities keep pace with
the additional business is a key part
of the airport’s growth plans.
In the past four years, the Chicago/
Rockford International Airport has
risen from 630th in the nation in
terms of number of passengers to
224th last year. Airport officials have
their eyes set on making the top 150
list in four more years.
Matt Zinke, one of the airport’s
operations and facilities supervisors, is in charge of construction and
maintenance work for everything
from repairing runways to installing
security fences. He and his crews rely
on the power and compact size of a
Bobcat S250 skid-steer loader and
half a dozen Bobcat attachments to
finish work faster and easier when
other equipment is too big.
“Without this compact equipment,
we’d have to do a lot of work by
hand,” he says.
For example, Zinke uses large
snow removal equipment, such as
high-speed brooms and plow trucks
to clear taxiways and runways.
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But for working in the tight spaces
around the terminal, his crews use
the S250 with a Bobcat snow blade
and snow bucket.
Last year the airport expanded the
number of jetways from one to three.
“We can’t get big machines around
them to clear snow,” Zinke says. “The
Bobcat equipment is much more
maneuverable than trying to use a
pickup truck with a plow. The S250
saves us a lot of labor. We also use it
on the airfield to clear paths through
the snow for repairing runway lights
or electrical cables.”
The enclosed cab with heater and
air conditioning helps keep operators
comfortable and productive both
winter and summer.
Equipped with other Bobcat attachments, the skid-steer loader does
a wide range of jobs, including using
a trencher to install power cables, an
auger for drilling postholes, and a
grader for maintaining gravel service
roads in remote areas of the airport.
The loader and grader were also
used around the airport‘s perimeter
fencing, filling in voids between the
bottom of the fence and the ground.
The lift height and reach of the
S250 makes it easy to load trucks with
dirt and concrete debris. “It’s large
enough to do that work and small
enough to maneuver quickly in tight
areas,” Zinke says.
The hydraulic Power BobTach™
system allows operators to switch between standard attachments without
leaving the cab. Another time-saver
is two-speed travel. The 12-mph
high-range speed shortens travel
time when hauling and transporting
materials relatively long distances
between one part of the airfield and
another. An S250 skid-steer loader is ready for a variety of chores around the
Chicago/Rockford International Airport.
INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTS
Metal Recycler Needs
Equipment for the Long Haul
reat Western Recycling
Industries, Inc. (GWR), St.
Paul, Minn., needs equipment that can handle the everyday
abuse that comes with working in a
high-traffic scrap metal recycling facility. That’s why they count on a pair
of Bobcat® skid-steer loaders.
“We need them for confined spaces when moving material,” says John
Kolesar, operations superintendent.
“We use the skid-steer loaders a lot in
the aluminum can building where we
have two balers. They’re used every
day, nine hours a day.”
A year after Kolesar began at GWR,
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he purchased a Bobcat 873 skid-steer
loader because of the service, parts
availability and dependability. “We
were looking for something for the
long haul, not short term,” he says. In
2004, the company bought an S250.
The skid-steer loaders help
with a critical part of the recycling
process. When customers arrive at
the facility’s main doors to deliver
scrap aluminum, forklifts transport
the product to a scale for weighing.
After a ticket is given to the customer
showing the aluminum’s weight,
the material is then transported and
dumped in front of the balers. To
John Kolesar
An S250 skid-steer loader works nine hours a day at
the Great Western Recycling plant.
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feed the scrap metal into the balers,
workers use industrial grapple attachments on the skid-steer loaders.
Both have solid tires to eliminate the
possibility of flats. Because the industrial bucket grapple is composed of
grapple tines and a bucket-shaped
bottom, Kolesar says it’s ideal for
lifting the scrap metal and placing it
onto the baler’s steel conveyor belt.
“Feeding the balers is the main
function of the loaders,” he says.
“Without them, we’d have a heck of
a time and we’d have to do a lot of
the feeding by hand.”
Even though 2,000 lb. of scrap
material cannot be set on the baler’s
conveyor belt all at once, Kolesar
says he still wanted loaders that had
enough lifting capacity to haul the
scrap metal where it needed to go.
The 873 has a 2,400-lb. rated operating capacity (ROC) and the S250 has
a 2,500-lb. ROC. In addition to feeding balers, the loaders also are used
for moving the resulting bales after
the aluminum is processed through
the baler.
“We lift a lot of weight. So we’re
A G R I C U LT U R E
always looking for more lifting
capacity if we can get it,” Kolesar
says.
Once the scrap metal has been
processed, the bales are readied for
shipment to mills across the world
that reprocess the material into end
products. While the skid-steer loaders typically work inside the facility,
they work outside to load the overseas shipping containers. Kolesar
says the skid-steer loaders’ maneuverability is key when they enter the
stainless steel bin to haul and load the
metal into a dump hopper.
The maneuverability of the loaders also comes in handy when
performing cleanup and snow removal. Oftentimes, Kolesar says he
will use the machines with buckets
for cleaning up fallen scrap metal
from around the facility’s drop-off
doors. The buckets are also used for
clearing snow during the winter. “It’s
nice with the skid-steer loaders because they easily clean up around the
doors and the building,” he says. “You
get the larger loaders in there and they
don’t do such a good job.”
As operations superintendent,
Kolesar believes it’s his job to ensure his operators stay efficient.
“I think the more comfortable the
operators are, the more production
you’re going to get out of them,”
he says. That’s why the S250 has
an enclosed cab with heater and air
conditioning.
In addition to feeding the balers,
cleanup and snow removal, Kolesar
uses the loaders for maintaining the
9-ft. fence that surrounds the scrap
metal facility. Occasionally, operators
will attach the auger and drill holes
to place new fence posts.
At the end of the day, after the
loaders have hauled thousands of
pounds of scrap metal, Kolesar says
he needs machines that he can rely
on to start and work just as hard
the next day, the next week and the
next year.
“Our loaders have held up well
and they’re very reliable,” he says.
“That’s all anybody can ask for.” John Kerr uses his Bobcat equipment both on and off
his Kentucky farm.
