Equipment World Digital Magazine
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W hile our reviewers were a bit stingy with their numerical ratings, in their comments to us and in our surveys, many made it clear they like the Bobcat S650 and will continue to buy and use it. "I wouldn't own any other," said Chad Heinert, owner of Heinert Enterprises, Papillion, Nebraska. "I've owned Bobcat skid steers for 25 years." Mark Halla, owner and self-described steward of The Mustard Seed Landscaping and Garden Center in Chas- ka, Minnesota, says he's run just about every type of skid steer made in the last 20 years, but has settled on the Bobcat. "I think Cat machines are great, they run a little different and I would say they are the crème-de- la-crème," says Halla. "But you pay more for them and I think the Bobcat is a better value. Everything we have is Bobcat." One reviewer who preferred to remain anonymous said: "I feel confi dent in our Bobcat products. We cur- rently have six fairly new machines and depend on them every day for business." Here's how our 12 reviewers scored the specifi c aspects of the Bobcat S650. All ratings are given on a scale from 1 to 10 with 10 being the best possible score and 1 being the worst possible score. Serviceability: Overall score 7.7 out of 10 Compact machines can be challenging to work on when so many components have to fi t in small space, and none of our reviewers gave high marks to any of the service access functions. Heinert in his comments singled out battery access as a particularly diffi cult task. Two of our anonymous reviews added some positive comments: one liked the interchangeable oil fi lters EquipmentWorld.com | April 2015 27 Bobcat S650, 2012/2013 model out of 10 8.2 OVERALL RATING: WHAT DO YOU THINK? A full review of the Bobcat S650 is on our website, equipmentworld.com/reviews. There you'll see what individual reviewers thought, plus you'll be able to join the conversation, adding your comments to those of our reviewers. reader reviews | by Tom Jackson