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I was hit by a bobcat machine (like a backhoe). The bobcat entered into the street from a construction site and hit my car as I was driving down the road. I didnt have any immediate injuries but a couple of days later my upper back was hurting so I went to the ER and was diagnosed with “back strain” and “back spasms.” The bobcat is apparently covered under a general liability insurance. The company who owns the bobcat has admitted negligence. 6 days later I still dont have a rental car. They are telling me that since it is a big commercial policy it takes more time to process the claim??? I am now out of work for the 3rd day as well due to my injury. My daughter (age 9) was also in the car with me but has no complaints of injury at this point. My question is this…. what I am entitled to regarding the injuries, time out of work, loss of car (it is totaled) aggravation of not having a rental car for several days, and of course the mental anguish I am going through. My daughter is having a hard time getting in the car without fearing that we will be hit again. I dont want more than I am entitled to but I feel that they were negligent and should compensate me and my child. I do want to be fair. Any suggestions? I have not hired an attorney as of yet because I would like to settle without one if possible.

Could I use a rental bobcat with a backhoe attachment? Or do I need more power?

We had planned to some landscaping work around our house, levelling some areas and putting up brick retaining walls… but with the Southeast drought, the dirt is now solid as a brick.

Definitely too solid to do anything with regular shovels, and we would have rented a Bobcat or similar small backhoe anyway. But now we’re wondering whether even those things can break through the dirt. I know really large equipment can — they’re doing construction all around and they move and recontour huge tracts of dirt like it’s sand. But that kind of equipment is WAY out of our budget.

We like to do it ourselves, so we’ll rent equipment if it can do the job.

Does anyone out there have experience with this smaller consumer-rentable equipment (1500-2500 lbs) and with Southeast clay soil in very dry conditions? Will it do the job? Or should we wait until it rains?

We have about a 40×40 area to recontour about 4-8 ft high.

Bobcat started making compact loader backhoes in the 1990s. They’re a rather new arrival on the backhoe market, meaning that some contractors haven’t even heard of them. If you’re considering using a small backhoe, whether for only one project, or for use by your company, you may wish to look at the Bobcat loader backhoe. These little machines pack a lot of power Read the rest of this entry »