Posted: 5/9/2005 11:30:35 PM EDT
 Ya'all know I'm starting a handyman service. Well I have been saving my pennys and found what I think was a good deal  on this 2000 Bobcat 863G High-Flow (wt. is about #7,500 lbs). I left for Spokane this AM to pick it up. The old 86 F350 6.9 diesel w/ the 3k pound trailer got 13.25 MPG going over there. On the way back I stopped off at the truck scales and she grossed 17,700 LBS & I got 10.25 MPG. I guess that's not all to bad for a Little 200 HP diesel. Fuel cost $145.00 .. Now I need to start fabricating the attachments I need for it. Or improvise/modify used farming attachments. Bobcat brand or copy cat attachments are big $$. So I'm sitting very proud right now. The thing that sucks is I just made more work for myself & now I'm broke.  ETA: This is my first very own tractor. But I grew up on a farm and worked construction off & on over the years so runnig her will be second nature. |
Near Puyallup. I won't be renting it, but would be glad to do work with it. I got a F350 4x4 Dump truck I'm putting together. It's most likely going to be another few weeks to a month before thats welded up. |
I have not done much with fences other than build a few on the farm when I was a kid. But I do plan on getting the digger. Along with Tracks & Grapple bucket I'll make my self, back hoe, stump grinder, dozer blade, brush hog, drag, & a spade. I think I will be set. I can also rent most all those attachments for $150 a day OTD from Bobcat. |
What kind of handyman job(s) are you planning to do? |