Initial Test Drive and Float Function Discovery

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First test with a new skid steer attachment

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The operator takes the Bobcat S185 skid steer with the attached land rake for an initial test drive on a dirt patch. He explains that the attachment has central scarifier teeth and front and back finish rake bars. He attempts to grade the dirt, but quickly realizes that his particular Bobcat skid steer lacks a crucial 'float' function, which allows the attachment to move independently of the machine and roll on its own wheels. This limitation makes precision grading difficult and somewhat 'sketchy' due to the inability to properly control the depth of cut without the float feature.

Goal: Evaluate the land rake's functionality and identify limitations with the current skid steer.

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Bobcat S185 Skid Steer Bobcat — Operating the land rake attachment

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so this is a little bit of a sketchy feeling to be quite frank with you guys so i played around in this area of the machine for about 20 minutes before i realized you need a skid steer that has a float function to really make this work mine is broken on this machine and this attachment depends on you being able to let it float separately from the machine and roll on its own tires to really get the maximum benefit out of it so after we're done with this we're going to take it out to a real job site and put it to the test on our asv which has a float that functions imagine that and see how it does with the track machine in a real job site even though there's a lot of things broke on the 185 that i got to get to there is one thing that this machine does better than anything else in fact i'm just going to show you this machine is so well balanced that it actually kind of lets you feel like you're part of it i know that sounds weird but it really does feel like an extension of your body and this kind of control comes in handy on tough job sites

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