A friend of mine recently bought a farm and I volunteered to help him replace some of the fence posts in the pasture. To do this, he was able to borrow a Bobcat to make pulling out the old posts easier. We attached a chain to the bucket of the Bobcat. When we wanted to pull out a post, we wrapped the chain around the post and lifted it out by raising the bucket on the Bobcat. It really made it a piece of cake. What was fun for me is that I ended up doing a lot of the driving it. I had never driven one before, but it only took me a few minutes to get the hang of it.

This particular Bobcat had a feature called “all-steer”, meaning that all four wheels would turn to help you make smooth corners. You drive it with a joystick that you actuate with your left hand. Your right hand also has a joystick, but it is used to move the bucket around. With all the years of playing video games as a kid, this all felt pretty natural to me. In fact, I really enjoyed it. Think about it…. What’s more manly than pulling out fence posts with a Bobcat?

–Pete