Equipment Helps
Farm Economics
f you’re in the farm business today, you do whatever you
can to make a buck,” says John Kerr, Lexington, Ky.
That’s why, when he’s not using his Bobcat® T190 compact track loader and Toolcat™ 5600 utility work machine
around his farm, he puts them to work making money off
the farm.
“It’s unbelievable what you can do with these machines,”
he says. “We use them for everything from handling pallets of
salt blocks and hay cubes to landscaping, tearing up sidewalks
and cleaning up construction debris.”
The farm is home to Kerr, his wife, Alston, and their children, Virginia and John Kerr, IV, where they raise beef cattle,
horses and crops.
Kerr’s list of Bobcat attachments, many of which can be
used on both machines, include an auger, Brushcat® rotary
cutter, smooth edge and tooth buckets, an industrial grapple,
landscape rake, mower, pallet fork and snow V-blade. The
hydraulic Power BobTach™ system on the T190 allows operators to change standard attachments without leaving the cab.
For added comfort and productivity, both Bobcat machines are
equipped with enclosed, heated and air conditioned cabs.
He buys his Bobcat equipment from Bobcat Enterprises in
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A G R I C U LT U R E
Lexington. “We’ve been very pleased
with the good service they provide,”
Kerr says. “If we have a problem they
jump right on it, even on a Saturday.”
Track benefits
The T190 handles all the heavy
work, aided by the flotation and
traction of its rugged rubber track
undercarriage.
“We’re big fans of compact track
loaders,” Kerr says. “Our T190
doesn’t tear up the ground and it
can go right through mud. It costs
more than a comparable size skidsteer loader, but it’s worth every
penny.”
The size of the T190, he adds, is
ideal. It provides the power he needs
for landscaping and lifting heavy
loads, yet it’s small enough to work
easily in and around his barns and
to haul on a trailer behind a pickup
truck.
In addition to grading residential lots and preparing seedbeds on
landscaping projects, the T190 makes
easy work of transporting timbers,
trees and palletized materials. One
of its farm chores is cleaning up
thick brush in fence rows using the
Brushcat ® rotary cutter
and industrial grapple
attachments.
“This is much more
efficient and cost-effective
than using chainsaws and
a tractor with a front-end
loader like we did at one
time,” Kerr says.
The T190 is also a
faster, easier alternative
to a tractor-loader unit for
hauling logs and brush
and for using these materials to construct horse
jumps, he adds.
because of all the different kinds of
work it can do,” he says. “Like our
T190, we can use it with a variety of
attachments, but the Toolcat utility
work machine is a whole different
animal. Compared to an all-terrain,
four-wheel drive vehicle, it has a lot
more power and can do many different jobs.”
In fact, this work utility machine
does some jobs more easily and efficiently than a tractor or pickup
truck. With a top speed of 18 mph,
the 5600 wastes no time traveling
around the farm to do a variety of
chores, whether drilling tree planting
holes with the auger, cutting grass
with the mower or towing trailers.
That includes a trailer that carries
a water tank, hand tools and mulch
for tending to trees and shrubs. The
cargo box with hydraulic dump is
great for hauling feed to horses and
cattle in pastures.
A team effort
The compact track loader and
utility work machine also work
together. For example, instead of
driving a pickup truck to the feed
store to get individual protein tubs,
which weigh 200 lb. each, then hauling it to the field and dragging it
off the bed by hand, Kerr takes an
easier approach. He uses the T190 to
unload a shipment of the protein tubs
to the farm and put them in storage.
When needed, the machine loads one
into the cargo box of the 5600 which
transports it to the field and dumps
it where needed.
The 5600 is also used to haul and
dump gravel to fill in low spots
around livestock waterers and other
areas. The gravel is loaded by the
T190. Once a year the two machines
team up for one of Kerr’s charitable
ventures. He uses them to help unload goods trucked in by vendors
for the Rolex Kentucky, a huge horse
competition. “This event keeps our
machines busy for two weeks,” Kerr
says, “doing about anything which is
necessary at the event. We have even
helped with stuck cars and horse
trailers. This event appreciates our
help and it is a way for me to give
back to the horse community.”
These are just a few examples
of how Bobcat equipment boosts
productivity for Kerr on and off the
farm. A better
alternative
The versatile Toolcat
utility work machine has
also proven its value in
Kerr’s operations.
“I bought the 5600
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The powerful T190 compact track loader and the versatile Toolcat 5600 utility work machine
team up on John Kerr’s farm.
Loaders Pass Test in
Extreme Conditions
erek Duarte knows all about
the reliability of Bobcat ®
loaders.
“We’ve had this equipment for
years,” says Duarte, a project manager with Total Development Solutions,
Gainesville, Va. “The Bobcat brand
holds up very well and has given
us top performance for a long time.
We’ve had very few maintenance
problems.”
He also knows about another
type of Bobcat reliability—operating
loaders in some of the most severe working conditions you can
imagine.
Duarte is a member of the U.S.
Naval Mobile Battalion, otherwise
known as the Seabees. His reserve
unit was stationed in Kuwait and
Iraq for six months during 2004-2005.
Among their assignments: Building
camps, outposts, huts, roads and
repairing bridges.
“I operated an S185 during the
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time we were in Kuwait,” says
Duarte. “I did a lot of camp maintenance including grading between
tents and moving supplies around.
It wasn’t hard work for the loader,
but the days were long, usually about
12 hours.”
And that’s where Duarte and his
fellow Seabees really tested the reliability of Bobcat loaders.
“When we arrived the temperature was 138° F,” he says. “It was
extremely dusty, with sandstorms
that reduced visibility to less than 30
ft. It is hard to imagine more difficult
working conditions. Our Bobcat
loaders held up very well.”
Back home, Duarte returned to a
fleet of Bobcat products—seven compact track loaders (four T200s, two
T250s and a T300), four skid-steer
loaders (two 863s, a 763 and S185)
and three excavators (325, 334, 341),
along with several attachments.
Total Development Solutions does
A trio of machines owned by Total Development Solutions cleans up the grounds
around a new housing community.
Derek Duarte
site development and bond release
work. Duarte works in the bond
release division.
