... OWNS FIVE BOBCAT MACHINES PLUS MORE THAN A HALF-DOZEN BOBCAT ATTACHMENTS ...
“The Tilt-Tatch attachment helps us do really intricate French drain systems. The operator can tilt the bucket 15 degrees while he drives straight. That’s extremely helpful because it speeds up the process of excavating and laying our pipe in the bottom, creating a little gulley. Without it, we’d have to do a lot of handwork and digging, and it minimizes how much soil we need to excavate.”
— Jeremy Myers, MMG
led him to purchase Bobcat machines and attachments. His fi rst loader was a T180 compact track loader that he bought six years ago from the local Bobcat dealer in Atlanta. “One of the reasons that I selected the Bobcat brand was the dealer’s customer service. It’s exceptional,” he says. “They’ve been ‘Johnny-on-the-spot’ and helped me out, even when I’ve been two-and-a-half hours away from the dealership. I called them on a Tuesday, and Wednesday morning, the mechanic was there to fi x the machine. That’s exceptional.
“The T180 was something that I could afford when I fi rst started. I liked it because it was so versatile and it was narrow enough to get into homeowner backyards. Also, it had low impact of only 5 pounds per square inch of ground pressure. I could drive it across a homeowner’s yard and not tear it up.”
As Myers’ business took off, so did his equipment purchases. He’s done remarkably well, even during the Great Recession. Myers says his revenue doubled almost every year, which he attributes to relationships
with landscape architects who have given him the opportunity to bid on many jobs. To keep up with the work, he added equipment. Today he has T190 and T300 compact track loaders, an MT55 mini track loader and 323 and M-Series E50 compact excavators.
“The E50 has good visibility, more power, and I like the fact that I can operate the boom with my left thumb, moving it back and forth,” Myers says. “The foot pedals are more user-friendly, and it’s close to a zero tail swing; there’s minimal overhang when it turns around.”
Another big hit with Myers is the auto- idle feature. “Auto idle is exceptional, especially with fuel prices being through the roof,” he says. “It keeps the noise down, too. When one of my guys stops for a second to talk to someone, he doesn’t need to turn it off or lower the engine throttle. The E50 allows us to dig up stumps and dig footings in a timely manner. It’s compact yet it digs extremely deep, and it’s got a ton of power. We purchased it with the hydraulic clamp, and that allows us to load debris directly into a truck.”
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