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Be ready for any challenge with the FAE UML /SSL /SONIC forestr y mulcher for 75 -120 hp skid steer loaders. It features the exclusive Sonic technology, which ensures automa atic calibration with your skid steer loader and constant management of the mulcher’s hydraulic parameters , boosting per formance by up to 30% . " " " "
Lifelong Farmer Finds New Gear in Semi-Retirement America, 1898: The city of Greater, N.Y., was created; the World’s Fair opened in Omaha; the Spanish-American war was fought and finished; and the Bjork Family Farm was established near Dunbar Township, N.D. Four generations later, Brian Bjork carries out his family legacy on that same farmstead. “I never changed my address until we built a new house a few years ago,” Brian said. “Even then, our mailbox only moved about a foot.” Bjork built a new house across the street, and his daughter and her family moved into his childhood home. As his siblings peeled off one by one to become doctors and lawyers, he stayed put doing what he loves most. “I grew up on the farm, and that’s all I wanted to do,” he said. Now in his 60s, Bjork considers himself “semi-retired” still actively farming 575 acres of corn and soybeans. He has scaled back from 1,400 acres but isn’t quite ready to give up his passion, even as tasks become harder on him than before. His secret: a Bobcat S76 skid steer loader equipped with MaxControl remote operation. “It’s almost like having a hired man,” said Bjork. “Since I farm by myself, it’s key for lifting heavy stuff up off the ground. Without it, I’d probably have bruised knuckles from trying to use a handyman jack.” Gaining Different Kind of Control Bjork finds new uses for the Bobcat MaxControl remote operation system every week. Especially as he starts to slowly sell off extra farming equipment and supplies, being able to safely operate his loader from outside the cab is a game-changer.
Multiple Jobs, Numerous Models, One Machine
Brian Bjork remotely drove his Bobcat S76 skid steer loader equipped with MaxControl remote operation through the Gwinner Fun Days parade from inside the dealership pickup, following his unmanned machine.
“I used to grab onto whatever I was loading and grunt and hope that my back would hold out,” he said. “But now, I just set something on a pallet and use the Bobcat loader to put it in my pickup.” Not only does MaxControl remote operation save his back, it also speeds up daily chores without compromising safety. He stands to the side to keep an eye on things — whether pushing a trailer into his barn, lifting a heavy load or whatever else needs done — while effecsee BOBCAT page 62
From blowing snow and leveling gravel, to moving hay bales and removing fence posts, Brian Bjork uses his S76 loader as a do-it-all machine — due to his more than 10 attachments. He has collected them all after years of upgrading machine models. Bjork’s Collection of Bobcat Attachments: • dozer blade • root grapple • tiller • auger • tree spade • pallet forks • snow blower • general purpose bucket • rock bucket • bale fork