“We repair what other developers don’t finish,” he says. “When a
developer designs a new housing
community they have to give a bond
to the county. The bond won’t be
released until the job is completed
satisfactorily. Our job is to make sure
everything is done correctly.”
The company has ten crews in the
bond release division, and about 90
percent of the time each crew takes
a Bobcat machine. That’s because
Bobcat products are the perfect fit
for the range of projects done by
the firm—repairing yards, installing utilities, building stormwater
management ponds and re-doing
wetlands.
“Once we arrive at a jobsite we
discover all kinds of things that have
to be fixed before the bond can be
released,” says Duarte. “We have
great flexibility because our Bobcat
equipment is so versatile. The addition of the compact track loaders to
our fleet enables us to do just about
anything, even where situations such
as wet ground conditions and limited access locations present unique
challenges.”
During the past few years, Duarte
has found that reliable Bobcat equipment is more than up to the job,
whether in new housing developments along the East Coast or in the
deserts of the Middle East. WORKSAVER SUMMER 2006
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CONSTRUCTION
Bobcat Equipment Makes
Tough Calls Easy
aking the most of his machinery operating skills and
his Bobcat® compact equipment, contractor Sean Riviera of Van
Nuys, Calif., has built his business by
taking on jobs that others either can’t
or won’t tackle.
“When other contractors don’t
believe they can do a difficult job
because space is tight, they call on
us. We have the equipment that can
do it,” he says.
Those jobs range from excavating
for swimming pools in backyards
and digging trenches for fiber optic
cables to clearing brush on horse
trails.
His equipment includes six Bobcat
loaders and half a dozen different
Bobcat attachments.
“I’ve always liked Bobcat equipment, especially their versatility
and the fact that Bobcat offers more
attachments than any other manufacturer,” Riviera says. “I also like
them because they are made in the
United States.”
He uses his Bobcat 463 skid-steer
loader to maneuver through narrow
access points and into small work areas that would stop a bigger machine.
Two 753 models and a pair of S185
loaders offer the power and compact
size to work quickly and efficiently
on a wide range of jobs where space
is limited. His T190 compact track
loader provides plenty of power
and traction for more challenging
excavating and grading work.
Riviera’s Bobcat attachments include a combination bucket, backhoe,
Brushcat® rotary cutter, landscape
rake, sweeper and vibratory roller.
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A soft touch
Riviera’s skill at operating Bobcat
equipment has been on display
at the “Bobcat Rodeo,” which his
dealer, Valley Bobcat, Inc., Sun Valley,
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Calif., holds each year. He’s won the
competition each of the three times
he’s entered it. One of the events
requires using a Bobcat loader with a
backhoe attachment to scoop up two
golf balls with a spoon-like device
just big enough to hold them, then
swing around and drop the balls
into a barrel.
His finesse in operating a Bobcat
excavator once enabled him to pull
open the tab on a can of soda that was
held firmly in a vice. “I won a $100
bet by doing it,” he says.
That kind of skill also pays off on
the job when using his Bobcat loader
with the backhoe attachment or a
rented Bobcat excavator to excavate
around utilities. “Utility lines aren’t
always where the as-built plan shows
them,” Riviera says. “By working
carefully I can feel—through the hydraulic controls—where the lines are
so that I can dig around them without
causing damage.”
On one job, for example, he was
digging a trench to install a new fiber
optic cable next to an existing one.
Cutting the existing line would have
cost him a $150,000 penalty for every
minute it was down. “The only way
to trace the existing line was to dig
right over it,” he says. “I dug down
until I felt the layer of sand which
covered the line. That way I knew
where the line was.”
Riviera reports that using his loader and backhoe attachment, along
with an excavator on this job, he
dug about 6,000 linear feet of trench,
averaging about 1,500 ft. a day.
Another time he was clearing
brush with his T190 loader and combination bucket under the bridge of a
major freeway interchange in downtown Los Angeles when he saw a
pipe-like object. “I opened the bucket
to grab plenty of dirt as I picked up
the object,” he says. “Then I flagged
Sean Riviera
down the police. They determined
that the object was a concern and
shut down several freeways in the
area until they disposed of it.”
Saving time
Riviera’s Bobcat equipment also
pays off when clearing nearly 70
miles of trails for a horse-owners’
association. He uses his T190 loader
with his combination bucket or
grapple to remove low-hanging tree
branches and blackberry vines and
the Brushcat rotary cutter to mow
the sides of the trails. He’s also rented
Bobcat excavators to protect the trails
from erosion by building water diversion bars across the trails to divert
runoff to the side.
Riviera used his Bobcat equipment to repair several miles of an
emergency access road for a trail
system that had been damaged by
storm water runoff. The job involved
bringing in more than 60 dump truck
loads of base material and spreading
it along several miles of the road.
“Based on their calculations, the
engineers figured the job would take
four weeks,” Riviera said. “Using
our Bobcat S185 and T190 loaders to
haul and spread about six truckloads
a day, we completed the project in
10 days.”
He also uses Bobcat excavators
to get the edge on the competition
when digging trenches. “On two occasions, using a Bobcat 322 excavator
with a bucket, we out-dug another
contractor who was using a tractorloader-backhoe because we could
swing in a complete circle and offset
the boom.”
With the kind of performance
Riviera enjoys from his Bobcat equipment, it’s no wonder he’s happy to
respond to calls for tough jobs. R E N TA L
Shift to Bobcat Equipment Boosts
Rental Activity, Resale Income
fter buying American Rentall
Center, Abington, Mass., John
Wilk sold off his inventory of
another brand of skid-steer loaders and
replaced them with Bobcat® compact
equipment from Bobcat of Boston.
Even though he had little experience with the Bobcat brand, Wilk
decided to get rid of the six existing
loaders and buy Bobcat equipment.
He and his customers, who include
mostly landscaping contractors,
are pleased with the switch. In fact
Wilk’s business improved since he
took on the Bobcat brand.
