Different brands of skid steers.

[BIGBEN2004]

How many different brands of skid steers are their out their? That would include any past brands that are no longer in business. What ones where some of the best and some of the worst?

[P.Services]

Asv
Belle
Benati
Bobcat
Boxer
Case
Caterpillar
Daewoo
Deere
Ditch Witch
Doosan Daewoo
Fai
Fiat Hitachi
Fiat Kobelco
Finn
Ford
Gehl
Hydra-mac
Hyundai
Icc
International
Jcb
Koehring
Komatsu
Libra
Mahto
Massey-ferguson
Melroe
Mobility
Mustang
New Holland
Owatonna
Pichon
Power House
Racoon
Ramrod
Rounder
Scattrak
Takeuchi
Tcm
Thomas
Toro
Toyota
Vermeer
Volvo

[BIGBEN2004]

Wow how did you list all them so fast? You just pulled them off the top of your head or what?

[tnmtn]

bulldog also

[Tigerotor77W]

And Patriot

[bobcat_ron]

Picasso nailed all the names, Scat Track and Volvo are the same. The names you don't recognize are the ones that never made it very far like Koehring, Scat Trak, Hydra-Mac and Toyota, they just sold off their patents to the other names over the years.

[cat2]

To me the main ones are

Bobcat
Case
Cat
Deere
Asv
tachuchi (sp)

[Lazer_Z]

To me the main ones are

Bobcat
Case
Cat
Deere
Asv
tachuchi (sp)

Na, you got it all wrong. This is how the top 6 goes.

CAT
ASV
TK
Case
Deere
Bobcat

[bobcat_ron]

Don't forget Thomas, they were very good for their times to!

[1wezil]

you forgot New Holland they are in the top 5 !

[cat2]

you forgot New Holland they are in the top 5 !



I forgot all about new holland. not many people i have talked to, have them though. I don't hear much about them

[cat2]

Na, you got it all wrong. This is how the top 6 goes.

CAT
ASV
TK
Case
Deere
Bobcat




So you are going from worst to best? from top down? Save the best for last

[Fieldman12]

I would not forget Gehl and Mustang.

[kreft]

you forgot New Holland they are in the top 5 !

Definatly!

[kreft]

top to bottom= first to last

Cat
teauhki
deere
bobcat
newholland

[kreft]

and asv is'nt even a skid steer

[P.Services]

i think we need to wait for the new ct332 with higher hp and pilots to get run a bit and then we can decide if the cat or deere is better. i might have a biased opinion but i would say the deere would be a far better machine.:laugh::laugh:

[bobcat_ron]

and asv is'nt even a skid steer

Yes it is, any compact mini loader/machine under 10,000 lbs that has to skid it's method of traction devices to enable it to turn is indeed a "Skid Steer".

[P.Services]

and asv is'nt even a skid steer

i think that was a way of saying asv is crap. so that makes cat half crap to then right. my deere dealer hasn't sold one undercarriage part, i wonder if the cat dealer can say the same.

[kreft]

Oh... well nevermind then.

[bobcat_ron]

i think that was a way of saying asv is crap. so that makes cat half crap to then right. my deere dealer hasn't sold one undercarriage part, i wonder if the cat dealer can say the same.

My U/C looks the same as it did new, even if it's working hard/hardly working.

[kreft]

i think that was a way of saying asv is crap. so that makes cat half crap to then right. my deere dealer hasn't sold one undercarriage part, i wonder if the cat dealer can say the same.

maybe thats because he has no one to sell to? lol

[bobcat_ron]

maybe thats because he has no one to sell to? lol


Ooooh, burn.

[mrsops]

you guys got it all wrong it goes like this

bobcat
bobcat
bobcat
bobcat
cat lol

[bobcat_ron]

Help save a CAT, scrap, chop and cut up Bobcats.

[mrsops]

funny ron!!!!!

[kreft]

case.....

Cant Atempt Serious Excavating

[mrsops]

case.....

Cant Atempt Serious Excavating

case skid steer i would never buy 1 you cant see a dam thing out of them

[ksss]

case skid steer i would never buy 1 you cant see a dam thing out of them

Obviously your speaking without know knowing any better. Thats ok. Run your BC. Someone has to buy em', the Koreans need an ROI.

As far as Cant Attempt Serious Excavation, thats funny, again ignorance is bliss.

[mrsops]

[QUOTE=ksss;2171682]Obviously your speaking without know knowing any better. Thats ok. Run your BC. Someone has to buy em', the Koreans need an ROI.

