EBay- Bobcat 2.7t with engcon and attachments.

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Monkeybusiness

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doobin said:
Shut the front door! Really?

I've always said that the Bobcat is extremely well planted, even with the smallish arse on it.

Having seen a TB230 close up I'd find it hard to believe it would twist. What were you doing, any pics? Most importantly, how is the backup?
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I’m not sure when exactly it twisted tbh - I was dragging and stacking a load of trees for chipping (which is all the Bobcat ever did, as do my other Takeuchi diggers and none of those have bent!).
A new dipper was in stock at Takeuchi (£1700 delivered next day including vat which I actually thought was pretty reasonable) - I really like the dealer and I do believe they’ve tried hard to get Takeuchi to honour it as a warranty claim but it’s been refused. They said it has a non-approved attachment and was possibly overloaded. (Bizarrely they stick tiltys on them on display at shows but it seems they nullify warranty if used?!).
 
doobin

doobin

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Monkeybusiness said:
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I’m not sure when exactly it twisted tbh - I was dragging and stacking a load of trees for chipping (which is all the Bobcat ever did, as do my other Takeuchi diggers and none of those have bent!).
A new dipper was in stock at Takeuchi (£1700 delivered next day including vat which I actually thought was pretty reasonable) - I really like the dealer and I do believe they’ve tried hard to get Takeuchi to honour it as a warranty claim but it’s been refused. They said it has a non-approved attachment and was possibly overloaded. (Bizarrely they stick tiltys on them on display at shows but it seems they nullify warranty if used?!).
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Bloody hell! I feel for you mate, thats disgraceful. Both the quality and the lack of backup.

Bobcat will do that kind of work all year long as well you know.

I would be kicking up a right stink.
 
JD450A

JD450A

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Monkeybusiness said:
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I’m not sure when exactly it twisted tbh - I was dragging and stacking a load of trees for chipping (which is all the Bobcat ever did, as do my other Takeuchi diggers and none of those have bent!).
A new dipper was in stock at Takeuchi (£1700 delivered next day including vat which I actually thought was pretty reasonable) - I really like the dealer and I do believe they’ve tried hard to get Takeuchi to honour it as a warranty claim but it’s been refused. They said it has a non-approved attachment and was possibly overloaded. (Bizarrely they stick tiltys on them on display at shows but it seems they nullify warranty if used?!).
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That's f****ng poor, want a Linkedin post?
 
Storrsy

Storrsy

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Monkeybusiness said:
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I’m not sure when exactly it twisted tbh - I was dragging and stacking a load of trees for chipping (which is all the Bobcat ever did, as do my other Takeuchi diggers and none of those have bent!).
A new dipper was in stock at Takeuchi (£1700 delivered next day including vat which I actually thought was pretty reasonable) - I really like the dealer and I do believe they’ve tried hard to get Takeuchi to honour it as a warranty claim but it’s been refused. They said it has a non-approved attachment and was possibly overloaded. (Bizarrely they stick tiltys on them on display at shows but it seems they nullify warranty if used?!).
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That's appalling. Both that it's done it and that takeuchi don't want to accept it under warranty. assuming something like a large log held at one end may cause quite a twisting force but when I think of all the stuff I've put my 2 tak 3 tonners through which have the same dipper I can only think yours must have a structural fault of some kind although that seems unlikely. Aren't the track motors meant to be pretty weak on the TB230 too?
 
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Monkeybusiness

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Storrsy said:
That's appalling. Both that it's done it and that takeuchi don't want to accept it under warranty. assuming something like a large log held at one end may cause quite a twisting force but when I think of all the stuff I've put my 2 tak 3 tonners through which have the same dipper I can only think yours must have a structural fault of some kind although that seems unlikely. Aren't the track motors meant to be pretty weak on the TB230 too?
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They are ok, not as good as the bobcat though. It’s a pretty disappointing machine if I’m honest (and I love Takeuchis!).
 
Storrsy

Storrsy

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Monkeybusiness said:
They are ok, not as good as the bobcat though. It’s a pretty disappointing machine if I’m honest (and I love Takeuchis!).
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Shame to hear that. I've never spent any time on a TB230 but always seemed the obvious choice if I was replacing my 2 but not after seeing this!
 
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Monkeybusiness

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Simon edwards said:
Mirroring others views, that is poor and you would imagine any decent dealer would deal with it to hush it up( power of social media etc.)
Never bent a Kubota yet🥴
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It’s only because the dealer is very decent that I haven’t really mentioned it on social media. I am interested in finding out if this is a one-off or not though.
 
Storrsy

Storrsy

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Monkeybusiness said:
It might depend on his dealer though. I wanted to swap into a new one and couldn’t get any sense out of any Bobcat dealer within 100 miles, they were all total idiots!
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Yeah we have a dealer about 20 miles away never had any dealings with them they haven't been dealing bobcat for that long which is why a brand theyve never really been a consideration- and there last saleman now works for Sany🤦
 
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