T300 Stays Afloat in California Shoreline Jobsites

Bobcat Loader and Attachments Ideal for Unique Aquatic Remediation Business

Where land meets water — that’s how George Forni describes his aquatic remediation business. Forni is the president of Aquatic Environments, Concord, Calif., and an owner of a Bobcat® T300 compact track loader and several labor-saving attachments, including a grapple bucket, soil conditioner and mower.

Dependable Bobcat equipment enables Forni to complete his projects with minimal disruption to sensitive areas. His crews often work for municipalities to build lakes or maintain the lakeside vegetation.

Forni and his crews use the Bobcat loader and attachments to lift and carry materials that are used to reconstruct shorelines. The ground around the lake is generally a soft area. The tracked undercarriage of the T300 lets the Bobcat machine stay afloat where others sink into the ground.

“The Bobcat T300 has excellent flotation for our unique application,” Forni says. “It does very well in the marsh environments where other equipment simply won’t work.”

“We felt that the reliability and
durability, and the machine’s
ability to get out of tough spots make it a great fit for us.”

T300 Causes Minimal Disruption

Driving across a new landscaping liner isn’t a problem for the T300. Forni says he regularly transports heavy landscaping boulders in the bucket of the T300 without disrupting the surface.

“Because we’re using the compact track loader, we can drive on the jobsite to deliver materials to where we need them without tearing the liner,” Forni says. “We couldn’t do that with conventional equipment.”

After renting machines for several years, Forni finally decided to purchase a T300 from Bobcat of Concord. “I’ve tried other brands and Bobcat is the clear leader — it’s a big difference between Bobcat and the others,” he says. “The Bobcat loader is a critical part in our continued success. We felt that the reliability and durability, and the machine’s ability to get out of tough spots, make it a great fit for us.”

Comfortable Conditions Provide Full-Day of Production

Forni says the T300’s enclosed cab and air conditioning has paid off for his operators, who regularly use the machine for 8 hours a day. Operators stay cool in the climate-controlled cab during the hot summer months, and minimize exposure to dust when mowing. Forni jokes that there is usually a fight among his employees as to who gets to operate the T300.

Read more about the T300 on the Bobcat Web site on the product page.