As far as Cant Attempt Serious Excavation, thats funny, again ignorance is bliss.[/QUOTE

ksss i wouldnt go that far guy not to far from me has a new case its a nice machine just tough to see out of them thats all im saying.

[stuvecorp]

Up here New Holland has the biggest marketshare, they are a basic good machine. With the new cab and getting their pilots tuned they should get respect. I had a 665 and a 170 and they don't owe me anything, they made me enough money to get in to the Case. The visiablity out of a Case isn't any better or worse as the BC or Cat.:confused:

When I was younger a place I worked had a Hydra-Mac, the thing was a tank. I think it had a gears instead of chains, sounded mean driving around.

[ksss]

Up here New Holland has the biggest marketshare, they are a basic good machine. With the new cab and getting their pilots tuned they should get respect. I had a 665 and a 170 and they don't owe me anything, they made me enough money to get in to the Case. The visiablity out of a Case isn't any better or worse as the BC or Cat.:confused:

When I was younger a place I worked had a Hydra-Mac, the thing was a tank. I think it had a gears instead of chains, sounded mean driving around.

I remember thinking that the gear drive was an interesting concept. It didn't catch on but I thought it might have some value.

[bobcat_ron]

I remember Hydra-Mac with one T-bar for forward/reverse and the other T-bar for left right steering? Is that correct?

[stuvecorp]

This one had the 1845 style hand controls, real basic. It was a big machine, picked up alot. I would take one for a yard machine if one was given to me. I can't remember the last time I saw a Hydra-Mac, wonder how many they made?

[ksss]

This one had the 1845 style hand controls, real basic. It was a big machine, picked up alot. I would take one for a yard machine if one was given to me. I can't remember the last time I saw a Hydra-Mac, wonder how many they made?

They had a dealer (they sold other types of construction equipment also)here in town. They sold one that I know of to a tree cutting company. They certainly looked HD, they also looked like a senior highschool shop project in the build quality area.

[KPS]

i think that was a way of saying asv is crap. so that makes cat half crap to then right. my deere dealer hasn't sold one undercarriage part, i wonder if the cat dealer can say the same.

Well over on plowsite a guy has a ct322 that has just grenaded his second drive motor this winter:dizzy:. Some people must get machines that are better built ie. not built on a friday afternoon before a long weekend.

[mrsops]

Well over on plowsite a guy has a ct322 that has just grenaded his second drive motor this winter:dizzy:. Some people must get machines that are better built ie. not built on a friday afternoon before a long weekend.

kps i think your so right i think some people do get a better build machine sometimes maybe theres diff guys on diff days lol i dont know i know some guys that just dont have any problems and some guys that just have tons of problems with there machines

[KPS]

Our T190 was the bees knees when we got it, the ctl was a new thing in the ottawa area and we were one of the first to own one. I just don't feel Bobcat has done much with this particular unit since they released it to improve it or convince me to own another one. One thing too that iritates me is the fact that our Bobcat dealer won't take ours in on trade:nono:. Mrsops your dealer must treat you really well, I wish I could say the same for mine.

[mrsops]

Our T190 was the bees knees when we got it, the ctl was a new thing in the ottawa area and we were one of the first to own one. I just don't feel Bobcat has done much with this particular unit since they released it to improve it or convince me to own another one. One thing too that iritates me is the fact that our Bobcat dealer won't take ours in on trade:nono:. Mrsops your dealer must treat you really well, I wish I could say the same for mine.

better be treating us good my father has been buying bobcats for 25 years

[P.Services]

kps i think your so right i think some people do get a better build machine sometimes maybe theres diff guys on diff days lol i dont know i know some guys that just dont have any problems and some guys that just have tons of problems with there machines

i think alot of it has to do with who runs it and how they run it. give me any machine and i bet my life i can break something big and costly by running it like a dumb a$$. i would like to stand there and watch the guy run that 332 that went through 2 drive motors.....

[cat2]

i think alot of it has to do with who runs it and how they run it. give me any machine and i bet my life i can break something big and costly by running it like a dumb a$$. i would like to stand there and watch the guy run that 332 that went through 2 drive motors.....



I agree 100%

[BIGBEN2004]

My local Case dealer used to sell Hydra-Mac before Case made a machine larger then the 1845C. Once Case made the XT series then they stopped selling them. They always had all of theirs equipped with Case controls. They still say to this day they had very little problems with them and that they could easily run 10,000 Hrs and still be strong. I have never talked to anyone who owned one so I don't know how true that is. They are no longer made correct? If so I guess they must have not been too all full good.