Construction World May 2016

SKIDSTEERS

‘Tough jobs’ ATTACHMENT campaign Bobcat has launched the company’s

With a unique range of over 70 different Bobcat attachment families to choose from, Bobcat compact loaders can be used for multiple applications on work sites, keeping required investment down and minimising the amount of manpower and machinery required. As part of the new Tough Jobs promotion, Bobcat is working alongside dealers throughout Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA), to host live demonstration events to promote the use of some of the company’s more specialist attachments. It was also a prominent feature on the Doosan-Bobcat stand at Bauma 2016. Free ‘world of attachments’ app Every Bobcat attachment is designed and manufactured for a perfect fit with matching Bobcat loaders for optimum job performance, depend- ability and durability. To support the Tough Jobs campaign and to help customers find the right Bobcat attachment and tool carrier for their application, Bobcat has developed the new ‘World of Attachments’ app, which is available in 26 languages as a free download for iOS and Android tablets on the App Store and Google Play Store and also avail- able as a free download for PCs. In the Bobcat World of Attachments app, the complete Bobcat attachments range has been organised based on application areas and product categories. There are eight main application areas that have been employed – agriculture; forestry; landscaping; construction & demolition; road work; lifting & handling; grading & levelling and snow removal. The new app uses a simple navigation system to allow the user to browse through the different application markets and discover the breadth and versatility of the Bobcat attachments that can be used in these markets. These are cross-referenced for compatibility with all the products in the Bobcat range, including not only Bobcat skid-steer and compact > new ‘Tough Jobs’ attachment campaign, designed to raise awareness of the cost and productivity advantages offered by the use of attachments on Bobcat skid-steer and compact tracked loaders.

tracked loaders, but also Bobcat compact excavators and Bobcat tele- scopic handlers. The Bobcat World of Attachments app provides the user with a fingertip tour of the complete range of Bobcat attachments, all of which have an information pop-up that includes a ‘read more’ button leading to a separate screen where background information is given. There is also general information based around a large image of the attachment with highlights pop-ups, a gallery of selected images that shows the attachment in application and a specification table for the attachment and a compatibility table for the attachment with the full range of Bobcat loaders, excavators and telehandlers. Bobcat has also added an easy-to-use search engine function that allows the user to search on attachment name or on machine name. The search engine function allows the user to perform searches on particular Bobcat attachments and machines with cross-references to help them to choose the right attachment and machine for their application. Quick-Change Bob-Tach TM attachment system All Bobcat compact loaders are equipped with the quick-change Bob-Tach attachment mounting system, allowing them to be combined quickly and safely with several hundred different Bobcat attachments, delivering versatility and time-saving efficiency across a huge range of

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different applications. The Bob-Tach system can quickly and easily replace a bucket with pallet forks, a landscape rake, a backhoe, an auger, a grapple or a host of other attachments. This unique design also ensures hydraulic attachment changes are carried out quickly and smoothly. Trapped line pressure can make attach- ment changes anything but quick. So Bobcat loaders come with a handy feature to release trapped pressure. By simply pushing the coupler inward, the hydraulic oil is released through a return line back into the machine. The result is clean, quick attachment changes time after time. Bobcat also offers the optional Power Bob-Tach™ system, whereby the operator can change non-hydraulic attachments without even leaving the cab. This is activated by a switch on the control panel, which raises and lowers the Bob-Tach levers hydraulically, increasing the versatility and productivity of all Bobcat compact loaders.

CONSTRUCTION WORLD MAY 2016