When Wilk sold the other loaders he decided to replace them with
an assortment of Bobcat equipment
rather than only rubber tire skid-steer
loaders. He also offers a collection
of attachments for his tool carriers
including augers, hydraulic breakers, and landscape rakes. Wilke says
carrying a diversity of landscaping
attachments at his rental store without doubt helps him rent compact
loaders.
“I have a Bobcat 553, an MT52, a
334 excavator, a T190, an S160 and
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a couple of S175s,” Wilk says. “The
553 has been a very popular unit.”
That‘s because some of his customers want a smaller frame machine.
He has a couple of contractors that
particularly like that size of machine
because of the tight areas where they
routinely work.
The 553 is just 49.5 in. wide with
a bucket attachment, which makes
it popular for working in confined
spaces like those found on landscaping projects in New England.
Resale increases
Wilk says one of the benefits he
has noticed about Bobcat loaders is
their higher resale value compared to
his previous machines. He has sold
them for as much as 80 percent of his
purchase price and recalls selling one
of his used Bobcat loaders in less than
a day after putting a sign on the front
door of his store.
Wilk says Bobcat loaders are so
popular with rental customers that
it only takes a year or two to pay
for a machine. Once it is paid for,
American Rentall Center keeps the
unit for up to three years before selling it. This practice helps keep the
rental inventory up-to-date.
Popularity of compact
track loaders grows
Although Wilk says some people
were at first hesitant to rent rubber
track machines because they were
unfamiliar with the undercarriage,
he says they are steadily growing in
popularity, especially when ground
conditions are wet.
”It took awhile for customers
to fully appreciate what can be accomplished with a compact track
loader,” says Wilk. “But now that
they’ve caught on, they have become
very popular. One customer has been
renting a compact track loader for a
month at a time. He used the track
unit to finish a project even though
he had rubber tired machines that
could do the job.
“I have another customer who
builds expensive homes,” Wilk says.
“He liked the rubber tire machines,
but I told him I had a track machine
and I took it to his jobsite. He ran it
three times in a week and decided
that’s what he wanted.” When the
customer called Wilk again to rent
the machine, it was unavailable, so
rather than use a rubber tire machine,
the customer waited until a compact
track loader was available.
Wilk had a few customers who initially were hesitant to rent the track
type because the rental fee is higher
than for a rubber tire machine.
“I said try it and if you don’t like it,
I will charge you the S175 price,” he
explains. “No one ever said anything
about it. Once I get customers to try
them, I’ve had no problems with
price. My customers don’t even raise
the question, and now when it is wet,
the demand is very strong.” Rental center owner John Wilk has sold Bobcat loaders for as much as
80 percent of his purchase price.
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WORKING
MISSING
RECOVERED
Eyes on the Skies Help
Track Down Stolen Loader
s manager of Concrete Clinic,
his family’s contractor supply and rental business, John
Bencsik, Jr., has purchased a lot of
equipment over the years. One of his
smartest buying decisions last year was
equipping eight of his newer Bobcat®
compact track loaders and compact
excavators with the GlobalTRACS
GPS system for monitoring equipment
location and operation.
It saved him the cost of replacing a
nearly-new, top-of-the line Bobcat T300
compact track loader and two Bobcat
attachments by enabling law enforcement authorities to find the equipment
several hundred miles from the jobsite
where it had been stolen. In the process, the police busted a major theft
ring, uncovering a large stash of other
stolen construction equipment.
“Equipment theft is a big problem
in our area,” says Bencsik. “We saw
this system as insurance that was well
worth the money. Its cost is minimal
compared to its value.”
Based in Lemont, Ill., a suburb of
Chicago, Concrete Clinic includes
two other stores, one in New Lenox
and another in Morris. The company’s
equipment inventory includes 25
Bobcat skid-steer and compact track
loaders and excavators and several
Bobcat attachments.
Bencsik purchased the GlobalTRACS system at the suggestion of
his dealer, Atlas Bobcat, Schiller Park,
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Ill. “They’ve always been very good
about taking care of us and keeping us
informed about the latest equipment
developments,” Bencsik says. “And,
I trust them.”
He had tried a different type of
security system several years ago. “It
was a bulky unit that was difficult to
hide,” he recalls. “Also, if the machine
sat for a long time without running,
the system would drain the battery
dead. I got frustrated and stopped
using it.”
To thwart thieves attempting to
disarm the system, the GlobalTRACS
hardware is well concealed. “Even
though I knew the transmitter and antenna had been installed, I couldn’t find
them until my dealer showed me exactly where they were,” Bencsik says.
Finding the stolen goods
The GlobalTRACS system, which
Bobcat introduced last year, combines
satellite vehicle tracking capability
with wireless communications and
John Bencsik, Jr.
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computer data management. The dealer-installed hardware features rugged
construction for reliable operation.
Qualcomm, Inc., a world-wide leader
in wireless communications, monitors
the data network 24 hours a day.
This system allows Bencsik to
pinpoint the location of his Bobcat
equipment. He can also set up an
electronic fence around the area where
the machine is operating. Should it
leave this area, the global positioning
satellites trigger the system to alert you
automatically as they continue tracking the machine’s location.
However, in the case of the stolen
T300, the contractor who rented the
machine was using it at two different
jobsites. As a result, Bencsik didn’t set
up an electronic fence to enclose both
areas. So, when the thieves made off
with the machine, he had no reason to
search for it. “I won’t do that again,”
he vows.
At the same time, the construction superintendent who noticed the
machine missing assumed the superintendent at the other site had taken
it. Several days passed before they
realized the machine was stolen and
reported it to Bencsik. That’s when he
started the electronic search. By the
time the Michigan State Police found
the machine in the southwestern part
of the state the thieves had already left
their mark on it.
“They had broken the glass door
of the cab, apparently to get inside,
and damaged the top of the cab and
knocked out a side window, most
likely while transporting it inside
a trailer with other equipment,” he
says. “They also ground off every
serial number they could find and
torched off all the decals of our company name. Repairing the damage
and repainting the machine cost close
to $10,000. But that was still a lot less
expensive than buying a new one.”
