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4 A SAMPLE OF BOBCAT SOCIAL MEDIA CHANNELS Check out what Bobcat fans are saying on Facebook.
5 CREATE AND CONSERVE HABITAT EVENT CONTEST COVERAGE Read about the contest winner.
SUCCESS STORIES
6 CENTRAL CABLE CONTRACTORS For underground utility projects in urban or residential areas, a Wisconsin-based cable installer switched from operating tractor loader backhoes to more effi cient Bobcat®
compact excavators.
8 RONALD CLINE TRENCHING As utility installations have changed over the years, so too has the type of equipment best suited for underground installations.
9 TERRY PETERSON FARMS For dairy farmer Terry Peterson, Bobcat is the only brand of skid- steer loaders that he’ll purchase. Read about the daily chores for Peterson’s S650.
12 RALPH ENGELSTAD ARENA A ToolcatTM
5600 is the machine of
choice for grounds maintenance at the heralded Ralph Engelstad Arena in Grand Forks, N.D.
14 THE BOBCAT SYSTEM Pairing a Bobcat compact track loader with an excavator rather than operating larger equipment has proven to be more profi table for two contractors.
18 LAKE CITY TRANSFER STATION Updating its equipment needs to a Bobcat S850 skid-steer loader with industrial grapple has been a smart decision for a solid waste disposal facility in Arkansas.
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19 MAKING A COMEBACK Two grading and excavating customers who struggled to keep their businesses going through the Great Recession are seeing a turnaround in the Florida economy. Both companies have recently purchased new M-Series T590 compact track loaders.
24 GENERAL EXCAVATING An economic redevelopment in downtown Lincoln, Neb., benefi ts from the use of Bobcat compact equipment, both skid-steer loaders and excavators.
26 BUTLER POOL AND SPA What started with an emergency phone call to a local Bobcat dealer turned into a success story for a pool builder in Olive Branch, Miss.
28 BROOKS HAULING, GRADING AND LANDSCAPING A wise, long-term investment in Bobcat compact loaders has paid dividends for owner Chris Brooks and his North Carolina construction and landscaping company.
30 TIMBER CREEK THERAPIES A Bobcat skid-steer loader helps keep a unique equine therapy center in Iowa operating smoothly.
33 PRECISE REBUILDERS The decision to diversify its business and add Bobcat compact equipment as rental was a profi table one for Precise Rebuilders in Lexington, Tenn.
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34 RECIPES Try these new recipes submitted by WorkSaver magazine readers. Send us your recipe and receive a complimentary Bobcat pizza cutter.
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MJ Land Development operates one of its new Bobcat E42 excavators at a new residential jobsite.
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BOBCAT.COM • VOL. 37, NO. 4
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CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHERS Ernest Feland, Van Garmon III and Brett Neal
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