Available in the market for a brand new compact monitor loader?
There are many choices on the market. That can assist you discover the suitable CTL, we requested producers to stipulate crucial options of their newest fashions.
Right here is the elevator pitch from 10 main OEMs:
ASV/Yanmar
The ASV VT-100 is on the market in commonplace or Forestry variations. Each are powered by Yanmar engines rated at 103.5 horsepower and have vertical-lift arms. Working weight and ROC are 10,185 kilos and three,500 kilos for the usual mannequin, and 11,375 kilos and three,700 kilos for the Forestry model. Floor strain is 4 psi for each. The usual mannequin has 18-inch tracks, and the Forestry has 20-inch tracks.ASVYanmar acquired ASV in July 2020, and it’s now a single enterprise entity producing two distinct traces of CTLs, all manufactured at Yanmar Compact Gear North America’s facility in Minnesota.
“One channel, two manufacturers,” says Buck Storlie, product supervisor, Yanmar Compact Gear North America.
He says the 2 traces share 5 vital options:
- Return to place – brings the growth and bucket again to an operator-preset place, reminiscent of when utilizing forks to get pallets off a trailer.
- Work instrument positioner – units the angle of the work instrument, as with trenchers.
- Self-leveling – each increase and decrease.
- Auto 2-speed – had been pushbutton management and might nonetheless be used that manner, however the auto characteristic upshifts primarily based on floor pace and downshifts in response to load.
- Auto journey management – additionally adjustable to operator choice.
ASV rolled out the vertical-lift, 104-horsepower VT-100 and VT-100 Forestry at ConExpo 2023, bringing the whole variety of ASV fashions to 11. As with all ASV fashions, the VT-100 makes use of Posi-Monitor suspension and rubber tracks.
Yanmar had 4 fashions at ConExpo: TL100VS, TL80VS, TL75VS and TL65RS. The TL65RS is its solely radial-lift mannequin.
Every makes use of a standard steel-embedded rubber track-type undercarriage with totally unbiased entrance and rear suspension. The vary of rated working capability is 2,100 to three,600 kilos at 35% of tipping load.
Availability of the TL100VS will start within the third quarter of 2023; the others will enter manufacturing in October. “Providing these machines is a part of Yanmar’s drive to turn into a full-line compact tools supplier,” says Storlie.
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Bobcat
At 105 horsepower, the T86 is essentially the most highly effective compact monitor loader Bobcat has ever constructed. It’s accessible with standard-, high- and super-flow hydraulics, with the latter appropriate for high-demand functions reminiscent of snowblowers, planers and forestry drum mulchers. The high-capacity radiator and reversible cooling fan guarantee ample cooling for high-demand duties, Bobcat says. Working weight is 12,393 kilos, and ROC is 3,800 kilos ISO.BobcatRecognizing that compact monitor loaders usually operate as platforms for attachments, Bobcat has launched a brand new heavy-duty brush cutter and expanded its line of milling planers, augers, breakers and grapples.
The comb cutter contains a high-efficiency, direct-drive AP4 motor that maximizes hydraulic horsepower for reducing tall, thick vegetation and bushes as much as 10 inches in diameter. It’s accessible in widths of 62, 74 and 86 inches.
Bobcat added two new chilly planers designed to be used with its Tremendous Circulation hydraulic techniques on choose CTLs. These planers can be found in 24- and 48-inch widths. Bobcat additionally has a 40-inch planer that may run on Excessive Circulation hydraulics.
“The T86 is essentially the most highly effective compact monitor loader we’ve ever constructed,” says Mike Fitzgerald, advertising supervisor, Bobcat Firm. The T86 – and its skid steer model, the S86 – has three stream configurations accessible in a single machine for working attachments:
- Customary Circulation is 23 gallons per minute and three,500 psi;
- Excessive Circulation is 36.6 gpm and three,500 psi;
- Tremendous Circulation is 42 gpm and 4,061 psi.
Bobcat’s T7X is an all-electric compact monitor loader utilizing electrical actuators as a substitute of hydraulics. It’s touted for its quiet operation, responsiveness and instantaneous torque.
