Horsemen Keep Utility Work Machine Busy Around Ranch

John and Josh Lyons use a Toolcat 5600 Turbo for many jobs on their ranch in Parachute, Colorado. For more information about their operation, visit these websites: www.Johnlyons.com and www.Joshlyons.com

A pair of noted horsemen have discovered the many benefits of the Bobcat® utility work machine.

John and Josh Lyons, father and son known worldwide as expert horse trainers and clinicians, are finding plenty of uses for the Toolcat™ 5600 around their Parachute, Colo., ranch.

“The Toolcat 5600 is quite a few different tools in one,” says John. “It isn’t just a vehicle to throw a few bales of hay or manure in or run around your place with; it ends up actually helping us. The machine gives us a running-around vehicle to check fences, feed horses and clean stalls with, and it’ll move things around our place in a more convenient manner. It takes the place of a small tractor, loader, forklift, mower and all the different attachments.”

Toolcat 5600 utility work machine

Josh adds: “The fact that we can have a bucket with a load of manure on the front and feed and grain in the back means we can get two jobs done at once. We can also mow with it, and we can use it to move snow in the winter. It allows us to do all kinds of jobs.”

John also likes the enclosed cab option—the feature that most struck him the first time he saw the Toolcat 5600.

“That cab is really nice,” he says. “You’re not freezing your face and fingers off when you’re moving snow around or feeding horses. In the summer you don’t have to worry about deer flies or dealing with dust or mosquitoes in the evening. It’s also easy to take someone with you when you run around or do maintenance. And you can talk to each other.”

John points out that the Toolcat 5600 may be a new type of utility machine, but the Bobcat brand name is not.