Hi, Folks.
You Tube video about the history of Bobcat loaders.



Just my 0.02.

Interesting.Thanks for sharing

Great video! I have never seen a "three wheeled" Bobcat. I must live in a vacuum.

I’ll add to the thread. Majority of the attachments, such as trenchers, grapples, sweepers, anything you can think of, we’re designed for BobCats by an inventive guy named Bob DuBose, from Durham, CA. His company “TINK” and Guy Rents was an early BobCat hub for Northern California. Add to the story, his brother Ben DuBose was our local track man! Ben also had mules, and was the actual maker of leather goods and canvas items for the old Caterpillar 30s, 60s! JM

Thanks for sharing. I started with a 610 Bobcat in the early 80's . Used to go out and try to make a few bucks on the weekends with it cleaning barns and doing light grading.

I was just a kid and someone was demonstrating one at the county fair beef barn. That was the first one I ever saw. I don't know who would been a dealer anywhere around. And I guess no one else did ether, as it took years before I saw another in person. Very impressive compared to the Ford Jubilee with front loader. As 4H or FFA kids we where expected to show up before 8 and shovel bedding straw into the center walkway and the fair tractor pushed it out and loaded it on a truck. But one morning this "other thing" was helping and spinning and a few other tricks.

too bad they have a great product, great idea.... and the most horrendous/thieving parts system the world has known..

Hi, kittyman1.
Last I heard, Melroe Bobcat was now owned by Ingersoll Rand who were always a bit that way.

Bobcat's big brother:



Just my 0.02..

There was one of those at a coal mine near Grove City PA a few years ago.

Since the Bobcat history has been making the rounds and garnering lots of praise for the changes it brought to many jobs. But laments about how North American companies are going away, so the current parent of the Bobcat name is a foreign company Doosan.