Our newest piece of construction equipment has arrived! A 2013 Bobcat T590 track loader. This little powerhouse will allow us to do the bulk of our site work while doubling as a tractor for the farm. It has high flow hydraulics so we can get all the same attachments available for a tractor. They make everything from brush hogs to snow blowers for them. For now we just have the forks and bucket. We had some trouble getting financing for it (they usually only finance to businesses not "regular" people) but it all worked out in the end. We just have to carry insurance on it as if it were a new car. Some people have cool cars....we have construction equipment. Unlike our excavator, this is a modern machine with low hours so we hope we won't need to repair it during the build. Mr. Dometastic has put it straight to work spreading deliveries of base gravel that replace all that top soil we removed. HERE is a link to the Dometastic facebook page to see a video clip of him
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