More benefits
But helping him recover his T300
isn’t the only reason Bencsik likes the
GlobalTRACS system. He can also
use it to keep an eye on the operating
status and engine hours of his machines. This makes it easy to schedule
regular service when equipment is
out for extended rental periods.
“Some of our customers may
rent our Bobcat equipment for six or
seven months at a time,” he says. “By
keeping track of engine hours, this
system tells us when an oil change
and other regular service is needed. It
also saves time for our service technician because he knows exactly where
to find the machine.”
This feature is also handy when
customers rent the machines for
snow removal work. “In the past,
I’d have to wait until the end of the
season to determine the total hours
they used the machine,” he says.
“Now I can bill them every month if
they exceed the monthly time they’ve
paid for.”
Currently, Bencsik has equipped
13 of his Bobcat loaders and excavators with GlobalTRACS. “I’m very
happy with the way this system
works,” he says. “We never would
have gotten our stolen T300 back
without it. This system is batting a
thousand percent for me.”
The GlobalTRACS system works
with all Bobcat skid-steer, all-wheel
steer and compact track loaders,
loader backhoes, compact excavators, Toolcat™ utility work machines,
utility vehicles and more. Visit your
local Bobcat dealer to learn all the
details, or go online to read more:
www.bobcat.com/gps. A Small Investment Produces
Plenty of Peace of Mind
y extending the benefits of
the standard warranty, Protection Plus offers another
advantage of buying Bobcat® compact equipment.
Every new Bobcat machine is
backed by a no-cost warranty that
pays for any repairs due to defects
in materials and workmanship for
the first 12 months after purchase,
regardless of total hours. For a minimal cost, Protection Plus continues
to cover the expense of service parts
and labor to repair any catastrophic
failure after the standard warranty
expires. What’s more, unlike some
extended warranties, it requires no
deductible.
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Choose coverage level
You select the level and length
of additional coverage to best fit
your own needs. You can choose
a policy to cover the power train
or the full machine for a total of
either 24 months/2,000 hours
or 36 months/2,000 hours or 36
months/3,000 hours. Municipal
owners can also purchase a
60-month/5,000-hour extended warranty to cover the power train.
“The Protection Plus full machine
warranty covers you from the front
of the machine to the tailgate latch,”
says Erika Johnson, Bobcat marketing project manager. “It gives you
the same level of protection as the
standard warranty.”
The Protection Plus power train
warranty covers the internal components of the engine, the hydraulic
or hydrostatic pump, chains, axles,
sprockets and motors, depending on
the type of machine.
You can buy either type of warranty, which is honored at all U.S.
and Canadian Bobcat dealerships, up to one year
after taking
delivery of your new Bobcat machine
(for best value, purchase within 45
days of machine delivery).
Enjoy many benefits
“Investing in Protection Plus gives
you peace of mind by allowing you
to minimize—if not virtually eliminate—unexpected repair costs,” says
Johnson. “Should your machine experience a catastrophic failure, the cost
of one repair could exceed the cost of
the extended warranty plan.
“All owners can benefit from this
extended warranty. For example, if
you’re on a tight budget, it allows
you to forecast operational costs
more accurately. Protection Plus
assures you that warranted repairs
are made by trained Bobcat service
professionals.”
If you sell your machine before the
Protection Plus policy expires, you
can transfer the remaining coverage to
the new owner for a minimal fee.
Even if Protection Plus coverage
has expired, it may still increase the
machine’s resale price. “In this case,
the potential buyer may consider
the machine more valuable because
of the superior care provided by an
extended warranty,” Johnson says.
Protection Plus is available for all
new Bobcat loaders (mini track, skidsteer, compact track and all-wheel
steer) excavators, VersaHandler ®
telescopic tool carriers and Toolcat™
utility work machines.
See your local Bobcat dealer for all
the details. BE YOUR OWN BOSS
Things I Have Learned Along the Way
By Roger Cook
The Importance of Finding
Your Forte...And Knowing
When to Branch Out
Roger Cook
regularly appears
on “This Old House”
and “Ask This Old
House” television
programs. He
owns K&R Tree
and Landscape Co.,
Burlington, Mass.
was at a conference recently, and
a landscaper asked me if we do
our own irrigation work. We do
not. It’s pretty simple: We’re just not
very good at it. We don’t enjoy that
type of work, and most importantly,
we don’t make money doing it.
I don’t see this as a negative. I feel
pretty good about knowing who we
are and what we do well, and sticking
to it. That’s part of what has made us
successful. We do try to branch out
occasionally, and with attachment
carriers on the market today, it’s
easier than ever to explore offshoots
(more on that later).
It’s not the first time someone has
asked me about this—whether we
move snow in the winter, do our own
tree work, or do maintenance and
lawncare. If it has anything to do with
landscaping, we’ve probably either
tried doing it or considered it. But
we always end up playing around
with the numbers. Along with my accountant, I analyze what it’s going to
cost me in new tools and equipment.
I
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Maybe I’ll need to get more insurance
or a different type of policy. Then I
might need to hire additional guys.
Often, we’ll end up deciding that’s
it’s not worth what it would cost us,
but it was worth looking into.
I’ve spent a lot of time over the
years figuring out what we’re good
at. If we’re not good at it, we’re
probably not going to make money.
I know other companies must be good
at the things we’re not. They must be
making money or they wouldn’t stick
with it. Maybe it doesn’t work for us,
and that’s okay. Believe me, there’s
still plenty of work to be done.
There are many other things we
thought about, but never took the
plunge. We’ve considered stamping concrete and hydroseeding. I’ve
learned that it always comes back
to where you want your business to
grow and how much. You can make
a certain amount of money adding a
branch. That’s how some companies
grow—by trying new things and
developing new capabilities. But if
you’re spending all the money on
things you need to support a completely new facet of your business,
and it’s too slow coming back in,
you may be growing the wrong way.
Or maybe you don’t need to grow
at all—maybe you just need to do
more of what you do well. Sometimes
you can lose your focus on what
you’re making money on, and your
original profit changes from a river
to a stream. We all go in with hopes
of making money, but don’t kill the
goose that laid the golden egg.
