Coyle has been using Bobcat equipment since 1991. He has been running Diamondback Pool Excavation since 2003. The recent downturn in the housing market has negatively affected the business, and Coyle says that he plans to use his prize to trade in two excavators and replace them with a Bobcat machine. Coyle has Bobcat S100, S185 and S300 skid-steer loaders that he uses to dig and fill in new pools and demolish old pools. "Bobcat equipment is reliable," Coyle says. "The service I get from Bobcat of Phoenix and Bingham Equipment is excellent."

Fifty years ago, Bobcat Company unleashed a way to work better, smarter, faster. During 2008, the company is celebrating the 50th anniversary of Bobcat compact equipment, which began with the Melroe Self-Propelled Loader - a three-wheeled front-end loader - in 1958. That machine evolved into the Bobcat skid-steer loader and spawned the worldwide compact equipment industry. Today, Bobcat continues to lead the world in the design, manufacture and distribution of compact equipment.

Bobcat Company, headquartered in West Fargo, N.D., is part of Doosan Infracore International (DII), a U.S.-based subsidiary of Doosan Infracore, a global manufacturer of construction equipment.