ASV LLC, an industry-leading manufacturer of all-purpose and all-season compact track loaders and skidsteers has introduced the large-frame, radial-lift Posi-Track RT-75 compact track loader. The RT-75 features highly efficient hydraulics and an innovative, high capacity cooling system while delivering superior serviceability.
ASV’s patented Posi-Track undercarriage provides the industry’s highest ground clearance, lowest ground pressure, best traction and longest track life. These features make the compact track loader the ideal machine for applications from construction, landscaping and agriculture to forestry, snow removal and more.
“ASV is on a mission to revolutionize the compact track loader market,” said Jim DiBiagio, ASV general manager.
“When ASV launched our new lineup of compact track loaders the goal was simple: maximum performance — no compromises! The RT-75 was designed to be the most reliable, highest all-around performing machine in the large frame class — 75 to 95 horsepower machines. We use high-quality components from well-known suppliers — Cummins engines, Bosch drive pumps and motors, and Interstate batteries, to name a few.
When you couple high-quality components with over 25 years of experience designing compact track loaders, you get a machine that delivers on our promise of maximum performance with no compromises.” He added
The RT-75 is a new compact track loader ASV builds from the ground up, starting with the undercarriage. The machine features ASV’s patented Posi-Track rubber track suspension.
Well known for its smooth ride, the dual-level suspension of the RT-75 features both suspended wheels and axles, allowing it to manage every type of terrain and at faster speeds.
The suspended wheels and fully-flexible track conform to the ground assuring maximum traction in the roughest conditions. In addition, the multiple wheel contact points and triple-guide lugs — compared to many machines with only one or two guide lugs — achieve maximum performance on steep slopes.
The RT-75 comes standard with 18-inch-wide tracks, resulting in a ground pressure of only 3.6 psi. Optional 20-inch tracks lower ground pressures to 3.2 psi. The features, combined with the RT-75’s nearly 15 inches of ground clearance, allow the unit to work in more places, on more days and more comfortably than competitive machines.
The ASV undercarriage has undergone a complete transformation from a closed design — similar to those used on competitive steel-embedded undercarriages — to an open-rail and drive-sprocket design.
The change increases sprocket and bogie life and makes the undercarriage easier and faster to clean. ASV manufactures all rollers with mechanical face seals that don’t require maintenance for the life of the machine.
The tracks contain embedded co-polymer cords for extra strength and are produced using a single-cure process, eliminating cure-point weaknesses in the track that can lead to premature breakage. The result is a 1,500- to 2,000-hour track life — 30 percent more than steel-embedded track units. ASV backs that up with an industry-leading two-year, 1,500-hour track warranty.
The RT-75 features a Cummins 2.8-liter turbocharged diesel engine. The 75-horsepower engine produces 221 foot-pounds of torque — 13 percent more than the machine’s 80-horsepower predecessor, the PT-80. The torque is transferred to the ground through direct-drive hydraulic motors.
There is no need for servicing because the RT-75 does not use planetary drives, and the highly efficient motors transfer maximum power to the patented internal-drive sprockets. With internal rollers preventing friction loss in the undercarriage, all power is transferred to the track regardless of drive speed.
The RT-75 achieves Tier 4 Final compliance using a diesel oxidation catalyst that requires no regeneration, no sensors, no diesel exhaust fluid, less wiring and no additional maintenance.
ASV designed the machine with serviceability in mind, giving operators easy access to the reliable Cummins engine through a three-panel hood and tilting cooler arrangement.
The design, paired with sight gauges for both hydraulic oil and coolant, simplify routine inspections of filters, oil and normal service items. The rearward tilting cab provides easy accessibility when further service is required.