Like with many other things in
life, it’s more complex than dollars
and cents. You could be turning a
profit and still decide it’s not something you should stick with. For
example, are you having fun? I enjoy
the construction end of the business.
I love that people trust us to come
in and totally destroy their yard
and then put it back together again.
That’s the type of work that is really
fun for me.
Then there’s over-extending your
people. When you pull them off of
one type of work to have them focus
on another, what’s that do to the quality that made you successful in the
first place? Ask any business owner:
There’s more to buying a franchise
than just money. It stretches your
most important resources—your
people and your equipment.
Many times, natural growth is
the best route to go. For example,
you may be cutting lawns and then
stumble into planting small trees and
shrubs. It may work well for you. You
then need to analyze numbers and
competition, and if it looks promising, go for it.
Obviously, if you’re unsure of
what the future holds for you, you
won’t want to invest a lot in big
equipment and tools. That’s the
benefit of owning multi-purpose attachment carriers. If you’re exploring
something different, you just get a
new attachment and it’s almost like
having a new or second machine.
Boom, you’re in business.
Rent it, try it
Your dealer can help you with
this. You may even want to rent
the attachment, use it, and then
decide, “Yep, I’m going to make
money at this.” Then you can buy
it. Maybe it’s a vibratory plow
(pipe puller) or a trencher. It lets
you get started without getting
into a multi-thousand dollar cost.
If you end up needing a new
machine long-term, you already
know you can make money with
it. I’ve been talking with my dealer
about getting a planer attachment
so I can take out asphalt driveways. It pains me to keep paying
someone else to rip them up and
haul the asphalt away. I’d rather
recycle the asphalt myself. I know
it’s not that risky of a move because all I need is the attachment.
All of a sudden I could be in the
asphalt removal business.
So we stick to what we’re good
at, but will I try new things? You
bet. That’s where the compact
equipment comes in so handy.
Believe me, I may be conservative,
but when I see an opportunity,
I want to explore it. I can’t say
for sure that we’ll end up going
that route, but that’s one of the
great things about this business.
My scenery changes every day.
Anything I can do to help change
the scenery but still have fun—and
still make money doing it—is
good for me. New Lease Program Adds to
Options for Owning and
Operating Bobcat Equipment
owerLease SM, an innovative
operating lease, is the latest of
several leasing and financing
programs available from IngersollRand Financial Services, a division of
CitiCapital Commercial Corporation
and its subsidiaries (“IRFS”), to help
you save time and labor with a variety
of new Bobcat® equipment.
“The PowerLease is a simple, affordable alternative to traditional
financing with flexible options to
purchase, trade up or just walk away
at the end of the lease,” says Demian
Tallman, a marketing analyst with
IRFS.
The PowerLease can offer several
advantages including cash flow and
tax and accounting benefits. Also, it
allows you to operate new equipment,
upgrade your technology to reduce the
potential downtime of older equipment and keep credit lines open to
conserve operating capital.
All new Bobcat skid-steer and compact track loaders, excavators, Toolcat™
utility work machines, VersaHandler®
telescopic tool carriers and up to two
new attachments for each power unit
are eligible for the PowerLease. It’s designed for equipment used 800 hours
or less a year; however, other hourly
applications are available.
Flexibility is one attractive feature of
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the PowerLease. You know upfront the
cost of buying the equipment during
the contract. Two early buyout options
allow you to purchase the machine for
a pre-determined price at two different
times during the life of the lease. Or, at
the end of the lease, you can buy the
machine for its fair market value or
return it to your dealer.
Additional benefits of the
PowerLease: No down payment is
required; monthly payments are lower
than traditional financing and no sales
tax is due at signing.
“The PowerLease gives you the best
of both worlds—a lower monthly payment and the option to purchase the
equipment during or at the end of the
lease term,” says Tallman.
Contact your Bobcat dealer for details about the PowerLease and other
financing options. New Bobcat Training
Resources DVD
www.BYOB-pro.com
Business Information
Source
For this and more columns by
Roger Cook, as well as other helpful
articles on running your own business,
visit www.BYOB-pro.com.
new Bobcat® training resource DVD featuring a series of safety videos
in English and Spanish is available (P/N 6904762). The 10-minute
safety videos provide instructions for proper operation and maintenance of Bobcat equipment, including skid-steer, all-wheel steer and mini
track loaders, compact excavators, the Toolcat™ 5600 utility work machine,
VersaHandler® telescopic tool carriers, utility vehicles and loader backhoes.
Contact your local Bobcat dealer for more details or visit www.training.
bobcat.com. A
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LANDSCAPE
Chuck Nessralla
Chuck Nessralla uses his S220 skid-steer loader to
landscape around a new in-ground swimming pool.
Landscaper Put S220
to Year-Round Test
orthern landscapers often
supplement their incomes
by using versatile Bobcat ®
compact loaders for snow removal.
It’s simple to convert a landscaping
machine to a snow remover with a
snowblower, snow blade or snow
pusher attachment.
Snow removal is a regular part
of Avon, Mass., landscaper Chuck
Nessralla’s business. Nessralla
Landscaping and Irrigation utilizes
its dependable Bobcat S220 skid-steer
loader during snowy New England
winters when the company is not able
to do its core business. Nessralla says
his landscaping company operates
a sizeable snow removal business
with his loader and snow blade attachment, maximizing his machine’s
efficiency and keeping a steady
stream of income flowing.
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Cab comforts keep
operators happy
An enclosed cab with heat keeps
Nessralla’s operators warm, happy
and working longer in the winter,
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and does double-duty in the summer
with air conditioning. Nessralla says
that when his company uses its soil
conditioner attachment, the enclosed
cab helps keep dust and debris out
of the cab.
“With the air conditioning, the
door is shut and the loader cab is
dust-free,” he says. “Even in 95degree weather, we can continue
grading and conditioning the soil
and our operator never gets overly
tired, working as many as 13 hours.
My guys generally work about 70
hours a week.”
Nessralla also requested additional insulation inside his S220’s
cab with the sound option, providing
operators with another cab comfort.
“You can barely hear the engine running when you’re in the loader.”
