Bought a skid loader

[GTPpower]

Hopefully it's ok to post this here.

Bought a 2002 bobcat 773. It's pretty mechanically solid as far as I can tell, but not real great to look at.

Its got about every option that was available back then. Heat, A/C, enclosed ROPS, keyless start, hand and foot controls, hi-flow, turbo engine, power bob-tach.

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[DEEZUZ]

Uuugggghhh I'm so jealous.... Within 3 years I really want to get into one of this or even a Kubota/kioti.... I've got way too much land to not have this type of equipment.

I hope the draw tube in fuel tank has already been done!

 

[LikeABauce302]

These things suck to work on lol. Awesome purchase though.

 

[GTPpower]

My dad talked me into letting him paint the cab, which eventually turned into me attempting to paint the whole thing. We started sanding it during a slow time between jobs, then everything got super busy. (Btw, these are factory powdered coated and sanding does almost nothing to them.) I realized I won't have time to paint it anymore, so I put an ad on Facebook looking for someone to paint it. Had a few hits, and eventually ended up taking it to a guy that usually paints cars. It took him about a week and a half to complete it. He charged me $1300 labor and I brought him the paint. I took all the windows out and the lights before I brought it to him. Just picked it up a few hours ago. I'm pretty happy with what he did.






Now, time to replace a few parts on it and install new decals.

 

[GTPpower]

Uuugggghhh I'm so jealous.... Within 3 years I really want to get into one of this or even a Kubota/kioti.... I've got way too much land to not have this type of equipment.

I hope the draw tube in fuel tank has already been done!

I hope so too!

I needed something for this year, but I'll probably sell it in a year to get one on tracks. I'll sell it to you.

 

[GTPpower]

Pulled the Grand Prix out and drove this in. Flipped up the cab so I could stick on a new grippy pad. (Not really sure what it's called)

 

[IceCreamAssassin]

Awesome! Also one of the worst things to work on is a skid steer lol.

 

[GTPpower]

We've got an old 310 on the farm. We had to replace the fuel tank on it once....that sucked.

 

[Outlaw]

They're really not that bad to work on IMO, just flip the cab up for everything lol. LMK if you have any questions, I know these machines pretty well.

Check your axle bearings/ lube. That is one job that sucks on these is doing inner/outer axle bearings.

 

[DEEZUZ]

They're really not that bad to work on IMO, just flip the cab up for everything lol. LMK if you have any questions, I know these machines pretty well.

Check your axle bearings/ lube. That is one job that sucks on these is doing inner/outer axle bearings.

You're half the size of all of us. Course it's easy for you to get in there

 

[zenriddles]

Anybody asked to borrow it yet?

 

[GTPpower]

Anybody asked to borrow it yet?

No one really knows that I have it yet. I've got no problem renting it out though. I'll mostly have use for it on my jobs though.

 

[GTPpower]

They're really not that bad to work on IMO, just flip the cab up for everything lol. LMK if you have any questions, I know these machines pretty well.

Check your axle bearings/ lube. That is one job that sucks on these is doing inner/outer axle bearings.

I was hoping you would chime in. I'm sure I'll have quite a few questions on this as I go along.

 

[Outlaw]

You're half the size of all of us. Course it's easy for you to get in there

5'11" 230#'s I ain't that tiny lol

 

[DEEZUZ]

Hmm... My memory is fubar

 

[IceCreamAssassin]

I’ve ran wiring harnesses, replaced throttle cables, replaced fuel lines and anything else you can think of. I’m not familiar with this particular machine but some of them are hard as fuck just to get the oil filter off lol.
I love them as equipment though and don’t think it’s a bad buy at all.

 

[Outlaw]

And I was 255 going into the winter lol.

They're not bad because I have the patience to just open them up. Case XT machines are the best for servicing since the engine is mounted longitudinally. Bobcats are a PITA for some jobs, but for a lot of the basics they're not too bad.

 

[IceCreamAssassin]

I mostly have experience with Gehl. The big bitch with the 4bt was decent. The rest, fuck they sucked just doing filters.

 

[GTPpower]

This one is really easy to get at the filters. It's basically the same machine as a s185 from what I can tell. It has the v2003 Kubota engine. 1850lb lift capacity.

 

[IceCreamAssassin]

That’s too easy lol

 

[Outlaw]

Filters are a breeze on them. So are starters and alternators lol.

 

[IceCreamAssassin]

Fuck I’ve had to dig so many holes to make myself a work ditch to drop a plate and replace the starter. Awful

 

[GTPpower]

Cleaned up the side windows to get ready to install.



New taillights in.



New rear window in....this took awhile.




Top plexiglass new as well.



Started putting on decals.



New headlights



New bob-tach switch



More decals

Side glass in







Ehhhh???

 

[GTPpower]

More decals



Replaced the glow plugs.







Rebuilt the bob-tach cylinder as it was leaking quite a bit.

 

[Outlaw]

Hell yeah man! Looks awesome.

I have MOTHERFUCKED rear glass on a skid loader more than I care to admit. When I sold my 863 last year I played it off like I was doing the guy a favor having it out to make it "cooler" inside lol.