From our skid steer buying trip

You have to climb over the bucket to get in and out. They can be rough on the body especially until you get used to driving them as they will bounce easily. Once you get used to driving them and not jerking it then it's not so bad but, still easy to bounce.

jhm-we use ours to clean the back barn so, it's on cement use. No worry about the mud or snow but, yes, I've heard the tracks really work well for that.
 
Farmer Kitty said:
You have to climb over the bucket to get in and out. They can be rough on the body especially until you get used to driving them as they will bounce easily. Once you get used to driving them and not jerking it then it's not so bad but, still easy to bounce.
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Part of the problem with baby Kubota is the bounce and if I run over one small rock, I get whip lash!
After watching the thing beat me up, I think the boy figured out why it's taking me so long to get this job done! I can't spend a whole day on it, I would fall apart!
 
thewife said:
Farmer Kitty said:
You have to climb over the bucket to get in and out. They can be rough on the body especially until you get used to driving them as they will bounce easily. Once you get used to driving them and not jerking it then it's not so bad but, still easy to bounce.
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Part of the problem with baby Kubota is the bounce and if I run over one small rock, I get whip lash!
After watching the thing beat me up, I think the boy figured out why it's taking me so long to get this job done! I can't spend a whole day on it, I would fall apart!
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It's not the rocks that bounce you. It's the jerk of the controls. Of course, if it's a big rock or a hole then it would bounce you.
 
Once you get used to running one, it's like walking or riding a bike. I let my cousin run mine for the first time, and he was asking me which foot controls up/down, and which foot controls the pitch of the bucket. I absolutely could not tell him. It's just second nature, and I don't think about it at all any longer.

If I couldn't have my Bobcat, I'd sell the cows. That is by far the handiest machine I've ever owned. I take the tracks off during the summer, and put them on during winter and spring. Mine is 73.5 HP, and with the tracks, it can do a whole lot of work in a short time.
 
jhm47 said:
Once you get used to running one, it's like walking or riding a bike. I let my cousin run mine for the first time, and he was asking me which foot controls up/down, and which foot controls the pitch of the bucket. I absolutely could not tell him. It's just second nature, and I don't think about it at all any longer.

If I couldn't have my Bobcat, I'd sell the cows. That is by far the handiest machine I've ever owned. I take the tracks off during the summer, and put them on during winter and spring. Mine is 73.5 HP, and with the tracks, it can do a whole lot of work in a short time.
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My tractor has the forward and reverse in the same place as the turn indicator switch on on a regular rig! Did you know, no matter how hard you hit them things, it just don't work like it does on the tractor? I know I am going to break one off someday!
I've been having a heck of a time on the baby Kubota! All the gears are in the wrong place!
 
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