Bobcat Nose Dive 

I work at a ski resort and about 2 years ago I was taking the company bobcat up the one ski slopes, not for a joyride, but because I needed to address a large leak. Mind you almost everything we have for the ski slopes is on tracks. As I was going up the slope it was of course pretty slippery, well the bobcat all the sudden turned 180° and I was now sliding down the slope. I finally did get control of the machine and decided I better find a different route to where I had to go. Lesson learned: was make sure you know exactly what you are doing, things can go from good to bad in the blink of an eye. You definitely have to respect what you are operating.

Merci d'avoir partagé ton expérience, il a l'air tellement plus stable que celui à roue qu'on oublierait presque qu'il peut se retourner 😊

12 years later and I finally found this vid again ☺️

I would have rolled the bucket down and drove out but everyone looks at situations differently. I say who gives a crap about the Bobkitty.... look at that house right on the lake!!!! I WANT IT, Thanks for posting the video, without it I would just be sitting on the couch in my underwear telling someone else how to do something lol

You do awesome work Jim, I've enjoyed watched all of your videos. A true dirt professional. And never afraid to show a mishap that others can learn from. >salute

A skid steer was engineered for the brain of an 8 year old to understand and thus be able to run its amazing how men in there 20s think this is expressive, It's hard making such an easy job look that difficult but you did expressive work

kinda reminds me of the first time I operated one. I learned very quickly not to go forward up steep hills without a load. also don't make any sudden moves with any attachments. it like to fall on its ass

Everyone's an expert when we sit back and watch these mishap videos, however, some fail to realize that not everyone is the expert they claim to be when they first took the driver seat... I've operated heavy equipment from skid steers, track hoes, back hoes, front end loaders, dozers etc,. Anytime you take the seat for the first time, it's a new experience... You have to get a feel for the machine and what it's capable of... From time to time you may find yourself in a similar situation and not quite sure how to correct it... This is where experience comes in and it just doesn't happen over night... I'm sure this operator, with more experience under his belt, could've easily walked that machine out of that... For those of you new to the skid steer scene, you'd be amazed at what one can do with this machine... It just takes practice...

@2:17..."fuuuucckk". If I only had a dollar for everytime I've said this when I've screwed something up.lol

I love the Hero cam idea, that's awesome

You sure remained calm. I sure wouldn't have. Nice job!

You made a mistake the first time. I drove over soft dirt like that a lot of times. The key to not getting stuck like you did is tilt your bucket all the way up and you will be gliding over the pile of dirt instead of sinking your bucket like that. I'm sure you know all that but decided to throw it out there anyway :) good vid

bobcat with gopro is the best video I have seen, good job

Hi again Jim. To say anyone can drive a Bobcat would be like saying anyone can play a piano. Sure anyone can smash the keys over and over or play chop sticks. But making music out if it is a completely different thing. I view the Bobcat like this. I would love to see you make a video on the finer points of Bobcat operation. Why you do something a certain way. What you see as the completed result before you get started. I've heard it said you are a master of something once you make it look easy to everyone else.And I think you are there. Of course I'm talking about your hundreds of other video's :)

Great video. Glad you where able to get out of it. But I am glad the you where able to get the bobcat out too. Kyle

Nice video :) Wish I had a place like that to build a nice home....!

Hi Jim, love your videos man. I've watched them all. I'm about to purchase a T750 and have learned a lot already from you on some do's and in this case don'ts when operating a Bobcat. I guess nothing is idiot proof, that'd take all the fun out of it. :)

what a beautiful area you have right there on the lake

he obviously had a BICS issue as he tried to restart the machine a few times but it would not let him lower the boom. When you press the "Press to operate button" the hydraulics are allowed to operate. but in his case, probably his seat bar was not fully in the seated position, preventing the hydraulics from operating. Bobcat builds their machines with a safety system that will prevent the machine from moving if all the safety conditions are not met.

Great team work. Lessons learned.

Glad is was a controlled situation and that you were back in business with out any damage.

Could have yes, but he was tipped so far forward that his body weight was probably preventing the seat bar from being fully seated, therefor his BICS was preventing the hydraulics from working. It would be very difficult to have the seat bar all the way down when the machine is so far tipped forward.

It looks like size might have something to do with it after all...

You has written " I'm just glad I never had my door on." Oh, yeah! it's good the door was keeping your body safely. :-) When I watched that moment I was thinking " I'm just glad the truck-man did not destroy the video by swearing and by cursing! :-)) " ha, ha, ha!

Calm and cool the whole time. lol.

New a guy who was doing some work around his pond. Enclosed cab, door closed. Drowned alone. Be careful. Stuff happens in a hurry. No promise of another day.

Leave the dirt from your first push in the bucket, and now use your bucket as a blade and on your last push empty your bucket. You only need to lift a few inches to back and repeat. This way your bucket is always near the ground.

@cmlinney I'm in the Pictou County area of Nova Scotia. Where are you located?

Is it a newer machine and had some sort of an angle sensor?? I have a 190 and I've been in much worse of a perdicamen and I just worked myself out with the bucket

Always wondered how you shot those downward angles . Wouldn't it have been easier to just tilt the camera :) ??? Good thing you had those long arms to aid in exiting the cab!

The rear window has an emergency pull zip tie. Pull and escape if the door is on and your in a spot like this.

