Review of Terex PT-50 Skid steer for Landscaping, Construction, Forestry, Farming and more
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- Опубликовано: 11 май 2017
- Why this is easily the worst skid steer ever made. Tractor review on a Terex pt-50 skid loader. Caterpillar, New Holland, John deer & Bobcat get reviewed in our other videos.
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I have completely opposite feelings on the Terex/ASV loaders. Very powerful for their size, very agile and highly sought after by landscaper because of such. Maybe yours wasn't fully working properly after all. I used a PT-50 to landscape with and sold it to an excavating contractor to backfill with and we both loved the machine. NO problems whatsoever with stalling out or weak points. I also owned a PT110F forestry unit and that thing was outstanding for pushing snow and doing tree work. Way better than for snowplowing than a Bobcat track loader. Just my opinion. Also, keep in mind that the PT-50 is non-turboed. If you want to really push material like a bulldozer, get the PT-60 or PT-70 with turbos. That's what a turbo is for.
I have been watching your videos for a while now. I like the information you provide coupled with your sense of humor. I am now a subscriber.
I really appreciate that Matt and thanks for being here !
I've got the TSR 50 skid steer, and it's the best skid steer I've ever worked with in every possible way. The only issue I've had was dirty battery terminals, and if that's the worst I can come up with I really can't complain.
Are you talking crap while wearing socks and sandals? Savage!
Michael Scott Lol!
Ya I just commented about it
I just bought a standing toro dingo 323 mini skid and love it!!!! 23 hp ..great video!
I love the way you do your videos now 😁👍
I am a service technician for Terex. And the reason I'm a service technician for Terex is because I'm busy I work every day and I work long hard days fixing Terex equipment. I hear many people have the same opinion that a lot of Terex equipment poor engineered and for the price you pay it's all cheap junk
Bob Murphy job security my brotha
I can't speak for everything else, but one of the few machines I have ever run was a Terex skid steer with a mulching head. Not going to lie, it was badass and never seemed to crap out on me. But I'm not a operator, just a guy that occasionally runs machinery. On a unrelated note, my favorite machine was a a 2000's era CAT track loader. That thing had real power.
Hated kubota tractors forever, but I have ran a kubota tracked skid steer and I am truly impressed with every aspect of it. Hope you can feature one.
how has terex and the dealer handled your feed back? we've always ran bobcats because of their support here locally
I just noticed your wearing my buddies company shirt! (BLACKSHEEP SKID) Pretty cool! love your videos keep them coming!
I just bought a pt120 with a bradco mm60 mulching head so far it's been a awesome machine
Stanley GD here sounds like you and I have got a lot in common been in business since 1983 the ups and the downs sounds like we started about the same way with nothing no handouts working hard all of our life but I enjoy your videos man keep it up. May God bless you and America too
Love all the cut scenes in this video. Full of energy
The best part about it is I no longer own one lol
Your videos are great man. Especially the retention walls ones. Can you do a step by step video on laying down a concrete patio, from packing, size of the base stone, and best type of concrete to use so that it has that niceee smooth and silk look, also how far to excavate, and how thick the concrete has to be? Etc.? Oh and can I use concrete from like the home depot and would that be cheaper? ....etc!?
Demo the big Kubota Tracked Skid Steers. Down here in east Texas guys use them for everything from construction to land clearing. Monster machines
Andrew Ehrlich we use one at my feed lot, amazing pice of equipment besides the ac and blower
We have owned a 50 for ten years and run it in steep canyons cutting trees. We use a erskin-power ax cutter, grapple or extreme brush cutter. This machine is simple to work on and has been absolutely maxed out...BIG TIME...many times!! This machine has preformed well in summer as well as winter and we now have 1700 hrs on it. Sorry to hear that you got a bad one and I do agree that it will not do what the 80 will, but our 50 sure dose not owe us a nickel at all. If I need to throw something on a trailer to go get something done, it’s easy to move around. After adding a cup holder, it has worked out perfectly for us.
