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TOOLCAT 5600s AND BOBCAT ATTACHMENTS HELP MAINTAIN THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN CAMPUS
How many ToolcatTM utility work machines does it take
to maintain a 3,200-acre property? At the University of Michigan campus in Ann Arbor, the answer is 26.
Sprinkled among the traditional Michigan colors of maize and blue is a small army of Toolcat 5600s. That’s because the small city that is the University of Michigan has 538 major buildings and a student and staff population of about 114,000. Three departments use the Toolcat 5600 machines for a wide range of jobs — from snow removal to delivering packages.
THE PLANT BUILDING AND GROUND SERVICES DEPARTMENT BY THE NUMBERS
• 18 utility work machines and dozens of attachments • More than 26 million square feet of property • More than 12 million square feet of turf • 171,000 square feet of annual and perennial beds • More than 2 million square feet of planting beds
• 3.7 million square feet of sidewalk, plaza and specialty paving surfaces that require snow removal
University of Michigan parking and athletic departments put more than two dozen Toolcat machines to work to maintain the campus structures, parking lots and athletic facilities.