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Case
The TV620B is the most important CTL Case has even constructed, and at 114 horsepower, essentially the most highly effective. It comes commonplace with an 84-inch, 1.25 cubic-yard bucket particularly designed for the TV620B for max productiveness. Bucket breakout power is 12,084 kilos; carry breakout is 12,907 kilos. The 17.7-inch rubber tracks present 74 inches of monitor on the bottom for low floor strain of 6.1 psi. The hydraulics on demand characteristic permits the operator to pick the proportion of auxiliary hydraulic stream to the attachment by way of the multifunction show.Case Building GearThe TV620B is the most important of the six compact monitor loaders within the Case lineup. The 114-horsepower CTL has a 4,340-pound rated working capability at 35% of tipping load.
Customary options embody adjustable electrohydraulic controls, high-flow hydraulics, auto journey management, one-way self-leveling, hydraulic coupler, auto-reversing fan and LED lights.
Jeff Jacobsmeyer, product supervisor, Case Building Gear, says the TV620B is “constructed to simplify heavy work reminiscent of chilly planing, mulching, heavy materials dealing with and loading high-sided vans.”
The TV620B options the Case SiteConnect Module for distant connectivity and software program updates by means of the SiteManager app for iOS and Android. The SiteConnect Module additionally offers connectivity to the Case Uptime Middle for collaborative fleet administration amongst Case, the vendor and the proprietor.
There are six fashions of Case B Collection compact monitor loaders of 74, 90 or 114 horsepower and working weights from 8,270 to 16,100 kilos. All characteristic user-settable electrohydraulics controls whose settings could be saved by operator or attachment, a backup digital camera, wide-angle rearview mirror, and sloping hood and enormous facet and entrance home windows. Creep pace delivers full energy to attachments whereas limiting floor pace.
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Caterpillar
Cat’s 299D3 has rated working capacities of three,480 kilos, and 5,240 kilos with the elective counterweight, each at 35% of tipping load. The Cat C3.8 DIT engine is rated at 98 gross horsepower. The cab is 15% bigger than the earlier mannequin with a wider opening door. The performance-tuned suspension is designed to enhances operator consolation and machine efficiency. Good expertise is built-in for Cat Good attachments. Hydraulic efficiency numbers are 23 gpm, 3,335 psi and 44 hydraulic horsepower for traditional stream; 32 gpm, 4,061 psi and 76 hydraulic hp for Excessive Circulation XPS.CaterpillarCaterpillar has expanded using its GB120 and GB124 Good Grader Blades to legacy D Collection and D2 Collection CTL fashions with the provision of a brand new exterior management equipment, in response to Kevin Coleman, senior product utility specialist.
These Good Grader Blades have at all times been appropriate with present D3 fashions. The equipment features a third joystick for working blade increase and decrease, tilt, angle and wing capabilities.
Caterpillar additionally now has a 3D grade-control equipment that makes use of present connections so as to add automated blade management to the Cat Good Dozer Blade for the D3 Collection CTLs. The 3D GPS/GNSS grade management permits operators to mechanically grade planes, slopes, contours and complicated profiles. The system offers vertical top and horizontal positioning steering or, alternatively, controls the blade relative to a design loaded into the grade-control system.
The Cat Good Dozer Blade comes with all of the required hookups to put in 3D grade-control parts. Software program updates and {hardware} can be found to make present D3 Collection CTL fashions appropriate with grade management.
D3 Collection CTLs profit from Caterpillar’s new Good Creep operate when working Cat chilly planer and wheel noticed attachments. The operator units a most creep pace, begins the lower, and Good Creep screens the load on the attachment. Good Creep mechanically adjusts journey pace primarily based on the load the instrument senses whereas working. Within the occasion the cutter stalls or jams, an auto-reverse characteristic shortly modifications journey route to clear the jam.
Caterpillar additionally gives the BH130 Good Backhoe for D3 compact monitor loaders.
JCB
The 74-horsepower JCB 270T comes with an business commonplace fast hitch for JCB attachments in addition to these from different producers. The JCB Smoothride System (SRS) improves operator consolation and cargo retention and leads to quicker loading cycles, the corporate says. The totally welded chassis is designed to supply added energy and fewer weight. Hydraulic hoses are routed internally on the Powerboom for cover towards injury.JCBJCB debuted its new cabs earlier this 12 months. A key characteristic is the brand new 7-inch touchscreen that reveals engine rpm, journey pace, management mode, reverse digital camera in cut up display or full display, machine settings, job timer, language setting, gasoline and fluid ranges and myCHOICE controls.
These myCHOICE joystick controls could be personalised for sample (ISO or H-pattern), sensitivity, most pace ahead and reverse, energy administration, joystick deadband and extra.
“There are subtler enhancements, as properly,” says Rebecca Yates, senior supervisor for product, JCB. “The door opening is barely wider, and the seize deal with has been repositioned, making entry and exit simpler and safer.”
JCB CTLs include 5 years of the total LiveLink telematics package deal.
John Deere
The John Deere 33G compact monitor loader is powered by a Yanmar engine rated at 100 gross horsepower. It may be outfitted with a variety of grade management options together with 2D Laser Slope Management, SmartGrade Prepared with Slope Management, and SmartGrade totally built-in 3D management. The usual two-speed drivetrain offers journey speeds as much as 8 mph, whereas differential steering permits the operator to take care of pace and traction when pushing by means of a flip.John DeereChoose John Deere compact monitor loaders, together with the 333G, have SmartGrade expertise to extend productiveness and precision.
SmartGrade integrates 3D plans and GNSS receivers on the machine, eliminating susceptible masts and cables. This makes the CTLs simpler to move, have much less floor strain and simpler to maneuver than many different grading choices.
Enterprise benefits from SmartGrade embody making smaller contractors extra aggressive with bigger companies with bigger fleets and shortly making less-experienced operators more adept. “Grade management techniques be just right for you by eliminating the necessity for staking and grade checkers, enhancing each security and productiveness,” says Luke Gribble, options advertising supervisor, John Deere.
Kubota
The Kubota SVL75-3 stays below the 75-horsepower restrict of Tier 4 Ultimate emissions aftertreatment necessities at 74.3 horsepower, however Kubota has bumped up the torque on the mannequin over the SVT75-2 it replaces. Working weight is 9,190 kilos with the open cab and 9,420 kilos with the enclosed cab. ROC is 2,490 kilos at 35% of tipping load. The vertical-lift design offers a 122.7-inch top to hinge pin. Customary stream is nineteen.2 gpm; the high-flow choice offers 29.8 gpm.KubotaThe brand new 74-horsepower SVL75-3 sits in the midst of Kubota’s three-model CTL lineup, changing the favored SVL75-2.
The SVL75-3 consists of plenty of new options and a number of options shared with different Kubota machines.
The SVL75-3 has a wholly new one-piece cab that considerably reduces noise in addition to mud, grime and water intrusion, the corporate says. There’s a brand new 7-inch touchscreen with keyless begin, show of all machine vitals and the show for the wide-angle (176-degree) backup digital camera.
Redesigned loader arms yield a hinge pin top virtually 3 inches increased than the SVL75-2 whereas additionally bettering rear visibility. The Superior Multifunction Valve characteristic on the SVL65-2 is on the brand new machine, permitting enhanced, simultaneous machine and attachment operation.
The auto downshift characteristic on Kubota compact excavators has been integrated into the SVL75-3. This operate mechanically shifts from excessive to low when executing a flip for a smoother journey and most torque when exiting the flip. The engine format discovered on Kubota skid steers has been adopted on the SVL75-3. “With the radiator on high and the gasoline tank moved to the rear, service entry is tremendously enhanced,” says Jerry Corder, Kubota product supervisor, development tools.
The Manitou 2750 VT is an 10,051-pound CTL with a rated working capability of two,750 kilos (rated at 35 % tipping load). It contains a 72-horsepower engine and is on the market with each commonplace (26 gpm @ 3475 psi), and elective high-flow hydraulics (33.3 gpm @ 3,325 psi).Manitou
Manitou
Three all-new Manitou CTLs — the 2100 VT, 2300 VT and the 2750 VT — ship enhancements in security, consolation, productiveness, simplicity and serviceability over earlier Manitou CTL fashions. All fashions are vertical carry and have a brand new carry arm design meant to enhance visibility.
The operator expertise has additionally been improved with an replace on Manitou’s patented folding door — and the brand new cab additional improves visibility with a brand new window and roof design. Breakout forces and tank capacities are elevated for higher productiveness and longer working occasions — all with the identical deal with decrease complete price of possession (TCO).
New Holland
New Holland’s C362 Tremendous Growth has vertical carry and is designed for lift-and-carry operations. The CTL delivers 114 gross horsepower and 41.6 gallons per minute of hydraulic stream. Elective two-speed drive offers a high journey pace of 8.7 mph. ROC is 4,340 kilos at 35% of tipping load. Bucket breakout power is 12,907 kilos, and carry breakout power is 12,084 kilos. Six triple-flange rollers and double flange idlers present a smoother journey.New HollandNew Holland Building’s latest mannequin, the C330, will probably be at sellers starting in October and can embody a number of advances over earlier fashions.
“We proceed to enhance the performance of our 8-inch LCD display,” says Ryan Anderson, product advertising supervisor, New Holland Building. “For instance, auxiliary stream management is now managed from the show, as are safety and operator codes.”
The TerraGlide bogey-style monitor suspension system is coming over from the agriculture facet of New Holland and will probably be in manufacturing in September. TerraGlide will probably be featured on its massive C332, C337, C345 and C362 fashions.
As for various fuels, “there had been a mad sprint of OEMs towards electrification,” says Anderson. “Now there’s additionally curiosity in methane, propane and hydrogen.”
He says CNH Industrial, father or mother firm of New Holland Building, has been researching fuels companywide to search out the very best answer for its clients within the many markets it serves. As for development, “there’s a transfer to affect the fleet,” says Anderson.
Anderson says he’s observed a development in “mom-n-pop”-style attachment producers. Their merchandise are usually progressive and of top quality. One instance is a rock picker designed to extract rocks from the bottom with minimal soil disruption for minimal transforming.
Takeuchi
The Takeuchi TL12R2 is powered by a Kubota turbo, intercooled engine rated at 111.3 horsepower. Hydraulic system strain is 3,481 psi. Customary main circuit stream is 23.2 gallons per minute, whereas the high-flow choice offers 40.4 gpm. Elective secondary auxiliary circuit stream is 23.2 gpm. Working weights are 12,300 kilos with the cover and 12,590 kilos with the cab. ROC is 2,975 kilos at 35% of tipping load. Monitor width is 17.7 inches, and size on floor is 67.5 inches.TakeuchiTakeuchi’s latest CTL is the TL8R2. Its redesigned undercarriage options repositioned journey motors with internally routed drive traces and double- and triple-flange monitor rollers.
Choices embody high-flow auxiliary hydraulics of 33.8 gallons per minute at 3,045 psi (19.1 gpm is commonplace), load-sensing auto shift and creep mode. Work modes are Customary and Eco. Different options embody LED lighting and high-torque spin flip.
“We’ve discovered that homeowners and operators actually are searching for a extra snug expertise when utilizing CTLs,” says Lee Padgett, product supervisor, Takeuchi-US.
Takeuchi compact monitor loaders characteristic automotive-style interiors. Pressurized cabs are elective. Built-in digital throttle and rocker switches management a wide range of machine capabilities. Low-effort pilot controls and a 5.7-inch coloration display with rearview digital camera monitor additionally enhance the operator expertise.
Wacker Neuson
The smallest CTL within the Wacker Neuson lineup, the ST27 can work in tight areas, and with an working weight of seven,350 kilos, it’s simpler to move than bigger machines. ROC is 1,890 kilos at 35% of tipping load. The Kohler KDI 2504 turbocharged engine is rated at 74 horsepower, and the usual two-speed drive offers journey speeds of as much as 9.1 mph. Hinge pin top is 120 inches, dump top is 94.3 inches, and dump attain is 36.5 inches.Wacker NeusonWacker Neuson’s latest mannequin, the ST27, was launched at ConExpo 2023. It’s only 60 inches huge and 80 inches tall.
Regardless of its small dimension, the ST27 has a 1,890-pound rated working capability at 35% of tipping load. “This machine can simply entry confined areas, but with its excessive rated working capability, it could actually do greater than lots of its heavier opponents,” says Doug Clark, product supervisor, compact tools, Wacker Neuson.
The auto two-speed senses demand from the operator’s joystick and can modify the pace vary to match the appliance and the operator’s enter. Prime journey pace is 9.1 mph.
The vertical linkage options low-profile carry arms and a rear H-link positioned out of the operator’s rearview imaginative and prescient. This design and the panoramic glass house present wonderful visibility, the corporate says.
The ST27 is obtainable as an EH joystick-only machine. All controls and switches are ergonomically positioned.
All Wacker Neuson CTLs characteristic cabs that totally tip ahead with the arms down for service entry. The ST27 features a cyclonic precleaner to increase the service lifetime of air filter parts.
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