Great video Jim! Let us know if you ever need final drive repairs or parts...we might all just drive up and hand deliver them to you if we can stay and fish on the lake :)

why didn't you just left the bucket little by little and drive forward I don't understand

Still trying to figure out how I got to the bobcat section of youtube...

Doesn't weeping tile strips do the same thing?

Opps, we all have been there, I have stuck a cat 931, kubota L3710, kubota M7040, and a Ford 1910

Not how big but how many ways you can use it? LOL how ironic.

Boom down bucket down pop right out. Level sensor go off?

Think it’s safe to say we have all been there running heavy equipment, I know I have lol, that’s why they make tow cables and chains, shit happens, looks like one of Spikes trucks.

love yer work. its a pain with the door on!!

YesGoPro. Some of it was taped with a sony handycam as well.

last year on a job site my dad owns some one tipped the brand new one he just had bought all the way over though

I dont see a problem here, you arent stuck.

Gorgeous property! Where is this?

can I ask how your loading your go pro videos. I do it and it takes hours for a loasy 6 minutes video. Theres got to be a better way?

Chest mount?

JimHow I said the same thing before you got out of the skidsteer.....Whoops. Shit happens. Its part of life getting equipment stuck.

It shovel time Shovel time.

you could've dumped the bucket, then use the bucket to walk your self out (going forward, not backward, though walking the bobcat out backwards with the bucket may have also worked.

Great Video Jim! We love them! Keep them Coming! I think you are a HANDSOME One! :)

prob should have a laborer compacting as you go

Once he was able to have the seat bar all the way down the machine worked like it was supposed to. maybe you need to watch the video and appreciate he was willing to put this video up for us to view.

i see you have driven them,but have you actually operated them? you can't judge a machine by how smoothly it drives backwards and foreward

Why wasn't it giving control back to you on restart?

Is that river silt ?

Ever heard of placing in 12" lifts and compaction? Guess not

So what exactly went wrong here? Using the wrong piece of equipment or what?

gopro?

And the best thing is when you get the people who say they know all about driving skid steers and equipment, but when you look at their profile they are 16 year old gamers.

How come u didn't go forward and then around?

That's a nice spot on the lake :)

I recently did the exact same thing on a much steeper slope! I though I was going over for sure! Also, I had about half a tank of fuel, but at that angle it moved in the tank and the engine died. I wasn't to excited about having to climb back into it after fueling all the way to try to get it unstuck. I made sure I threw some rocks under the front of the tracks so that it wouldn't tip anymore. Eventually I got out safe, with a rather large audience haha. Great vids, I'll have to use my gopro

@cat325ccr Yes, GoPro Hero.

just curious but what were you trying to make?

At least murphy told you to remove the door:)

So this was a video on how to NOT operate a skid steer loader?! Lift you bucket and drive forward at the same time an drive donw the bank! Dah!

this guy was not stuck by any means… just keep driving forward and don't raise the bucket!

Always happens when you push just a little further than you know you should have. I keep burrying my machines in mud when I push to get jobs done instead of waiting for ground to dry completely.

didnt even let it warm up before he went at it....jus watch me go...lmao

@SvitlanaNA If the door had been on he would not have been able to exit the machine with the lift arms in that position.

Oh, don't think so, I have a 463 that could have wiggled out of that, much less a T190 with 3x the power and super float with those tracks. You held it up with the bucket, then you could have walk it down with the bucket.

there is a video of two Bobcats going up and down Hills steep hills with full buckets going backwards riding wheelies backwards forward this Bobcat could have been easily easily unstuck if you know what you're doing.

So what is your objective? Are you building a road down to the lake?

should have just went forward and smoothed out your bucket line as you leveled out lol thats funny such an easy position to get a machine out of.

Not stuck at all!

Just lift the bucket up and drive forward and you would have been out in seconds. Another way would be to use the bucket to push you backwards into the gravel pile. Both ways requiere experience and a bit of courage.

ho mach money caleng brush 64?

Could have driven it either way, ive pushed back in impossible mud in my CAT skidsteer using the bucket. one push with the bucket would have pushed it out backwards

and what is the proper name for this "track machine" you talk about there smarty pants?

Pretty steep angle, that's for sure.

I could walk the little 190 right out of there under its own power

Not nearly as bad as my nose dive

@JimHowDigsDirt I am in Halifax

This isn't a pissing contest, my farm tractor is bigger than any of your bobcats though. End game right there

At least you knew when to stop. No harm was done. Educatedman76 would have ended up in the lake. Humility is a virtue......this may get you more jobs than you would ever know.

Bobcats r the better than case, iv driven them both

It’s T190, makes sense

I can see how you got stuck in that loose fill. Check out the demo-dozer bucket for this machine. I have the same rig and the Demo-Dozer made it so much better. Just search for it. Blair

wheres your SILT FENCE ? the EPA would have a feild day writing tickets at your jobsite! did you seed and straw afterwards?

It is a? in my world--- and you are FUCKIN FIRED!

those things are a real pain to get in and out of if you are a big guy like me!

Use the bucket to get out!🤔or lift the bucket to drive forward!easy!the foot pedal controls are easier!

it happens, build in lifts next time

smooth move, exlax! lol

2:20 phaaaaak lollol

hi jim i'm hateing the t190

leave the guy alone we all made mistakes i spent 30 years on all kinds of skid steers made mistakes at first but thats how you learn.

gave ya a thumbs up buddy

bucket goes down, u go up. Then you back up.

pretty neat :) good thing you didnt roll