Harbor Freight sells skid steers?? ...
good one
Recovering_Californian hey habbor is the place to go buy tools for crews they going ruin them anyways. im 25 and landscape and plumbing contractor and im not make any money i belive 2 issues employes stealing time and ruin tools or trucks damage or stealing not to mention when they piss off clients hard being in business
Hire better people. Stanley uses good quality tools.
Robert Jimenez he's right hire better people they should treat your stuff better than they would their own.
Robert Jimenez Hire people that actually care about stuff then. Also how are they going to stop if you don't get on them about it? I say that because I have a feeling you just let them do it without getting on them. If you just let them then they will keep doing it, you know like little kids. When you do that you pay less money to buy quality tools less than buying cheap ones every few months. It's seems like you're just not a business owner type of person. Especially with your elementary school grammar. I'm not even a grammar nazi, but when someone does run on sentences and can't put words together at least somewhat the right way then I want to say it. When someone has to lower their IQ for a few seconds to be able to read bad grammar then it's too bad.
they rent these at home depots around me. you can get the pt70 too. maybe that would be a good series testing out all those machines
I love your editing😂
Had an older ASV PT 50 thing worked great over that machine. Just traded it for a ASV RT 60 and so far love it as well. Would not get anything else expectialy bobcat. never had any luck with one of them
I have a Terex 30hp model. It was always starving for power. The dealer said nothing was wrong. After 600 hours I finally figured out the primer bulb was after the fuel water separator and that was sucking air off the top of the separator canister. The manual was completely wrong that came with the machine, you couldn’t even reach the separator the way it came. I switched the primer bulb to be before the separator and now it has more power. It was hard to believe that it could be wrong from the factory, I called to check on recalls, but there never was any. I don’t know what could be done, I don’t have any real evidence?
I like the turf tracks on the machine and is the primary reason is use it, they’re non marking on concrete too.
I rented a s250 for landscaping and dug a basement on my acreage loved it wish I would have bought one
Nice review, i didn't realize that they made different scales of skid steer, only ones I've worked with are cat and Deere, only thing I don't like about the cat is it's lighter than I'm used to, I could use the Deere to load a 12ft snow box on to a flatbed no problem but the cat couldn't lift it an inch off the ground. They're still good machines for what we use them for which is mainly loading mulch and pallets of salt into trucks.
Great video! Love your sense of humour! 😁 and thanks for the heads up! I was looking at buying one, might stick to CAT.
I have owned a Terex PT-70 for over a year, and it's AWESOME! The PT-70 has more power than any other skid loader on the market. I have ruined a grapple bucket, because the tractor has so much power, when I was backing out of a path of trees with 1 tree in the bucket, I tried to break the tree in half using 2 other trees (Still standing) and wa-lla! The seals in the grapple bucket blew and I got an oil bath! I could have sold tickets to see this stunt. The PT-70 is a beast.
Takeuchi compact track loaders are great. owned a few and can't say enough good things. Just bought my first kubota, good machine, but still love to jump in the takeuchi
I’ve never operated before and the pt50 is the only skidsteer/possitrack machine I’ve ever operated before and I found that it stopped out when lifting or lowering the boom whilst trying to drive the tracks forward
Great channel! Looking at ASV RC50 with just under 2k hours. Thoughts? Opinion? What should I look for, (inspect)? Any advice would be great as this is my first, kinda like my first kid.
Just get a deere 320E use it for landscaping/construction projects in the summer and in bad climates use it with a big snow bucket in the winter. A huge money maker with little downsides. Drove one for two years and wondered what it couldn't do.... a beast and worth every penny.
we have a couple terex dumpers they are very old i cant remember how long we had them but they still run good
In Australia the we buy the PT50’s with a factory fitted turbo taking horse power up around the PT60 mark.
I’ve had an SR80, now a PT80 due to traded for a RT75. I also have a PT50t that sits in the shed for the tight access jobs. The PT50 is not anywhere near the same league as the PT80 but it does what I need it to!
