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Anyone ever heard of ASV? This company started as ASV, got bought by Terex, and is now back to ASV. Stanley Dirt Monkey just posted an interesting video about this company. They were one of the first to bring compact track loaders to North America back in the 80’s. Stanley used to own one a number of years ago and did not like it. He seems to like them now. Are they any good? A couple things that stood out to me were the reps mentioned that the price doesn’t matter to them. They aren’t afraid to have a more premium price point. I also found out is it is a compact track loader built from the ground up to be a compact track loader. It is not a compact wheel loader converted to a compact track loader. I have seen videos on them and they seem convincing that the ASV is performs better than the competition in many categories. I don’t wanna say it was rigged or faked but companies always try to make their products seem better than the competition. It seems to have some nice features but those could mean nothing if the quality and performance are not there.