• SELECT ENGINE OIL VISCOSITY TO MATCH THE EXPECTED TEMPERATURE RANGE
• USE LOW-TEMPERATURE GREASE FOR PROPER LUBRICATION ON PIVOT POINTS
• USE FUEL RATED FOR COLDER TEMPERATURES — SOME AREAS PROVIDE WINTER FUEL THAT IS BLENDED OR REFINED FOR THE REGION TO IMPROVE FLOW
LEFT: A new Bobcat T750 helps handle round bales for Michael and Patrick Cox and their cow-calf operation. ABOVE: Brothers Patrick (left) and Michael depend daily on their Bobcat compact track loader for farm chores.
Rarely a day goes by that the Bobcat compact track loader isn’t operated at Cox Farms. “Our Bobcat loader is the one piece of equipment that we use daily, no matter what we’re doing,” Michael Cox says. “We use the Bobcat loader to lift and carry objects, like hay bales, and do the daily chores such as feeding the cow-calf herd. We grow, cut and bale alfalfa, and then we grind the alfalfa with some straw, beet tailings and silage, before we feed it to the cows.
“I really like the versatility of Bobcat loaders and all of the attachments that I can use. It seems like there’s an attachment for everything.” Michael and Patrick own a Bobcat bucket, pallet fork and snowblower. The snowblower comes in handy during the winter for clearing snow at the farm.
CAB COMFORTS
The cab-forward design with more cab space, available on Bobcat M-Series loaders, has impressed Michael.
“The new loaders have much more room in the cab,” he says, “which is a big improvement from our fi rst loader, and I feel that the visibility is much better. Also, I don’t feel cramped when I’m operating, and I can be in it for a long time and it still feels comfortable. The radio is a nice option, too. We have an enclosed cab with heat and air conditioning for our T750. It’s the only way to go.”
“Our Bobcat loader is the one piece of equipment that we use daily.”
— Michael Cox, Cox Farms HANDLING SEED
Michael and Patrick are in their third year as a Pioneer seed dealer. They’re selling corn, beans, sunfl owers, and canola and alfalfa seed to area farmers. Again, the Bobcat loader helps the brothers with the task of handling heavy materials.
“We handle a lot of totes, and we unload all of them from the semitrailers with the Bobcat loader and pallet fork,” Cox says. “Once they’re unloaded, we use the Bobcat T750 to move them around and load feed tenders.”
FASTER TRAVEL SPEEDS On a large family farm like Cox Farms, big distances can be time wasters. That’s why every Bobcat loader that the family has purchased has the two-speed travel option. The option allows operators to get from Point A to Point B faster. And when you start to add up the minutes saved, it can quickly turn into hours and days.
With the versatile and dependable equipment supporting them, Michael and Patrick expect to carry on the family farm. “I’ve been involved in farming ever since I could walk,” Michael says. Now he can do much more work in less time with his Bobcat compact loaders and attachments.
Travel farther, faster
Bobcat compact track loaders have a travel speed advantage over other brands. Scan this QR code with your smartphone to watch the travel speed challenge video.