Yanmar vs. ASV CTLs: What’s the Difference?

[@_Ben4810]

I'm so happy that ASV has finally found an owning partner that is such a good fit...This is a great idea to make the Yanmar CTL with a more conventional undercarriage system...👌

[@goodlucktrying21]

I hope they will consider re-designing the door, not a fan of the swing out door. Very pleased with my Yanmar excavator but in the market for a loader and was happy to know they will soon offer one but the door may be a deal breaker

[@villageearthwright]

really too bad they went with a swing door instead of a roll up door.

[@tylervanhouden7657]

No the tracks for roll up doors suck honestly

[@notsure6182]

@@tylervanhouden7657 being trapped in the machine by the boom sucks far more.

[@notsure6182]

@firstchoicemechanical1403 the only way to use these machines is to remove the useless door. so what is the point of the door when you have to pull it off and lean it on site somewhere?

[@tclott316]

@@notsure6182do you not have critical thinking skills? Leave the fucking door on and, holy shit would you look at that, you don’t have to lean it somewhere on the job site. Fuck the roll up doors. Literally every single one of them is fucking junk. I, as well as most actual operators will GLADLY take a swing door over a roll up.

[@Charlie-go6eb]

@@tylervanhouden7657 ya, not so much. Little grease goes a long way. I’d never go back to a swing door.

[@treypegues5137]

next years model give it an overhead door

[@shiraz1736]

They don’t look like a bad machine , not sure how much of it is made in-house. The one thing I noticed is the hydraulics for the track drives seem very exposed to damage and I really hope they have a good cooling package for the high flow system. Glad we’re seeing more players in the CTL space.

[@northeasterndirtandpropert7974]

There's a simple reason why YANMAR went to a solid undercarriage,it's better than ASV's.We can talk in circles all day,ASV undecarriages always needed careful,caring operators in cleaner enviroments.Yanmar just gave ASV the kick in the ass they needed for so long.

[@MitzvosGolem1]

I have 1994 Yanmar excavator never broke down once . Only tracks and a hose . Amazing quality. ASV Terex I have is ok but kinda sloppy quality.

[@jakebehrens1709]

Yanmar excavators are super reliable

[@bert26a]

The ASV undercarriage's are very high maintenance and very costly.

[@theoneonlymonkeymanohyea6769]

It’s not bad at we had a terex (ASV) pt85 we had the ne problem for the 16 years we had it the track came off once in 16 years it was the best machine we ever bought

[@bluethunder1951]

ASV machines are not designed to last beyond 1000 hrs, they start to have all kinds of issues, they are built with so many other manufacturers components it’s impossible to know how to repair it or how to set it up to be reliable. Just search the problems with ASV and you can make you own assumptions.

[@theoneonlymonkeymanohyea6769]

@@bluethunder1951 well that’s also why I think our terex skids lasted so long it was just one company making them

[@bluethunder1951]

@@theoneonlymonkeymanohyea6769 ASV is a dogs breakfast, I’ve owned one since 2009 and nothing but problems, so many parts from different manufacturers, the only thing they have to call their own is the track design that is so expensive to repair, I’ve don’t it twice, the machine has costed me over $20,000 in repairs since 2009, and I’m the only operator on the farm.

[@chriss7930]

​@bluethunder1951 thats rubbish. It depends 100 % on how it's used. I have 3 cat 257 well actually I've had 7 I think 100 times better than ctl as ctl ate rough as dog shit 3000 hrs plus and never done anything to the under carriage on any of them apart from an idler bearing on one machine

[@AdamSmith-uv6kr]

Our company runs 3 ASV’s. A 40, 50, and a 65 max cab. We do rough and final grading year round, Landscape, hardscape, and concrete working in some of the crappiest soils in North America. Indiana is known for pot holes, heavy sticky clays, and rock. We have never had any issues without undercarriages nor have we found that they are expensive to maintain. We have over 5000 hours combined on our machines and they work 6 days a week peel season 12-14 hours a day with multiple operators and about 30 hours a week during the winter. I find that in the end they are much cheaper to run than our CAT undercarriages because track wear is almost non existent. These machines are on concrete, asphalt, dirt, and in the forest. The tracks twice as long as steel belted tracks and I have people say the MTL undercarriage on the ASV doesn’t like rocks and stone. Neither do our cat and John Deere ctl’s. Stone eats the boggie wheels and destroys inner steel components on those machines too. And those parts are extremely pricey like the driven sprocket. Our reliability has been strong throughout our experience and we are currently waiting our new yanmar 100 as we trade our cat in. I’m excited to continue our partnership with yanmar/ASV

[@Chinothebambino]

Yeah, sure.

[@tclott316]

>Crappiest soil in America >Indiana Pick one. Also that the biggest load of horseshit I’ve read yet.

[@juanvalberde4508]

Do you know who sale parts for ASV.

[@dirtbike_viking]

Forget the gadgets and gimmicks, reliability and comfort take priority on any machine.

[@stephencrandellsr4915]

It would be great if you had ASV parts available at your yanmar

[@stephencrandellsr4915]

It would be great if you had ASV parts available at your yanmar dealers

[@arnoldromppai5395]

I will be buying a new track loader in the 97hp to 100hp. To bad with so much demand for machines with roll up door they would have filled this market. A swing out door is so dangerest traps you in side. You get a fire your not getting out the back window that is were 99% of fires start. I been trapped. Due to a dam swing out door you can not open when buckets up 10". For a machine over 100hp it sure it light on weight compared to the others on the market at over 12,000lbs this machine just over 10,000lbs. I love there excavators. An there no dealers in Thunder bay Ont. There is an ASV DEALER but I would never buy an asv. I'm looking at a bobcat t770, cat 200D an more leaning to the N50 wacker newson. Testing it pushes the other 2 brands an kabota dead right across the job site were the 3 others just dig a hole trying to push the dead n50 wacker . Wacker has 197 lbs of tork hands down to any other. I will be buying this 2024 summer some brand in the 97 to 110hp an 5 skid pro attachments for my farm.

[@tclott316]

No. The swing doors don’t trap you 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@digginandbuildinwv7012]

There are emergency knows of some type on I believe all machines that take about 30 seconds to toss the door out of the way and ger out

[@StefanBacon]

Takeuchi started making compact track loaders in the 80s my guy.

[@Jmschnider]

Hopefully cat will come out with a new 299 replacement like the 265. I think that’ll be the best of both worlds

[@laingen_b]

I really want to try the new 100 in the forestry world. The track system and hopefully a more reasonable price point than the ASV 135 have my interest.

[@jeffhall768]

There are so many onvious problems with that yanmar that its too long to list. I work in a CTL every day and would never ever come close to thinking of buying a yanmar. Love their excavators, theyre top notch. This CTL looks like absolute garbage in nearly every way possible. Just another brittle forestry machine on par with ASV and definitely not a piece of construction equipment.

[@aaronolsen8787]

Which CTL do you recommend?

[@markhall3434]

Love my RT-40.. the positrack will climb a wall.. Made for forestry, hilly work, and can go ANYWHERE. careful with side tilt. Never thrown a track.. even my old RC-30 (still in Great shape) is amazing.

[@markhall3434]

When lifting alot, the ASV will probably tilt more forward than a solid chassis which may limit the effective lift.

[@chriss7930]

Coming to the uk ????

[@stephencrandellsr4915]

😊

[@kowkunt8710]

Yanmar hands down You can do it all with Yanmar . ASV its a golf course machine

[@jeffhall768]

That yanmar looks like a golf course machine too 😂😂😂