On the Job

Fire to Ice: Local Firefighter Uses Bobcat Skid-Steer Loaders to Earn Big-Box Snow Removal Contracts

Posted on 11/26/2018 by Bobcat Team
Scott Alff stands next to his Bobcat S650 skid-steer loader.

Scott Alff, 44, constantly puts himself on the line. As a full-time firefighter at a local fire department, he doesn’t know what each day will bring, but he makes it his mission to protect the lives, property and environment of…

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A Professional Steward of the Land

Posted on 11/16/2018 by Bobcat Team
Bobcat T650 compact track loader moving through a wooded area.

Improving Wildlife Habitats As the owner of Dogwood Land Management in North Henderson, Illinois, Chase Burns is on a mission is to be a steward of nature through wildlife habitat management, general land improvement and comprehensive property management services. Burns…

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Government Connection Helps Missouri Man Launch Business

Posted on 11/12/2018 by Bobcat Team
David Jackson with Bobcat T590 compact track loader.

Installing roadside weigh in motion (WIM) scales and intelligent credentialing screening systems from start to finish for commercial vehicles isn’t a business prospect that many contractors willingly take on. For David Jackson, owner of Jackson Construction and General Contracting, it…

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Keeping Pace with a Growing Community in North Carolina

Posted on 10/08/2018 by Bobcat Team
Toolcat 5600 sweeps dirt from the street near a recently graded yard.

Chonzie McMahan began his career as a contractor working alongside his brother and father in the utilities trade. After years of working for the family business, McMahan decided to pursue his dream of owning his own company. In 2005 Chonzie,…

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California Contractor Brings Life Back to Fire-Ravaged Santa Rosa Using Bobcat Equipment

Posted on 09/10/2018 by Bobcat Team
JM Environmental operator uses a 430 excavator to move debris from a wildfire site.

What started out as a small flame, quickly became a raging fire, leaping and igniting more than a dozen new fires across Napa, Santa Rosa and Sonoma, California. Soon, wine country – one of the most popular tourist attractions in…

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“Moovin” On: Dairy Farm Switches to a Bobcat Compact Track Loader

Posted on 06/11/2018 by Bobcat Team
Del Dairy’s T590 sits in the alleyway of their dairy barn.

Motivated in part by good friends who’d established a farm in Manitoba, Les and Karen deLeeuw decided to start their own dairy and moved 63 cows nearly 1,000 miles across Canada, from Les’ parents’ dairy in British Columbia to a…

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445 Inches of Snow Tests Resiliency of Snow Removal Company

Posted on 12/20/2017 by Bobcat Team
Bobcat skid-steer loader uses snowblower to remove snow from a driveway.

Snow rages across the dark sky, briefly caught by the glow of a streetlamp. Temperatures fall. Mountain winds pick up, building drifts higher. John Eastman crunches the numbers: 400 inches and counting.   Prepare for the unexpected From November 2016…

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