Rother Valley Tree Services Ltd, based in Doncaster in South Yorkshire in the UK, has purchased a new top-of-the-range Bobcat T86 compact track loader and several Bobcat attachments including the new Bobcat FRC200XT high flow forestry mulcher from AMS Bobcat, the local Authorised Bobcat Dealer.
Rother Valley Tree Services is a family run business that as well as Doncaster, also covers Rotherham, Barnsley, Sheffield, Leeds, Wakefield and all the surrounding areas.
The company offers high quality work in every aspect of arboriculture, from small private clients to large commercial and local authority contracts.
Delivering a higher engine and hydraulic output, the Bobcat T86 is the most powerful compact track loader the company has ever built. The T86 uses a well-proven Stage V compliant 3.4 l Bobcat engine – producing 78 kW (105 HP) at 2600 RPM. Just like all of Bobcat’s R-Series loaders, the engine is mounted in-line with direct drive, which improves the cooling capacity of the engine and hydraulic components. This change increases reliability in high-intensity applications such as the forestry work carried out by Rother Valley Tree Services.
One of the most exciting aspects of the T86 is that for the first time there is a choice of three different auxiliary flow outputs. There is a standard flow configuration providing 87 l/min for applications such as load and carry, or where low hydraulic flow attachments are used. Bobcat also offers two additional hydraulic performance functions using the new Electronic Displacement Control (EDC) Pump on the T86: a High Flow function giving 138 l/min and a new optional, industry unique Super Flow function taking auxiliary flow to 159 l/min.
As well as the Super Flow, the T86 purchased by Rother Valley Tree Services features an enclosed cab with HVAC, an air-suspension seat, 7 inch Touch panel display, Two Speed, Power Bob-Tach attachment system, a Reversing Fan, premium LED Lights, keyless Ignition and Joystick Controls. AMS Bobcat has equipped the T86 with a forestry application kit, which is required when using the machine with a forestry mulcher. As part of the order, Rother Valley Tree Services also purchased Bobcat 82 inch root grapple and pallet fork attachments from AMS Bobcat.
Steve Smith, Managing Director of Rother Valley Tree Services, commented: “I was intending to purchase the T770 model from Bobcat, but AMS Bobcat introduced us to the idea of the new T86 and its Super Flow output and the more powerful attachments it can power, such as the new FRC200XT forestry cutter. Now part of our fleet, the T86 has more than matched what we were promised.
Carl Chadburn, Plant Manager of Rother Valley Tree Services, added: “The many jobs we are able to do are specialist, with only a few companies being able to offer these services in the UK. The T86, the new forestry cutter and the other Bobcat attachments we’ve purchased from AMS complement the rest of the vehicles and machinery in our fleet, giving us access to an even larger array of solutions to help complete even the most difficult of jobs. Rother Valley Tree Services cares for all our customers, large and small on a personal and individual basis.”
