Buying My First Skid Steer - Bobcat T650 

I have a T650, great machine. When using the Grapple Bucket, right before you detach it, lower the grapple about 1" from the bottom of the cutting plate (do not allow it to touch) then before you take off they hydraulic couplers, press the female in for 3 seconds, then male, then female, then male. You should see the grapple slowly lower that last 1" to touch the cutting plate. Then take the couplers off and plug them into each other so as they heat up and cool down pressure can equalize. Otherwise, it's going to be extremely hard to put them back on the machine after a day or so, especially if there is pressure in the system. You might be able to take the male hose and press in the center to bleed out some hydraulic fluid, otherwise you will need two wrenches and break apart the hydraulic coupler from the hose to let some fluid/pressure out. Irwin makes : QC Mate Quick Coupler Hand Clamp It's a way to use a clamp to help you reattach the hydraulic coupler if you lack sufficient arm/hand strength.

Very Nice! That will change your life right there

Congratulations on your Skid Steer

Congratulations !!!! You are growing your business and that is always a good thing. I can't wait to see it in your videos and to see your logo on it. Make it yours.

Man that blacked out Bobcat looks siick!! Congrats

Awesome piece of kit and addition to the team!

Like a kid at chirstmas you go girl🎉🎉🎉

A female heavy equipment operator is badass ❤ congratulations on your new Skid Loader

Awesome! Congrats y’all!

Congrats Jenna! I’ve onwned mine for 4 years and love it👍🏻

T650 is the best machine on the market for me Congratulations!!!

Awesome congratulations on the new toy can't wait to see what you guys do with it

congrats on your purchase wish you the best of luck with it that will help you so much on the property

Congratulations!

Awesome!

Awesome! It's gonna come in handy.And it's gonna be fun.

Congratulations on your new machine! Once you get used to it it will make you money and save time !

That guy needs a Utube channel

Great machine

Now that's a game changer ,congrats..

Dang girl. Very nice. Congrats

T650 great machine - highly recommend mirror kit ,should be available at any Bobcat dealer

I like those 650s, they run pretty damn well and are fairly reliable. Now you need to tint the windows to match the paint😂 though in all honesty 0% ceramic tint is a life saver in the summer on cabs, the only downside side is you can’t see the operator if the windows are closed

I can’t wait to buy a skid steer myself, Ive also wanted one similar to yours. Congrats

Totally jealous that you both have equipment and room to use it. on the rare occasion that I move big logs, I use a log arch, pipe tripod and come-a-longs or high lift jack.

I trust John because I trust his choice of tea! 😂

Congratulations and have fun

Congrats thats a good looking skid steer yall should try running a CAT skiddy and see which one you like better :P

Nice skid but why did he have to paint it? Im suspect

Very nice! Small Articulated Loader next :)

Im jealous. I don't need one but they are so fun to operate that I'd find plenty to do with it.

Nice investment ❤ hope your knee is doing well 😁

You will get a lot of use out of that thing. I just got a dozer from John. He is easy to work with.

I have one and it one of the best decisions I ever made

The Skid Loader is going to save you so much workby making it easier to move your wood around.

Shoulda got a stump grinder attachment

Really uplifting vid 👍

You should've done the silhouette over the Skid Loader with the ? Mark ❤

Wow!

i would love to have a Hot Pink machine in the future because my aunt had breast cancer six years ago back in 2019 i believe and she survived it ❤ so i would love to get some Pink machines for that reason

Wow Great toy Have fun

You guys live pretty close to "Outdoors with the Morgans" on RU-vid.

I wish you get the joystick control one which is much easier to operate; only by hands. Great machine though.

That Bobcat looks great y'all. Y'all gonna love having the power of hydraulics . Did they go through any of the hydraulics ? The seals in the cylinders, especially the rod seals , start to deteriorate after 10 years , maybe sooner depends on weather , sun and use . I'd change hydraulic oil also if the didn't , but I would think they did that and filter.

Nice should work good. I have the exact same machine

Nice 👍

Should have brought a case

chainsaw - family force five you tube...something quirky fun to watch

Cool

Looks great 😃 where's your mechanic located?

Where can i go to buy one of your carvings. I have tried to find you on ebay and other sites. I am having no luck.

But where can I buy a carved product from you

What happened with your knee?

Is this high flow?

How much ?

Where does this guy operate from. Whats his address and whats the price of this machine

Congrats on the purchase, I hope it does everything you need it to be. This might be long, but hope you read it. We've owned a CAT 257B2 for many years and primarily use a rotating grapple to handle logs. Example ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-dPp1ResjII0.html We still have that machine, and recently purchase a new (demo unit) Kubota SVL65-2 which is comparable in power and lift capacity to the unit you bought. With the forks, bucket and grapple bucket you probably won't need anything else for operating a wood yard but the list of skidsteer attachments is quite long. Like John said, keep an eye on your hoses. They are not only expensive to replace, but it can be an expensive mess to clean up wasted hydraulic fluid. As long as you keep up your maintenance log for fluids, grease and filters, the machine should last you for many thousands of hours. Keep a journal book of your maintenance; date of when you grease the fittings, when you replace filters, perform repairs, when you fuel up, how much fuel , record the hours, have a look at how much fuel you are using per hour based on the activity. If you start to see noticeable changes in fuel consumption, the journal you keep will help you (and your mechanic) help narrow down when/why. I usually wait until the tank is 1/4 full then put in two jugs (total 40L) of diesel. That brings it up to a little over 3/4 tank. I usually get 9-11 hours from that amount of fuel, but we don't drive the machine hard, so it sips fuel. And one last thing, be mindful of exiting and entering the skidsteer. Know your foot and hand placement and be mindful of how your knees rotate while your foot is placed on the machine getting in and out. Step in and out, don't jump to the ground. Even healthy knees will take a beating and I see you are already wearing a knee brace. Think safe, have fun! 🙂

Park it in the shade. Black?

C O O L !

So Jenna, do you even sharpen bro?

Hey whats up Jenna!!

Love from assam

Should’ve bought a cat 289

If watching youtube it seems that almost everybody there has an own skid steer.. except of me :(

Huh must be nice to buy something new like that I couldn’t justify spending 80,000$ so I had to buy a case 1993 1840 with 8000hours on it cause I only make 30,000-60,000$ a year

Ummmm can you help me move some logs ?

Capybara carving vid xomi g out soon maybe

I got 4 bobcat machine

don't say 'crash' course :)😂

But chainsaw best toy ever

I have absolutely no need for one. But I'd own it just to drive down my road and move piles of dirt around

You know you can attach CHAINSAWS to the front of those 😀😆😂 Just Sayin !!!

I have never seen one black

John binanchi

Купила трактор чтобы мышь из дерева выпилить?😂

Big deal. I gotta drop a duece.

Typically salesman. Its not 5link its roller suspension. Did nothing but washed it .

To every woman's purchase there's a man with his wallet out behind the camera

For me operating Skid Steers are so much fun that they almost should be against the law.

Worse purchase ever should have bought a takeuchi or a IHI something made in Japan machines that actually work and don't break