Backhoe sits while
loaders dig
With the Bobcat loader’s compact
size, Nessralla says he leaves his
loader backhoe sitting at his shop for
nearly all of his landscaping jobs.
“I can do everything I need on my
landscaping jobsites with a skid-steer
loader and attachments,” he says.
Because more and more of his
jobs require a machine that
can fit between homes and
work in confined spaces,
Nessralla says he prefers to
use a smaller machine and
has not sacrificed performance or quality using a
compact loader instead of a
loader backhoe. And with
the optional two-speed transmission, Nessralla’s crews
can quickly move from one
area of the jobsite to another,
transporting landscaping materials
efficiently.
Maximizing efficiency
with attachments
Attachments are a regular part of
Nessralla’s business as he uses them
daily, from digging holes for new
trees and shrubs with an auger attachment, to trenching for irrigation
systems with a backhoe attachment.
His crews use several other attachments including the combination
bucket, landscape rake, and tree
spade.
“I have found it to be more cost
effective—instead of having multiple
machines—to use one loader with
several attachments,” he says. “There
is very little manual labor needed because my jobs are nearly all done by
the machines, from start to finish.”
Since he got into the landscaping
business in 1983, Nessralla has tried
nearly every compact loader on
the market, but prefers the Bobcat
brand. He says the durability of his
Bobcat loaders has been the key to
his business success and that’s why
he continues to buy machines from
Bobcat of Boston.
“I sold my Bobcat 863 skid-steer
loader with 9,000 hours on it,” he
says. “I never had any problems with
the machine and kept up with the
scheduled preventive maintenance to
keep it running smoothly.” Dependable Compact Track
Loaders Work All Year in Nursery
and Landscaping Business
ver since Greenthumb Nursery and Landscaping, Waterloo,
Ill., opened for business nearly
15 years ago, it has owned and operated only one brand of compact
equipment.
“We’ve had Bobcat® equipment
from day one,” says John Barker.
“It keeps running and my dealer
provides good service. That’s what
it’s all about. No matter what type
of equipment I buy, if it works for
me, I don’t change. If our machines
were ever down for a week, we’d be
devastated.”
Barker manages the business. His
son, also named John, is the third
generation of his family to work the
land where the nursery is located—a
farm which was homesteaded in the
1900s. The business includes retail
and wholesale nursery operations
and a residential and commercial
landscape construction service.
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Saving work
The Barkers have Bobcat T200
and T250 compact track loaders and
a wide range of attachments. One
loader usually works around the
nursery while the other tackles the
landscaping projects.
Barker lists some of the ways the
machines use attachments to save
time and labor: a smooth-edge bucket
for loading mulch at the nursery;
a dozer blade for grading; a tooth
bucket for loading topsoil, backfilling
with rock and final grading work; a
backhoe for digging retaining wall
bases; pallet forks for carrying concrete blocks and a tiller for preparing
seedbeds. The loaders are also used
with other attachments for laying
larger rolls of sod, clearing snow for
customers and digging about 600 or
so nursery trees each season. “My
son, who does almost all the tree
digging, can remove a tree every six
minutes,” Barker says.
In addition to enjoying the yearround comfort of the enclosed,
heated and air conditioned cabs,
Barker likes the convenience of the
hydraulic Power BobTach™ system.
“Since we may change attachments
25 times a day, that feature is really
nice,” he says.
Saving turf
Barker is sold on the flotation advantages of his compact rubber track
loaders. As he points out, the ability
of the T200 and T250 to keep going in
wet conditions or soft soils extends
the work season. The rubber tracks
also minimize damage to turf.
“It’s amazing what our track machines can do,” he says. “They don’t
tear up the ground. When we used
skid-steer loaders to dig up trees in
the spring, we’d have to spend a lot
of time repairing tire ruts in the grass
between the rows of trees. I really like
the tracks when laying sod, too. And
we no longer have any flat tires.”
left,” Barker says.
Their dealer, Bobcat of St. Louis
in Fairview Heights, Ill., also plays
a role in keeping the Barkers up and
running. “When one of our loaders
broke down a while back, our dealer
brought us another track machine
to use while ours was being repaired,” Barker says. “We didn’t lose
more than two hours of work. I was
impressed.”
He’s done some comparison and
ranks Bobcat loaders better than
other brands in terms of hydraulic
power, protection of critical components, ease of cab entry and exit and
visibility from the cab.
“Over the years, I’ve tested a
bunch of different compact loaders,
but I’ve stayed with Bobcat,” Barker
says. “They’ve always been excellent
for us.” Saving time and money
“We use our Bobcat loaders seven
days a week, 365 days a year, often
from daylight to dark,” Barker says.
“We don’t have any problems with
them. They get used, but they’re
not abused, and we service them
properly.”
Smart operation also reflects the
care this father-son team gives their
equipment. For example, they don’t
spin the loaders around in circles on
blacktop. “We’ve got 2,000 hours of
operation on one set of original tracks
and they still have about half their life
John Barker says it is amazing what
Bobcat compact track loaders can do.
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Letters to
WorkSaver
Bobcat®—the machines that can.
With an experienced operator
Bobcat equipment can outwork
all the others.
—Richard Jarvis, Longwood, FL
Bobcat products are reliable,
dependable and rugged. And
fuel economy is good.
—Jeff Hickerson, Richmond, KY
My Bobcat equipment means food
on the table and bills getting paid.
I don’t know what I would do
without my loader.
—Wade Ellenson, Warroad, MN
Bobcat manufactures very good
equipment.
—Jay Crolius, Boonville, NY
Service after the sale is everything
to me. To the Bobcat people I
say—great job.
—Marvin Aydelotte, Pittsville, MD
Bobcat loaders are the best
machines that I have seen.
—Dick Stuckmayer, Rockford, MN
We love our Bobcat loaders—two
S250s and an MT55.
—Lanny Seaman, Shiloh, OH
I recognize that Bobcat is the
perceived leader in technology
and innovation.
—Ennis Laney, Fayetteville, GA
I could not live without my
Bobcat loader.
—Russ Keller, Rapid City, SD
My T140 compact track loader
allows me to get my jobs done in
the most efficient way possible.
