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    paraniod from overheating Bobcat.

    Didn't know it had this. which brings me peace of mine. Machine Shutdown Protection The machine shutdown protection monitors vital machine functions such as engine coolant temperature, oil pressure and hydraulic oil temperature. If a monitored function is out of normal operating range, the...
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    paraniod from overheating Bobcat.

    it was more like a layer of rice hulls/dust. ran it few hours after blowing out and ran 100%.
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    paraniod from overheating Bobcat.

    While Running the Bobcat S185 today heard a loud beep. Looked up to find Temp gauge just enter the red. Quickly throttle down. and limped to nearest air hose. shut off engine just long enough to blow out radiator. Had a film of dust on it. started up and it quickly cooled down back to normal...
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    Seat bar switch adjustment

    I too would like to know this, not b/c I have the same poblem. but I would like the bar a little higher so I can rest my arms on them to achieve a smoother control of the joy sticks.
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    New skid steer break in?

    Thanks. too bad they are dropping them in favor for the M-series. Glad I snatched this one up. I'm restricted on height and the dealer said the M-series are taller.
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    New skid steer break in?

    Thanks, We have a 4 barn poultry farm, around 44,000 chickens. We do our own clean out between flocks. We decided to trade in the old but good to us case 1840 for the bobcat s185 w/cab. So I wont hurt it in any way to run it a full throttle when the job requires this early in the hours? I...
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    New skid steer break in?

    Thanks guys, I never really had anything new I just want to make sure I treat it right and didn't hurt anything from running high this soon
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    New skid steer break in?

    I got a new skid steer over the weekend, 2012 Bobcat S185 with 3.7 hours. I looked through the manual many times and never seen anything about breakin. Just the 50hr service. It did say for peak hp run at WOT. Are these made to run at WOT right out the box? I understand that they are governed...
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