Bobcat A300 Slims SC Site Management Firm’s Monthly Costs

Construction site cleanup contractor Henry Evans is putting an extra $300 to $400 in his pocket every month. That&#8217;s what he was spending to replace tires on his previous skid steer loader, which was doing work that required a lot of quick tread-wearing turns on paved surfaces. He&#8217;s still completing the same type of jobs but is now using a Bobcat A300 all-wheel steer (AWS) loader. For Evans, that means four to five times more life from the tires on his Bobcat loader. &#8220;My skid-steer loader was burning through a set of tires in about 200 to 250 hours,&#8221; he said. &#8220;In 18 months, I spent about $8,200 on new tires. The tires on my A300 should last 8,000 to 1,000 hours in our applications.&#8221; Evans and his partner, Robert Hughes, own E&H Site Management Inc., Little River, SC. The company uses the AWS machine with a Bobcat combination bucket to load debris from home construction sites into trucks parked on paved streets in new subdivisions. In addition to the excessive tire wear, the constant skid-turning left unsightly marks on the roads and deep ruts in the yards. &#8220;I used to spend 10 to 15 minutes at each site repairing the ruts and scraping rubber from the street,&#8221; said Evans. &#8220;With the A300, I can turn 180 degrees and, if nothing spills from the bucket, you can&#8217;t even tell we were there. The site looks as good after loading the debris as it did before we started.&#8221; (This article appears courtesy of WorkSaver). This story also appears on Construction Equipment Guide.