Bobcat S185 Skid Steer Loader Reviews

Each project is important to quickly adapt to the situation at work. The versatile Bobcat S185 Skid Steer Loaders to easily manage large numbers of jobs. Drivers who appreciate the practical benefits of using a vertical lift path loader arm design also appreciate the low profile. The design allows the arm to increase the visibility of the task.

The S185 loader from Bobcat compact slide includes popular features such as internal systems to monitor operations and close the Bobcat to avoid a total failure. This may be popular, but often not in use. Bobcat S185 Loaders and writings are made to last through many difficult jobs, with little effort and little time.
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Price Paid: $ $23,200.00
In Use: 3 + years
Execution: all farms.
Purchased from:

Advantages Very reliable. We have a dairy factory and the machine has to go twice a day every day. I always start without the help of to-20F. Over 7000 hours on the machine with virtually no problems, except for normal maintenance and what I will discuss the weaknesses. A very capable machine for its size. He was abused and the oil is changed every 450 hours, so that little maintenance was done on the machine, and we plan to run it up to 10,000 hours for work and drives like new still. We got over 773 before that machine, and we ran that for 7000 hours without problems. I can not say enough good with this engine, air-condition is still working, the heater is very hot and the interior is still in decent condition.

Weaknesses, I am getting tired of the standard Bobcat hand, foot control. When you drive one of more than 1,000 hours per year, it goes to appeal. I would like to SJC (joystick) control of the next machine, but I know it will never be as reliable and our current machines. I can just keep the current machine to back up when you break down the SJC. Monitoring we are most impressed with Takeuchi. They do not keep sliding wheel, which would lead me to consider watching a Mustang and Gehl slide prevent the next because they have ISO style completely mechanical Easy joystick control as Takeuchi, who should be reliable. The only problem with the s185 is that we have cracked two heads on it from overheating. The first was replaced under warranty and the other that we had to pay $ 2,500 for. I doubt this is some kind of coincidence, because we did not have a problem with Kubota engine. Also frequently clean the oven needs to be done when working in dusty conditions.

All in all I would recommend this machine to anyone, even if the Mustang, Gehl, Deere and cats are all worth looking at.

Parts: 10 Performance: 10 Ease of Use: 10 Financing: 10 Reliability: 10 Total: 10 

 Review Bi: sepsis Digger on 03/10/2009
Price Paid: $ $23,100.00
In operation: 180 days
Execution: 66-inch low profile construction bucket, 74-inch Straight Edge Buck, 66 inch snow thrower
Purchased from:

The advantages of a large chamber, easy to maintain with transverse mounted engine, only SS that lets you build a house without a boom built, easy to run, cheap to operate, good distributors support, larger fuel tank 24 liters – to spend time and gas operations .

ACS control weaknesses are not as good as any other control system (Deere has a great hand controls). We would buy a command pilot, but the advantage was $ 2,400.

All in all a very capable machine, is 0% financing are welcome. We looked at five producers and deer, 317 and 320 (far Deere tractor owners) and S185 Bobcat, but based on Bobcat – mainly for the excellent engineering that allows easy maintenance and safer taxi.

Parts: 8 Performance: 8 Ease of Use: 8 Financing: 10 Reliability: 10 Total: 8