Track life of SR80 was 3400hrs when I traded it for a new PT80. PT80 now has 3600hrs still on original tracks and rollers. I’ve been on big civil jobs where the bobcats had to park up because they kept getting bogged, but the Terex/ASV did the work with ease.
Say what you want about Terex/ASV machines but I’ll never buy anything else because they work VERY well for me.
Hey Stanley, I own a small outdoor services business out here in Texas. I have a good amount of customers and find myself at a strange cross roads and am in need of a bit of help in one way or another, aside from balancing my high school career and work. So I was gonna ask if you could make a video of the expansion of a service business, you've done a lot of starting and maintaining them but i have not seen many in the means of 2 years in to it and what to do. I love the channel and have learned a lot from you, appreciate it man.
5 years In with Pt30. Love it. Very reliable, does everything it’s supposed to. Hardscape use only, great for tight spaces and running over grass with little to no marks. Looking to buy an rt 40 with a little more jam, but still only 48” wide. That’s when I came across this. Great video, but very little research completed to make such rash judgements. But hey, everyone has a nose.
I have to agree with you we have owned over 12 pt30/rc30 these units are nothing more then costly wheelbarrows. That need to be disposed of shortly after the 2 year mark. We have unfortunately been stuck with these units due to nobody else builds a unit that small (that you sit in). As for the larger units we have changed our fleet over to Wacker Neuson ST31’s &ST45’s great units. Thanks for sharing!!!
Your videos have gotten SOOO much better. much much more editing, honestly I was getting tired of your videos untill you started editing like crazy! now im like YEES he uploaded!!!
I run a terex pt-30 ( 1600kgs, 1300mm wide) in construction for 5 months now and i can say they need more power, and perhaps higher pressure hydraulic oil pumps.
while loading trucks the lift capacity can be a tad tricky as it gets abit tippy with bulk soil or concrete.
so a note to terex here is whats needed for the pt-30 to stand out :
- more engine power output
- higher hydraulic pressure
- increase the rear weight balance by adding 400kg ( 2000kg machine) to the rear for added lift capacity
to be fair Terex seems to be the only brand that offers a true tracked loader at 1300mm wide with pilot controls( not foot controls like the bobcat t110)
We've had our 2011 PT-50 for years and it's been a great machine for us! It's never had any issues with power or performance, sounds like operator error to me...
Rick G How the hell does issues with power or performance have to do with operator error!
this is the first smart thing regarding equipment I have heard you say . I am in total agreement with you. I have had the misfortune of operating two of the pos's the cab room sucks the tracks fail they have terrible balance the only thing I liked about them was the two speed I don't remember what the top speed was but it they are fast . takichi I'm not sure if I'm spelling that right but those track loaders are beast and super good for fine grading
What would you recommend as far as a skid loader that can squeeze the gap of a 48" gate? I found the terex to do it well. any other recommendations? Thank you
never ran the.tracked machine but the wheeled unit I have and it was ok. we just bought a takeuchi ts60v and it is a great skid loader for what we use it for. it has a lot more power and has great serviceability. plus my dealer is 15 minutes away
I had similiar experience with a case track loader. It was a temporary replacement for our Deere 333e that had a vacuum leak it was such a pos I parked it within 20 minutes of using it and went back to the deere. I figured it was worth the risk of damaging the deere's engine
So I was just looking at a mid size skid . What would you recommend for a 7 k machine? I'm demoing a kato at the moment Kubota powered to to bad 7700 lbs
This is the same experience I had 20 years ago with the small John Deere skid steer. If I had dirt in the bucket it didn't have the power to turn itself around on flat ground. Took me 4+ hours to back fill 10' of foundation wall.
I have never bothere to rent or run a John deere skid steer again
We run 4 asv Rc50's with green tracks and beat the hell out of them and they run great. The rc50 uses CAT controls hydraulic system and same motor as a Cat. Cat used ASV under carage for a long time. It looks like the work being done in the video demanded an100ho machine not a 50
We have a ASV rc60 and a bobcat S185.. there seem to have the same power. the asv does bog down a bit but i never found it underpowered
I think you had the standerd pt 50 not the pt 50t, the turbo adds heaps more power to it from a person who has operated both.
