What no BobCat GURUS??

[GMUGNIER]

Calling the power of the lawnsite forum!! Hey guys I thought ya'll were supposed to be BoBcat techies!!! Any and all help would be appreciated related to my previous posting as listed below:

I own a Cat 287B MTL and have bought a Bobcat boxblade attachment with the laser option, and the electric cord that comes with the attachment is obviously for the bobcat brand of machine with the 7 pins - well the CAT has 8 pins and I was wondering If anyone knew who made a converter for this problem? I know I can put a different electric harness on, but I am in need of the Cat harness as I own several CAT attachments as well - what I really need Is a adapter - All feedback will be appreciated.

Thanks

Gus

 

[Tigerotor77W]

We actually do have a Bobcat guru or two... I'm not either of them, but I'm sure one of them will find this thread sooner or later... good luck.

 

[Squizzy246B]

I'm pretty sure somebody has posted on this before...have you tried a search?. Other than that its not so hard. All you need is a new plug to put on the harness and match the cat one. Then you need a wiring diagram to see how the Cat is wired (mine is shown in the operator manual) and the diagram for the blade and fit the new plug.

 

[GMUGNIER]

No it is a little more complex than that - the Bobcat connector has data ported, and combined with the voltage.

 

[Tigerotor77W]

I acknowledge that I am posting a "competitive" web site here, but it is not a Green Industry site. Therefore, I am not knowingly breaking any rules.

GMugnier, you may want to try www.skidsteerforum.com ; there is a very significant Bobcat following on that board that may be able to help you as well.

 

[dccarling]

Gus,

The 8 pin plug that fits your machine can be purchased very reasonably from Ladd Industries in OH. Part number KI HD46-18-8SN is a kit containing 2 plugs all the pins and a removal tool for around 50 bucks. Just do a web search that's how I found them, their phone no. (800) 223-1236.

Doug

 

[GMUGNIER]

Boy it sure took long enough to figure this crap out - But I did - I have the wiring schematic and a working prototype if anyone is interested in a dongle for the CAT that will allow use of the bobcat attachments.

 

[janb]

Boy it sure took long enough to figure this crap out - But I did - I have the wiring schematic and a working prototype if anyone is interested in a dongle for the CAT that will allow use of the bobcat attachments.

I could use that information, in the distant future (when I upgrade from BC > CAT and retain my attachments

jd_boldtATyahoo.com

 

[Craftybigdog]

The Bobcat 7 pin connector is very complicated basically from what I have been told is that the new computer on Bobcat talks to the computer on the attachment. I know cause I had to get a 14 pin added.