New Addition To The Possum Fleet

Found a Bobcat wrecker sort of place in New Septra Alberta.  But they didn't have much.  Only a burnt Bobcat, that already had the motor replaced, they wanted $9000, for.  A rusty piece that needs sand blasting and paint.  Everything else everywhere is over $10,000, especially if your looking at diesel.

I finally materialized what I specifically wanted.  A complete bobcat, that needs motor work, for $1500.  It was a little south of Calgary, so we had to pull an all nighter going to get it.  It is great working for yourself, took the next day off.   

The Bobcat still sits on Rons trailer, I have to try to get it hauled out to Andrew, and  unloaded before I go to Victoria.  

 This was an unbelievable great deal.  I had planned to make a little 10hp unit, that wouldn't be worth as much as the materials cost to build.  Plus very upset the designer will not sell plans, but only a "kit" with the more complicated pieces of steel cut out for you, for as much as I paid for this Bobcat.  Plans and some steel, cost $1500, then you have to spend another $3500 to have a running home built machine.

The machine I bought is a bobcat 632.  Originally a water cooled 30hp 1600cc gasser.  Its safe working load is 1000lb, but tipping weight is 2000lb.  That is a lot of weight.  Can you imagine moving 1500lb of dirt by hand, this thing can do it in one scoop.  It will be a money machine if we get another snowy winter.  They couldn't get enough snow clearing machines this last winter, if you owned a bobcat and wanted to work, you were doing 12 hours a day, 7 days a week.