I’ve been running a Terex crane the last two months. There the same way! I think it’s in there pumps
I like the filming style of this video
I just bought a bobcat mt85, Love it. What do you think of it? Its perfect for patios in back yards and tight driveways for retaining walls. If you get time id love to see a review from you.
Help!!!
I am a new owner. I recently purchased a T870. I have never operated any heavy equipment before purchasing this bobcat.
This vehicle was used. Supposedly used for doing blacktop. ( My problem is ) The vehicle seems to lose Twork to the tracks after approximately two hours of running it. Specially if you do a lot of turning. Everything else seems to be fine. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Company I purchased it from is zero help. !!!!!!!! Thank you very much for taking the time to make videos !!!!!
Good vids keep them up really useful
We have a PT80 and use it on 2:1 and 3:1 slopes all the time at landfills. 300 to 400 feet top to bottom. This machine has no problem pulling heavy sections of tarps or bucket loads of dirt up and down these slopes. Some of these areas I would be too scared to use another machine. Also use it to pull a 14k lb trailer thru sand and mud. Perhaps you had the wrong size machine for your project.
Good to know. Thanks for your info!
I like learning on it but that was it once i knew what i was doing it was garbage but the asv pt-60 was great guess the turbo makes a diffrent
Love the video keep up the great work
Thanks Easton, will do !
I love my pt-60, best machine i ever had. Light, fast and never gets stuck...never!
thinking of buying one,you recommend it?
Same here pt-60 is a great machine.
Was the new asv 50 you had last year a better machine? I know you dont have it anymore but was it a dramatic change?
what is ur experience with the mid size kubota equiptment. more specifically theirs excavators and skid steers
I had the same thing one about 6 years ago lasted till the winter when the snow blower attachment ripped off the arm
Can you make a video on vandalisem/sabotage. I hav heard of it im my profesjon (forestry) and im vondering if you have som experience with it
I got a pt 80 it's a great pice of equipment the power is right at your hands
1:24 get wrecked stanley! 1:30 ha! 🤣 this is something I would do, and I laughed so hard!!
Hey Stan, I have a ASV SR 70 RT loader, puts all the rest to "SHAME"
What do ya ! THINK
pelagic440 asv bought out t.rex i heard. Or there same company..... i really rate the pt50.
gonna take your word on the pos 50......i just wanted to say how cool the rhino liner looks on your bobcat.
man i love your channel and I've learned allot watching you but i cant disagree with you more on this one. I've owned a 2012 pt50 for about 3 years now and I love this machine! I paid 19k for mine with 650 hours, everything else was twice that with more hours. for a 50 horse naturally aspirated engine I think it does pretty dam good. because it don't have a two speed option when you pushing a lot of dirt or steep grade, you can't push the joy stick all the way fwd or it will bog down. but if you just back off a bit it really will do anything you want. Maybe this machine isn't for everyone but I'm glad i bought one, been great for me!
David lambert 50 horse is only going to be so strong especially with tracks. I personally think stan really runs his machines hard moving a lot of dirt, day in and day out. In my opinion the terex isn't made for that hard core dirt work company. there more designed for that home owner jobs with small grass or sandy lawns that are slow going. It really surprised me to think stan bought a pt50 when all its specs proves what its designed for.
