"Skid-Steer" is actually the slang name of the product, regardless of
the mfg.

But then again Logging equipment like the type made by Timberjack Co.
is also called a skid-steer. When it's actually a "Log Skidder" go
figure.

Like it seems everybody calls and adjustable wrench a "Cresent" wrench,
because Cresent Tool came up with the idea, or at least stole
somebody's patent....

A Starter "Bendix" is actually an "Overrunning Clutch Pinion" but
Bendix designed the first one and it's easier to say.

"Vise Grips" for locking pliers. etc etc

you get the picture...

Oh yeah, a "Bulldozer" is actually a large rubber tired bucket loader.
But almost everybody gived that name to a "Crawler tractor" (CAT)


JohnH wrote:
On Fri, 28 Apr 2006 21:47:26 GMT, Don White wrote:

JimH wrote:
"JohnH" wrote in message
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On 28 Apr 2006 11:41:21 -0700, "basskisser" wrote:


JohnH wrote:


Sunday is the day. The boat will be put in the water. I will attempt to
get
it running. Anyone who wants to fly in from parts unknown, watch, and
get a
good laugh is welcome to do so.
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'Til next time,

John H


Sorry I've got to miss that little gem! But, I've got a neighbor, real
nice guy, and is fairly adept at a lot of things. Trouble is, he is
just an accident waiting to happen. I call him Hardluck! Everything he
touches turns to ****! He rented a Bobcat (skid steer loader) to do
some leveling in his back yard. I go over there about a half hour
after, and in that amount of time, he managed to dig into the leach
field for his septic tank, which pretty much flooded the yard. In
flooding the yard, Georgia clay turns to mush. The bobcat is buried so
bad that it's almost on it's side....I just laughed. We had a chain
fall hooked to it, and tried everything. He ended up getting a wrecker.
First wrecker, $125, couldn't get near it. Second wrecker $300 was one
used to get semi's out of ravines and stuff!!!!

One of my dreams is to own a Bobcat. I love 'em. One day the church had a
'land clearing' and the guy in charge asked me if I could operate a
Bobcat.
(He knew I could operate a chain saw, which was plenty of qualification, I
guess.) Naturally I told him I could!

The rental company delivered the Bobcat, and the man asked if I'd ever
operated one. I wasn't dishonest with him, so he spent 10 minutes showing
me what the levers and pedals do. What a blast! I spent the next several
hours having a ball with the Bobcat. It was like a fantasy come true!
--
'Til next time,

John H

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The are known as skid-steers in the trade, not bobcats. And I would love to
have one also. ;-)


Up here..everyone calls them Bobcats.
maybe it's a different manufacturer for a similar product.
http://www.bobcatatlantic.com/

I'd never heard the term skid-steer either, but a quick google shows that
John Deere calls their imitation Bobcat a 'skid-steer'.

But, if it didn't say 'Bobcat' on the side, I wouldn't want it.

"There's just something about a Bobcat!"
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'Til next time,

John H

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