—Dave Nelson, Stoughton, WI
State Fair Trivia
• We call it Cotton Candy these days,
but it was better known as Spun
Sugar when it was first invented.
• It was during the St.
Louis World’s Fair of
1904 that fairgoers first
ate hot dogs and ice
cream cones as they
walked. They were
the world’s first
“fast food.”
• Elkanah Watson,
called the father of
agricultural fairs,
gave state fairs
their start. A
wealthy New
England farmer
and businessman,
he showcased his
sheep under the great
Elm tree in the public
square in Pittsfield, Mass.,
in 1807.
• The nation’s first state fair
was held in Syracuse, N.Y., in
September, 1841.
• Butter sculptures originated
in 1903 to publicize the dairy
industry. Back then they featured
cows, barnyard scenes, politicians
or celebrities. Up to 880 pounds
of butter was needed to create a
single, solid cow butter sculpture.
Today, sculptures often start with
a wood and wire frame instead of
solid butter.
• There are at least 25 varieties
of food-on-a-stick featured at
state fairs. These include alligator, deep fried candy bars
and the perennial favorite, corn
dogs.
• Fairs are family oriented
events. In 1863 the
secretary for the Iowa
State Fair wrote, “Do
not be afraid to bring
your wives and daughters. Parties having ladies
in company will receive
special consideration from
the superintendent of
the camp.”
• In 1949, a revolutionary
new oven was on display.
The Radarange amazed fairgoers
when it cooked a potato in one minute, boiled water in 18 seconds and
popped an ear of corn in 10 seconds.
The oven was part of the United
States Navy exhibit.
Longest Running Television Shows
Show
Number Of
Episodes
Years Aired
1
Gunsmoke
633
(1955-1975)
2
Lassie
588
(1954-1973)
3
Death Valley Days
452
(1952-1972)
4
Ozzie and Harriett
435
(1952-1966)
5
Bonanza
430
(1959-1972)
6
My Three Sons
369
(1960-1972)
7
The Simpsons
365
(1989-present)
8
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
361
(1955-1965)
9
Law and Order
360
(1990-present)
357
(1978-1991)
10 Dallas
Includes only programs with fictional content and no more than one new episode aired per week.
Does not include 2005-2006 television season.
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BOBCAT’SPAUSE
Summer Fruit Salads
Apple, Mango and
Radish Salad
Cherry Fruit Salad with
Orange Yogurt Dressing
1 Winesap or Fuji apple, peeled,
cored, and thinly sliced
15 radishes, sliced thinly
2 celery stalks, thinly sliced
1 small ripe mango, peeled and
cut into chunks
1
⁄2 cup sour cream
2 teaspoons creamed horseradish
1 tablespoon chopped, fresh dill
Salt and freshly ground black
pepper to taste
Dill for garnish (optional)
2 cups fresh sweet cherries, pitted
1 small fresh pineapple, pared
and cut into spears
1 grapefruit, peeled and cut into
segments
1 orange, peeled and cut into segments
1
⁄2 small honeydew melon, pared
and cut into spears
1
⁄4 cup toasted sliced almonds
Orange yogurt dressing (recipe
follows)
1 Combine the prepared apple, rad-
1 Arrange cherries, pineapple, grape-
ishes, celery and mango in a large
serving bowl.
fruit, orange and melon on serving
dish; sprinkle with almonds. Serve
with orange yogurt dressing.
2 In a small bowl, whisk together
remaining ingredients.
3 Pour dressing over the vegetables
and fruit, tossing gently until all
ingredients are well coated. Adjust
seasoning as desired. Garnish with
dill sprigs.
Makes 4 servings.
Fruit Salad in a
Melon Bowl
2 ripe cantelopes, cut in half and
seeded
1 pint fresh raspberries
1 pint fresh blueberries
8 strawberries, hulled and sliced
1 kiwi, peeled and chopped
2 cups frozen yogurt
1 cup granola
4 teaspoons honey
1 Cut a slight section off of the bottom
of each half to make stable.
2 In a bowl, mix together raspberries,
blueberries, strawberries and kiwi.
3 Fill each melon bowl with yogurt.
Top with fruit mixture, granola and
honey. Serve immediately.
Makes 4 servings.
Makes 4 servings.
Orange Yogurt Dressing: Place 1
medium banana, sliced, 1 cup low-fat
vanilla yogurt and 1⁄4 cup orange juice
in blender and process until smooth.
Orange and Grape Salad
2 cups Bibb or Boston lettuce
leaves
1
⁄4 cup low-fat sour cream
2 teaspoons honey
1 teaspoon prepared mustard
1
⁄4 teaspoon cinnamon
1
⁄2 teaspoon grated orange rind
2 large naval oranges
1
⁄4 pound seedless red grapes,
halved
Watercress, for garnish
1 Wash lettuce, dry and chill. Combine
sour cream, honey, mustard, cinnamon, orange rind; blend well, chill.
2 Line salad plates with lettuce. Peel
and slice oranges, arrange on top
of lettuce, top with grapes. Garnish
with watercress and serve with
dressing.
Makes 2 servings.
Bobcat Products
on Display
July 18-20
Michigan Ag Expo
East Lansing, MI
July 25-27
Penn Allied Nursery Trade
Show (PANTS)
Atlantic City, NJ
August 1-3
Farmfest
Redwood County, MN
August 8-10
Empire Farm Days
Seneca Falls, NY
August 10-12
Southern Nurserymen’s Assn.
Atlanta, GA
August 15-17
Dakota Fest
Mitchell, SD
August 15-17
Ag Progress Days
Rock Springs, PA
August 10-20
Iowa State Fair
Des Moines, IA
August 24-26
Farwest Show
Portland, OR
August 25-27
Ducks Unlimited
Oshkosh, WI
August 29-31
Farm Progress Show
Amana, IA
September 9-17
Clay County Fair
Spencer, IA
September 12-14
Husker Harvest Days
Grand Island, NE
September 19-21
Ohio State Farm Science Review
London, OH
September 25-26
Western Snow and Ice
Estes Park, CO
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