Now if it said Echo on the side you'd love it! hahaha;)
You need you check out kubota I farmed with one and we ran it every day for hours when I left it had 3400 hours on in it never had a problem thats with proper maintenance
Hey Stan... I appreciate your vids. BUT I think you should give it another test with a slightly higher HP Terex/ASV machine. And it's important to pick the right machine for your task. I run a Terex PT70. It's a single speed (the PT75 or PT80 are the 2-spd versions) and it's got excellent power. I bought it used 2 years ago, and use it 30 hrs a week for my landscape co along with other equipment. It's been extremely reliable and it's traction, ground clearance, and balance while grading are what keep me happy with it. I've done more "rough grading" work with it than I should, and it doesn't "excel" at that. Simply because it's only an 8000 lb machine with 70 HP. I've run Kubota SVL75's against it (both machines on same job) and the PT70 out-performs the SVL75 for grading, especially in soft conditions... I think the loader is as strong or stronger also. On dirt, I'll take it over the others. On cement or rough sites (rocks, stumps, etc) I'd go with a Takeuchi or Kubota. In fairness, I've never run the PT50. But, as someone already said, the PT60 is the same machine with more HP... might be worth a shot. Oh, also... maintenance on the Terex/ASV machines sucks. Even reaching the oil filter requires go-go-gadget arm movements. Hands down, performing maintenance is my least favorite aspect of the machine. Anyhow... keep up with the vids, just try to be a bit more "fair" is all.
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I tried a new holland mini excavator. Tracks were too small for the size of machine, basically got stuck in average ground and had poor power to tracks and hydraulics so you couldn't pull yourself out. However, I loved the cab, comfortable and controls easy to reach.
Stan,
Love your videos bud.
Quick question...
I am broke but I managed to find and purchase a 543b bobcat with 2,300 hours and two buckets for under $6,000.00
What are your thoughts on smaller machines?
What was your first machine?
Should do a video on it:)
Thanks for the info!!
your funny, you must of bought a pt50 to build yourself a sand castle and hope it would move dirt. what other brand skid steers have you ventured into buying.
just got a 2008 ASV pt60 not a bad machine, Perkins diesel, CAT joystick controls, roomy cab. Machine works great for what we're using it for. yeah it may be a redheaded step child but at least it ain't a Kubota.
Are caterpillars to expensive ? i know that they are a lot of money up front but i was wondering your thoughts on this ? In our area in Chattanooga,Tn you mostly see Cat,bobcat and kubota . Some takuchi too but not as much as the others .
There was this one time me and my grandpa were seeding our yard with this toro diesel seeder we rented from acme, it seeded the ground just fine but it would overheat every 10 feet you would move it
We used to own a thomas skid loader and if u want power u got it. Freakin thing bent the boom arms because it was trying to lift some heavy rock in PA. Not to mention extremely reliable.
Stan have you run a t-140 or t-110 ?
I worked at a mine that had a Komatsu WA600-8 blow up its center drive while underground. I was working elsewhere on the property, but I've been told that the shaft basically grenaded. $12k for a used replacement before labor.
The mine I work at now had a WA500-8 down for months with a brake issue that the dealership either could not or would not fix. It then started raising and lowering its boom at random without a key in the ignition or an operator in the cab (unsure if the master switch was on). After a few radio calls about a possessed loader, we finally convinced the dealership to take the darned thing back and give us a loaner. They still haven't given the original back, and I'm okay with that!
I had a Cat 257B which uses the ASV undercarriage. They’d like you to believe the undercarriage is meant for swampy wetlands. Works great until water gets in your bogeys at $358/ea. I could do about $5000 worth of skid steer work and then spend two days and $1500 on the machine. It was an absolute money pit. I got it stuck once and blew both drive motors. Same deal, just stalls. Mine stalled for about 5 seconds a couple times, then it gave up. $8k for new ones. Plus it needed rear bogeys again. I sold it for basically scrap price with 1100 hours on it. By the time I put the time and money in, I’d have barely broken even. I feel ya. ASV/Terex SEEM like a good idea. It’s something you’ll probably only have to do once to see it isn’t a great idea.
I might be a farmer but a skid loader is still key to our operation
Hey Stan can you do some reviews of mini track loaders? Toro dingo tx1000 vs ditch witch sk1550 maybe?
DGC And Vermeer equivalent too!
