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New Bobcat S series joystick control

Machine head ยท 2011-11-12 17:40

I work for a civil construction company who own cat skidsteers. but on this latest pipeline job have hired a bobcat fleet and ive been impressed with the foot control on the s250 i love it, but that machine went in for repairs and weve been given this s650 witch is joystick control, but i cant get over how jerkie these machines are the foot throatal is no good operating at high RPMs i like to know other operator opinon on this S series. im no sales man so be warned

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  1. #1928G Boy2011-11-12 22:40

    i also love the old style bobcat foot control the jerky joysticks aren't too bad either once you get the hang of it

  2. #2heavylift2011-11-13 01:21

    The last one I ran had joysticks on the levers, it was switchable between the 2 styles... Didn't care for the set-up, because the levers felt like they were at eye level .. really hard to run joysticks that high in the air, I used the foot controls. Because they felt more normal than the joystick controls real glad it was just a demo