Your cab is your office, and a
comfortable one can really help with
productivity. It can also reduce stress.
Things like sufficient foot and leg room,
adjustable controls, and efficient vents
for heating and cooling all contribute
to a better operating experience. Other
loader manufacturers will tell you their
cab is sufficiently comfortable. But when
you compare them, you'll see a difference.
This comparison will convince you that
the Bobcat loader has the most
comfortable cab of them all. We placed a
large operator in every cab, to show you
just how different these loaders are
when it comes to cab comfort. Here is the
Bobcat loader. We have exceptional
front-to-back and side-to-side foot room,
and the joysticks are set wider than the
others to provide ample side to side leg
room. They're also adjustable to the
front and back and move with the seat.
This can help ease operator fatigue
throughout a long workday. Air vents are
mounted high and low throughout the cab,
to keep your entire body cool or warm,
and the high air vents will also help
keep your windows defrosted when it's
cold outside. Let's take a look at the
Kubota loader. The operator has good side
to side foot room, but there is little to
no room front to back. The side to side
leg room is okay, but the joysticks are
not adjustable, and this operators legs
begin to rub against them. This also
limits the ability to use all of the
side to side foot room that's available.
The joysticks also do not move with the
seat, so operator comfort could be
compromised by the end of the day.
Their heating and cooling system only
has vents along the left side of the cab,
and the slide up door prevents them from
putting any vent up top. And their wiper
fluid container is in an odd location,
it's almost like they forgot to design
it into the machine. One other thing,
while the door opening is wide, if you're
tall, getting in can be difficult because
you have to duck below the sliding door.
Plus, the door's track limits what they
can mount on the column. Next up is a
Caterpillar loader. I hope it does better
than Kubota. The amount of foot room is
not great. In fact, it's the tightest of
the group. The side to side legroom is
also tight, so overall it has limited
foot room. However, the joysticks are
adjustable and move with the seat. The
air vents are all positioned down low so
they won't do a good job getting cool or
warm air to your upper body. One last
note, the door barely makes it halfway
open, so it's not very convenient getting
in and out of this machine. Here's the
Case and New Holland. The side to side
leg room isn't bad, but that's where the
good news ends. The amount of foot room
is not great; there is little room front
to back. The joysticks are adjustable to
the front and back but unfortunately,
they don't move with the seat. The
adjustment is also clumsy, poorly planned,
and not very finished. Although they have
several heating and cooling vents,
they're all down low, so the air movement
will do little to cool or warm your
upper body. Vents that are this low will do a
poor job of keeping your windows
defrosted when it's cold out. And like
the Caterpillar, their door does not open
the whole way, so getting in and out
becomes a challenge. For nearly 60 years,
Bobcat has been building the best loader
in the compact equipment industry, and we
know just how important a comfortable
cab is. Other machines are good at a few
of these comfort features, but only the
Bobcat loader has them all. Get the best
design cab on the market. It's a Bobcat
advantage.