Talk:Skid-steer loader

message: what does it do? -- Tarquin 20:11 Jan 20, 2003 (UTC)
:Exactly.  what's it useful for?  :-) Koyaanis Qatsi
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All kinds of things! You can put various implements on the front, but I have personal experience only with the bucket and pallet fork attachments, which in themselves are very usefull. A New Holland LS-180 is what I have used.
With the bucket as shown on the Bobcat  you can load, dump, dig, grade, carry, etc. It makes for an excellent oversized wheelbarrow, particularly when there is are one or more extra persons to load the bucket.
With the pallet forks, you have an all terrain forklift, but they are good for so much more than just pallets! The forks are positionable from between six inches apart, to the full width of the attachment. 
Pushed close together they can break up dirt when digging holes in hard ground making the task much faster than with hand tools alone (strictly speaking this is what an auger or small excavator attachment is for, but you work with what you have.)
Great for starting small holes in hard ground when planting trees.
Just the other day I used the forks in this configuration to quickly and easily remove some medium shrubs that we wanted to transplant. 
With the forks spaced wider you can even do demoliton! Then spread the forks, or put on the bucket to haul the debris.
Then you can use one of these attachments to compress the contents of the disposal dumpster in order to fit as much as possible into it.
--Knife Knut 03:28, 31 July 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: I've seen them used for snow removal. It tends to be for smaller spaces and only when the snow banks are already so high that regular snow plows can't pile it up anymore, but I'm not sure about the precise conditions under which they are used for snow removal. Bostoner (talk) 02:50, 24 January 2013 (UTC)
thread_title: Skid loader

message: I think the correct title is Skid-steer Loader.  I've never heard the term Skid loader - I would have guessed   that's a type of skidder.  Toiyabe 23:01, 17 April 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I concur with the title change.  A Google search for "skid loader" returns about 100K items, versus 360K for "skid-steer loader".  Any objections to the title change? Mmoyer 13:20, 4 November 2006 (UTC)
replies: text:  I agree with the title change also.  "Skid steer" or "skid steer loader" are the terms I see most on a quick survey of major manufacturers' websites, with very few uses of "skid loader". Ptschett (talk) 04:15, 6 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Move? (1) 

message: I read the article and it is much improved since the January version.  I have therefore removed the copyedit tag. Mmoyer 20:54, 30 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Removal of copyedit tag 

message: Does anyone else feel that detailed product line histories would be best placed on separate articles?  I could provide a Melroe/Bobcat history which would run as long or longer than the Case/Uni-Loader history, but I would rather put that information under the Melroe Manufacturing Company or Bobcat_(equipment) page. 
I propose that after the initial text for how the skid steer loader came to be, major timeline events (company entries into the market, new technologies, etc.) be listed with their dates, instead of having detailed histories for particular product lines.  For example:
Melroe had the 1st hydrostatic drive in 1970
Melroe introduced the "Bob-Tach" quick attachment system, which became the industry standard, in 1970
New Holland entered the market in 1972 with the first vertical path liftarm
Case introduced its first hydrostatic models in 1975
Melroe sold its last clutch drive products in 1982
ASV introduced the first rubber-tracked skid steer loader in 1987
Caterpillar entered a partnership with ASV in 1999 and began selling ASV-tracked "multi terrain loaders" in 2001
etc... (Dates and information may not be correct and my format might not be the best, but you get the idea)
Ptschett (talk) 02:24, 6 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Historical content 

message: should not be included here. It could be under further reading, but it's not the subject and could even confuse.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 159.134.94.21 (talk) 14:13, 21 October 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I took the liberty of deleting this section, as it is unrelated to this material, you wouldn't include a section on cars in the truck article because they both use four wheels and are use to transport things, and this is a similar situation. Moskevap (talk) 03:13, 3 December 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: My opinion  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 159.134.94.21 (talk) 12:25, 17 December 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  other compact equipment 

message: Is there an article on Bobcats? 70.24.244.248 (talk) 06:17, 23 December 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes: Bobcat Company ptschett (talk) 15:22, 23 December 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Bobcat

message: This article needs some proper historical images. Here is what is needed, but we need free images of these uploaded to the Commons, to put into the article:
* Google image search: Bobcat M200 - early form, two wheel with caster
* Google image search: Bobcat M400 - evolved form, skid steer as we know it.
Note the awesome minimalism of driver protection, either a tiny grille by the arms, or none at all.
The people that invented the skid steer have their own online museum and physical. Perhaps they'd be willing to contribute an image or two?
* www.skidsteerhistory.com
DMahalko (talk) 21:28, 27 December 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  History section needs accurate images 

message: Why is this relevant? Are there kits available for the conversion of skid-steer loaders to Mecanum Wheel loaders? Is this just an chance to highlight an interesting mechanical device?Joecycle (talk) 19:03, 19 July 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Mecanum Wheel? 

message: Regarding the first line of the article: "A skid loader, skid-steer loader, skidsteer, or 'bobcat'[citation needed] (as a generic trademark) is a small, rigid-frame, engine-powered machine with lift arms used to attach a wide variety of labor-saving tools or attachments.", I request deletion of "bobcat' (as a generic trademark)".
The term BOBCAT is not a "generic trademark." Clark Equipment Company (doing business as Bobcat Company) owns many active U.S. federal trademark registrations and many trademark registrations worldwide for the BOBCAT name for use with skid steer loaders as well as other compact construction equipment and related goods and services. It is therefore not correct to say that the entire category of skid steer loaders can be generically referred to as "bobcats," because "a Bobcat" in this context refers specifically to a skid steer loader manufactured by Bobcat Company.
Representative examples of U.S. trademark registrations for the BOBCAT mark include nos. 890,034, 670,566 and 1,604,367. Copies of the registration certificates and information on these registrations are accessible by their registration number through the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office’s Trademark Electronic Search System available at http://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/index.jsp. Representative examples of BOBCAT trademark registrations outside the United States include Australian Registration Nos. 707,659 and 198,207 and European Community Registration No. 29,371. Information on these registrations can be easily verified by accessing records through the countries’ trademark offices: https://search.ipaustralia.gov.au/trademarks/search/quick and https://euipo.europa.eu/eSearch/
You can also see discussion of this particular topic on the Talk page for the Bobcat Company article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Bobcat_Company
--Chs88 (talk) 03:09, 25 March 2019 (UTC)
thread_title: Request edit

message: * The company in question understandably wishes to avoid this article helping to advance the genericization of their product. The edit in question was not referenced and thus need not stand in the article.
* The main article picture of the company's product featuring the brand name Bobcat prominently was omitted. The descriptions of the other brand names in other photos were all omitted as well. The article ought not to become an arena where varying manufacturers vie to have their product's displayed. Spintendo  04:44, 25 March 2019 (UTC)
thread_title: Reply 24-MAR-2019