Skidsteer Forum

I am looking at a CAT 257, but they have some roller problems (but I like the hand controls verses the foot controls of a Bobcat) Also considering ASV, but can"t find many others who have experience with these models. Didn"t like John Deere when I rented one - the bucket control was too jumpy. Haven"t tried New Holland, yet.

I was hoping to find a site where contractors or others can help with hands-on experience and/or horror stories. Any thoughts or forum suggestions are greatly appreciated.

KEG

KEG

I've got an ASV RC100. So far I've put about 175 hours on it and don't have many compaints. The machine seems robust and I haven't had any track problems, even in deep mud. I've been using it for brush clearing with a Davco cutting deck, moving logging slash to burn piles, and then lots of work moving chunks of concrete with a grapple. My only complaints are 1) the fuel cap isn't protected enough and as a result I lost one and cracked a second one in half backing into some brush and 2) the grease points for the truck pivot bearings on the undercarriage are supposed to be greased daily, but they are a pain to get to with the mud buildup in the track area. They really should have put in hard greaselines to these pivots and put the grease zerks up in a more protected/clean location. Those are my only complaints. In terms of ease of use, I had been debating between the RC100 and one of their smaller machines. I'm extremely glad I went with the RC100 because of the greater lift capacity but mostly because of the increased ground speed which has made the work I'm doing much quicker.

Hope that helps.

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I don't know of any skid steer specific sites. If hand controls are what you want, look at a Gehl. The left T-Bar controls drive and the right T-Bar controls boom and bucket. Very instinctive to learn. Solid Machines with strong factory support.

John