Bobcat hire and the things you need to know!

Skid steer loaders (colloquially known as bobcats) have probably helped more builders, developers and home owners with concrete slab preparation, garden makeovers, lawn preparation, and tidy ups than you would care to imagine but that’s not all they can do. Firstly though lets talk about the importance of access; with bobcats size does matter and while there are no hard and fast definitions, as a general rule there are micro bobcats, mini bobcats and standard bobcats.

Micro Bobcats tend to be less than 1300 mm wide, mini bobcats 1300 mm up to 1750 mm wide and the standard is usually anything wider than that. The larger bobcats can also be classified upon engine size and lift capacity. Although in Australia the average bobcat is about 1600mm wide and on average can lift about 800kg typically these are classified as mini machines.