Demolition

Tougher than your next job.

Demolition demands durability, and so does Bobcat®. Our skid-steer loaders were made for the demolition industry, so world-class strength was built right in – from the solid axles and low-maintenance chaincase, to the heavy-duty steel tailgate and protected hose routings.

Whether you're tearing out the smallest backyard patio or cleaning up major demolition sites, Bobcat's got you covered with more models, more options and more attachments. More models, ranging from the 36-inch wide loader to loaders with a rated operating capacity of 3,000 pounds. More options, like a Special Application Kit with Lexan front door.

More Attachments

Use a Bobcat® skid-steer loader with a hydraulic breaker to break up some of the toughest surfaces. The Bobcat drop hammer works best for concrete flatwork demolition because it provides less wear on the machine and less noise for the operator. When needing to perform partial removal of road material, you can use the Bobcat planer attachment to quickly mill areas.

Bobcat also manufactures several attachments to sort, haul, load and cleanup all types of materials. In the demolition market, contractors need durable attachments that can withstand the daily stress of working with concrete chunks, rebar, bricks and more. Use and excavator with a grapple or rotating grapple to sort, separate and load materials. With the industrial fork grapple, dirt falls through the bottom tines to ease sorting of demo waste and reduce weight dumping fees. To clean up the dirt left behind, simply attach the angle broom to quickly sweep the dirt off driveways, parking lots and roadways.

Excavating

What's the most efficient way to excavate?

There's a reason they're called excavators.

Bobcat compact excavators excel at excavating material. 360 house rotation rotation allows you the most options for placing spoil. The work group (arm) on a Bobcat excavator is offset to the right of the operator to give a clear view of the working are. Bobcat exclusive In-Track Swing Frame gives you the ability to truly dig flush up against an obstacle and increasing your ability to work in tight areas when in an offset dig position.

Another combination that excels at excavating is a Bobcat compact track loader and combination bucket attachment with teeth. With more surface area in contact with the ground, compact track loaders provide more tractive effort than wheeled compact loaders. The pushing force of Bobcat compact track loaders is second to none due to direct-drive motors, a solid-mounted undercarriage, and a balance between machine weight and horsepower.

A combination bucket with teeth is a versatile tool for just about everything - as a standard bucket for digging, loading, carrying and dumping; as a grapple to grip move and load logs, concrete chunks or other bulky objects; or as a blade for heavy-duty dozing and leveling.

If you have a loader and still need to to some "excavator" style excavating, Bobcat also offers 2 style of backhoe attachments for loaders: The Bobcat Backhoe attachment and Bobcat Bob-Tach Backhoe attachment.

Grading

How can you improve your grading efficiency and precision?

With Bobcat attachments made for grading

Bobcat's heavy duty construction and industrial buckets are specially made to stand up to the demands of heavy excavating and grading. The low profile bucket with extended cutting edge visibility for grading. Add the Bobcat Tilt-Tatch™ attachment between the loader and bucket to allow 15 degrees of tilt left or right.

The Bobcat dozer blade attachement offers six degrees of electric over hydraulic, finger tip control for precision grading. Adjustable skid-shoes on the dozer make it easier for novice to skilled operators to run the attachment efficiently. New operators should set the skid-shoes slightly below the cutting edge and can raise the feet as they become more skilled.

The Bobcat box blade attachment may be used for rough or fine grading applications to fill in low spots and “carry” material along to bring the surface close to grade. Fingertip control of the blade raise and lower function provides smooth controls for precise grading. Other features include a reversible cutting edge and foam-filled tires for added flotation.

Bobcat also offers a seven foot grader with a six-way hydraulically controlled moldboard. Like the box blade attachment, the grader attachment is operated by fingertip controls. The attachment manually adjusts sideways up to 12 inches in both directions and angles hydraulically 25 degrees right or left for precise control. With its compact size, the grader attachment can work closer to walls, columns and other obstacles than dedicated grading machines. Both the Bobcat box blade and grader attachments may be used with an optional laser control package.

Laser-Guided Systems

A more precise final grade can be achieved with the Bobcat laser system, as much as +/- .25 inches, therefore, you will save on the costs of material when using a laser-guided system. Even experienced operators cannot be accurate to plus or minus .25 inches over the entire grade. If a flatwork contractor was off by a half-inch on a 300-foot by 300 -foot slab, the extra 138 yards of concrete needed could easily cost more than $13,000. The formula assumes the price per yard of concrete is $95. The cost savings could pay for the laser control system based on this example, and over time could pay for the compact loader, too. Laser-precise grades in one pass minimize errors, lower labor costs and build profits for compact equipment owners.

Erosion Control

How can you decrease the time it takes to install proper erosion controls?

Erosion And Sediment Control On Construction Sites

Bobcat company offers a wide variety of compact equipment and attachments that can add in the installation of erosion and stormwater controls: