Review of Terex PT-50 Skid steer for Landscaping, Construction, Forestry, Farming and more 

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 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

Are you talking crap while wearing socks and sandals? Savage!

The best part about it is I no longer own one lol

Harbor Freight sells skid steers?? ...

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.

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.

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.

how has terex and the dealer handled your feed back? we've always ran bobcats because of their support here locally

I love the way you do your videos now 😁👍

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.

I just bought a standing toro dingo 323 mini skid and love it!!!! 23 hp ..great video!

I just bought a pt120 with a bradco mm60 mulching head so far it's been a awesome machine

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.

Demo the big Kubota Tracked Skid Steers. Down here in east Texas guys use them for everything from construction to land clearing. Monster machines

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

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 love your editing😂

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.

I just noticed your wearing my buddies company shirt! (BLACKSHEEP SKID) Pretty cool! love your videos keep them coming!

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.

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...

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.

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?

Great video! Love your sense of humour! 😁 and thanks for the heads up! I was looking at buying one, might stick to CAT.

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

Hey Stan, I have a ASV SR 70 RT loader, puts all the rest to "SHAME" What do ya ! THINK

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.

Which would you prefer single or dual lift arm skid loader

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

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

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.

Good vids keep them up really useful

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.

I have a 2008 PT60 basically a PT50 with a turbo and bigger hydraulic motors and two speeds best Skidsteer out there in my mind. They are designed for grading in any conditions but not lifting. I think the PT50 was a bad choice for sure for what you need it to do it was way under powered. In it's defence the PT50 50HP weighs only a 6000 lbs able to lift 1900lbs compared to your S250's 75HP weighs 8000lbs can lift 2500 lbs the pins are naturally going to be bigger. When it comes down to machines you need to check your specs.

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.

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)

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

what is ur experience with the mid size kubota equiptment. more specifically theirs excavators and skid steers

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!?

I like the filming style of this video

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

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.

never take advice from someone that wears socks with sandals... 1:24

Love the video keep up the great work

I’ve been running a Terex crane the last two months. There the same way! I think it’s in there pumps

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

Stan have you run a t-140 or t-110 ?

Love all the cut scenes in this video. Full of energy

Thanks for the info!!

we have a couple terex dumpers they are very old i cant remember how long we had them but they still run good

Curious what your opinion of mustang skid and track loaders? Have a local dealer hear and the band seems to be everywhere where I am but before moving here never heard of them.

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.

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

Do you have an opinion on the asv pt30 ?

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.

if you had to pick one machine to do a little of everything with what would you get

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.

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

With Terex now being ASV - would you consider trying the ASV RT75

how did you get out of the machine? sell it back to them?

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

What do you think of ASV TR50? Is that a good machine?

I had the same thing one about 6 years ago lasted till the winter when the snow blower attachment ripped off the arm

Hey sir I'm a veteran trying to start my own landscaping business. Do you have any advice?

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 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

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 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.

Would like to hear your opinion on just buying a track skid steer or buying a wheeled skidd with the vts track system. Do you think it is worth the extra money?

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!!!

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 .

I love my pt-60, best machine i ever had. Light, fast and never gets stuck...never!

Thanks for the insight Stanley. I'm looking to buy my first peace of equipment for spreading gravel driveways, stump removal/grinding , and lot clearing . So ,what do you rate as best all around can only afford one , starter equip?? tractor , skid steer , or excavator? Thanks

I might be a farmer but a skid loader is still key to our operation

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!

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 was wondering if you guys down in the states have hydro vac trucks to use in finding old buried utilities on construction? I see them all over Alberta but I was wondering if they made their way down to the states?

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

gonna take your word on the pos 50......i just wanted to say how cool the rhino liner looks on your bobcat.

Looks more like a bomb robot then a skidder

i had a wheeled 873 loved it until i bought a ctl70 (tl140) really good machine

I got a pt 80 it's a great pice of equipment the power is right at your hands

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.

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.

We have a terex r265t and love 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.

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!

My dad bought a PT30 for his Hydroseeding company. I would say that's the only good terex on the market, beats anything else in that specific size class.

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

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.

This was hilarious and informative thanks! Lol

Got an 01 Thomas skid loader... most reliable piece of equipment I own

That was the best review yet really like the style

I bet this channel does not get demonised.

Hey Stan can you do some reviews of mini track loaders? Toro dingo tx1000 vs ditch witch sk1550 maybe?

Komatsu D85 the machine that made me drive out to my job site in the middle of the night with a pack of matches I didn't burn it but it left the next day on a low bed and took a big loss on it so I didn't burn the infernal thing.

the first skid steer i ran was a telex, and it was hard to tell what was worse, my experience driving it, or the machine itself.