LEFT: Operating a Bobcat skid-steer loader, a Denchfi eld Landscaping employee loads organic debris into a grinder to produce mulch. BELOW: Kurt (right) and Taylor Denchfi eld operate a landscape installation company and garden supply center in Hyattsville, Md.
RESEARCH LEADS TO BOBCAT LOADERS Kurt and Taylor knew they needed reliable equipment to keep up with their topsoil screener and mulch grinder. Up until early 2011, Denchfi eld Landscaping owned another brand of skid-steer loader and it wasn’t meeting their expectations. Taylor put his research skills to work once again to seek a better compact equipment solution. In his research, he narrowed his selection to one brand — Bobcat — and contacted the local dealer to set up a side-by-side demonstration with the company’s current loader brand. According to Taylor and Kurt, the biggest differences between the Bobcat loader and other brand were ease of maintenance and overall maintenance costs.
“It’s going to be less expensive and easier to maintain the Bobcat skid-steer loaders in the long run,” Taylor says. “I consulted with our mechanics and we agreed that the Bobcat loader was the most effi cient equipment to operate and the
easiest to maintain. Bobcat loaders have the simplest setup to access everything in the engine area. With our old loaders, we had to access everything from the top. With the Bobcat loaders, the tailgate swings open and we can easily get to everything.”
Bobcat loaders have long been known for simple maintenance and easy upkeep. When Bobcat Company introduced the fi rst of the new M-Series loaders in 2009, it made maintenance even easier with a wider, swing- open tailgate that provides customers with unmatched access to routine service items and components.
“Our mechanics are
convinced they can maintain our Bobcat skid-steer loaders a lot cheaper than other brands,” Kurt says. “We researched the big components and the replacement costs. It was half the cost to replace the major components in the Bobcat skid-steer loader versus the brand we previously owned. We found that we could get
fi lters, belts and other key components much cheaper from our Bobcat dealer.”
After the demonstration, Denchfi eld Landscaping purchased its fi rst Bobcat skid-steer loader from Metro Bobcat, an M-Series S650. Shortly thereafter, they purchased two more S650s. “We have a good relationship with Metro Bobcat, specifi cally our salesman,” Kurt says.
“The Bobcat S650 skid-steer loaders are able to handle everything we’ve thrown at them,” Taylor says. “They’re strong enough to pick up pallets of sod, mulch or magnesium. They save us a ton of man hours when we’re excavating for new driveways to install new pavers. They’re able to reach high enough to load trucks, the mulch grinder and the topsoil screener. The cab-forward design gives us improved visibility when we’re loading the mulch grinder and topsoil screener.”
Routine
maintenance made easy
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