DGC don't forget get bobcat mt series
DGC i would also love reviews of mini skid steers
Yes! Mini skid steers. Yes! SUCH a lack of helpful information out there. So far I've had TWO sources (a local bobcat salesman and one of the owners of Thomas Equipment) who could give me a thorough breakdown of the machine. The how's and why's that no one puts on the spec sheet....and yes I said Thomas Equipment. Don't believe the Internet. They have been back in business for 4 years and they exclusively make mini skid steers and supply parts and refurbish their discontinued full sized skids. Call the number on their website. They'll pick up. Lol
Mining Master who is that? What model does he have?
i had a wheeled 873 loved it until i bought a ctl70 (tl140) really good machine
What do you think of ASV TR50? Is that a good machine?
With Terex now being ASV - would you consider trying the ASV RT75
This was hilarious and informative thanks! Lol
We have a terex r265t and love it .
I use to run an ASV and loved it! Was powered by a cat engine and had the ASV track system that still kicks ass today.
The model I ran was a smaller skid and was under powered for many things but at the end of the day it never got stuck, it never left big ruts in customers yards, and more importantly it never had any maintenance issues.
It was great for snow plowing! I have driven many other track machines and I still prefer the ASV Track system for a smooth comfortable ride.
Interesting, thanks for sharing 👍
Now you make me want to try a Terex and see what the difference was. We used it primarily for landscaping. It was a pain we had to unload a row of block and pavers off a pallet so the skid could lift it off the truck, but there are pros and cons to every skid.
How did you like the controls? I love the cat controls, and I look like a fool in a bobcat now because I got so use to that system. But after running one for years, It just seemed so much more efficient and strained the body way less!
Can you demo a Tl10v2. I have a tl8 2016 and love it but need one size bigger for backfills. They lowered the hp in the tl10v2. You look like you really put those to the tests.
I had to watch this video, as I’m an owner of a 09 ASV PT50, I bought it brand new, since then it’s been used on my acreage with about 100-150 hrs per year, currently has 1378 hrs on it. I change the oil and filter once a year, and did the hydraulic oil and filter at 500 and 1100 hrs. I have many attachment, snow break, auger, backhoe, 4 way bucket, wood chipper, wood splitter all work as intended. Recently I had it in the shop for repairs, seems the fuel pump was only working on two injectors, so no power what so ever, would even stall if the hydraulics was keep on to long. $4k later and it’s back with modifications, seems ASV used a cat mounting bracket for the AC and it wasn’t the right fit for the Perkins engine, meaning the throttle was not getting full open when the lever was all the way forward, the rpm’s were 2550 at max and should have been 2800, also the emergency shut off was never working because the lever would hit the bracket. This was corrected by removing the lower part of the bracket and now I get full 2800 rpm’s and emergency shut if needed. As you said it was gutless at times in situations that needed more power to the tracks, but, now it’s like a different machine lots of power, I have to keep throttling down in lots of conditions. They also adjusted the hydraulic pressure, it was 2500 psi now its 3000 psi so much more on the system, I actually blew a couple of old hoses on attachments. Being retired I use it more that ever now, but would have dumped it if it wasn’t performing any better. Case dealer just a few miles down the road 😉
I have owed a PT50 for a few years now with 2500h on it its Ok, I think you got a dud one as mine gets a fair workout. Main issue I have is dust getting into the fuse box causing the 4 in one not to open. Ps had 3 bobcats before the PT50 and I think the bobcats are better made but this PT50 craps all over them to get the job done.
Which would you prefer single or dual lift arm skid loader
Could you make a review over your kobelco excavator?
Like the videos. This seems more personal than a fair unbiased review. I'm not buying it.
This skid might be ok for a first time owner using it for small (very small) yard projects like I have. I've never owned a skid but I sell lots of parts for them. One day I'll rent one to see what the fuss is about.
Hey Stan, I run a young Stone veneer and Hardscaping business, I'm currently looking for a smaller skid steer.. I've been watching your videos and would like you're thoughts on a skid steer for the younger businesses who don't have $30k to spend on a new skidder. Thanks, Jason @Elite Stone Worx
I bet this channel does not get demonised.
Do you have an opinion on the asv pt30 ?
The sandles explain it all!
never take advice from someone that wears socks with sandals... 1:24
Lol
I ignored people who ware Jerusalem Crusers even when their not warring socks.