Compact Track Loaders

Compact Track Loaders
A Closer Look: ASV’s VT-100 Goes Where Other Compact Track Loaders Can’t
The 103.5-horsepower CTL packs unique traction, cooling and control features to handle tough conditions. Get an inside look here.
August 19, 2025
Asv Vt100 Posi Track Undercarriage
Compact equipment attachments
FAE Launches Rotary Cutters for Skid Steers, CTLs
Compatible with 75- to 150-horsepower skid steers and CTLs, the RCM/SSL rotary cutter can clear brush and shrubs up to 10 inches in diameter.
July 31, 2025
Fae Rcm Ssl
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Compact equipment attachments
Ignite Attachments Debuts Trailer Mover for Skid Steers, CTLs
Keep your truck parked and move trailers faster and safer with Ignite’s trailer mover, built from high-strength steel and rated for 3,500 pounds.
July 25, 2025
Loader Trailer Mover
Compact Track Loaders
Takeuchi’s First EH-Controlled Compact Track Loader – the TL11R3
The new 11,650-pound, 107.3-horsepower CTL features expanded attachment capability, updated cab, redesigned undercarriage, more standard tech.
July 24, 2025
Tl11 R3 Dirt
Compact Track Loaders
CTLs Dominate 40 Years After Tracks Added to a Skid Steer – Buyer’s Guide 2025
Here’s the latest from ASV, Case, Caterpillar, Bobcat, Develon, Hyundai, John Deere, JCB, Kioti, Kubota, Manitou, New Holland, Sany, Takeuchi, Wacker Neuson and Yanmar.
July 23, 2025
Takeuchi is credited with the first compact track loader in 1986 after its founder saw a wheeled skid steer stuck in mud. However, ASV is credited with the first CTL to hit the market, with its MD-70 Posi-Track, in 1990. Takeuchi launched its first commercial CTL in 1991 as the TL26, shown above.
Compact equipment attachments
SharpGrade Intros G73 Grader Blade for Compact Track Loaders, SALs
For carriers of 30 to 50 horsepower, the blade can handle small, confined jobsites as well as quickly grade open areas.
July 17, 2025
SharpGrade's new G73 Grader Blade for compact track loaders and small articulated loaders has a retractable wheel to let down the blade, which has a width of 45.5 inches with hydraulic side wings closed and 73 inches with wings open.
Compact Track Loaders
"Send in the The Rook!" – The Crime-Fighting Cat Compact Track Loader (Video)
The modified CTL is equipped with bullet-proof glass and armor and attachments for keeping officers safe and for breaking into buildings.
July 17, 2025
The Rook Armored Critical Incident Vehicle is the creation of Florida Caterpillar dealer Ring Power, and for the past decade, it has been helping law enforcement agencies capture criminals, asssist emergency rescues, even move cars blocking snow-covered roads.
Compact equipment attachments
Digga Overhauls X-Series Heavy-Duty 4-in-1 Bucket for Skid Steers, CTLs
A "reimagined" bucket geometry provides increased strength, performance and serviceability, the company says.
July 9, 2025
Digga X Series
Compact Track Loaders
A Closer Look: Yanmar’s New Line of Compact Track Loaders
Watch a complete overview of the four-model lineup – the TL65RS, TL75VS, TL80VS and TL100VS – ranging from 67 to 103.5 horsepower.
July 7, 2025
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Attachments
Blue Diamond’s New HDX Grapples Made for Land Clearing with Skid Steer, CTL
The root grapple and bucket grapple can handle bulky items in one load and secure awkward, uneven material like logs and brush.
July 3, 2025
Blue Diamond's new HDX grapple bucket
Compact equipment attachments
ShoulderMaster Unveils "World’s First" Center Paver Attachment for Compact Track Loaders
For use with asphalt and gravel, the CP1000 features an 88 cubic foot hopper capacity for narrow paving, utility trenches and patch jobs.
July 2, 2025
For use with asphalt and gravel, the CP1000 features an 88 cubic foot hopper capacity for narrow paving, utility trenches and patch jobs.
Market Pulse
Quick Data: Top-Selling Compact Track Loaders and Sales Trends for 2024 - 2025
Find out the most popular models of new and used financed machines, and which models are fetching the most at auction.
June 25, 2025
Kubota Svl75 3
Compact Track Loaders
Case CE Offers Limited-Run Metallica-Inspired TV450B Compact Track Loader
Only 25 of the TV450Bs featuring a wrap, decals and badging inspired by Metallica frontman James Hetfield's guitars and tattoos will be available.
June 23, 2025
Case Hetskid Hero 1
Compact Track Loaders
JCB Releases Limited-Edition VetsAid Teleskid
The commemorative model features a military-green finish, custom-stitched VetsAid seat and personalized dog tags, plus $1,000 of each unit sold helps support veterans.
June 19, 2025
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Compact equipment attachments
Diamond Mowers Launches Drum Mulcher Pro X2 for Skid Steers, CTLs
The mulcher, available in open drum or depth control, is designed for loaders up to 135 horsepower with 23 to 50 gallons per minute of hydraulic flow.
June 6, 2025
Diamond Mowers Pro X2 Drum Mulcher
Compact Track Loaders
“Pig in a Bucket!” – Loose Hog Caught with Compact Track Loader (Video)
A 5-minute or so tug of war – caught on a deputy’s body cam – ends with a feisty, resistant pig on the way to the pen.
June 3, 2025
Deputy's body cam video in Wayne, Wisconsin, shows how to capture a pig with a CTL.
Attachments
Get the Rocks Out with Blue Diamond’s New Hydraulic Rock Rake for Skid Steers, CTLs
The attachment for skid steers and compact track loaders can collect rocks from Âľ-inch to 8 inches into its integrated bucket for smoothing terrain.
May 27, 2025
The steel teeth on the Blue Diamond hydraulic rock rake can be reversed and replaced.
Attachments
Ignite's New Tree Puller for Skid Steers, CTLs Rips Out Roots and All
The attachment removes whole trees, up to 8 inches in diameter, with no need for additional stump grinding or chainsaw cleanup work, Ignite says.
May 15, 2025
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Compact Utility Loaders
“A Handy, Light Machine” – Test Run of Kubota’s SCL1000 Stand-On Mini Loader
The company's sole stand-on loader delivers smooth controls, low ground pressure and versatile attachment use. Watch our full review.
In 1954, Bolinder-Munktell, owned by Volvo, introduced the H-10, an ordinary tractor turned around with the loader bucket over the bigger wheels. Volvo marks it as its first wheel loader, a product that's come a long way and continues to evolve.
Wheel Loaders
70 Years Later, Wheel Loaders Keep Getting Better: Buyer’s Guide 2025
Cat's 140 Lever Motor Grader made its debut at the 2025 Public Works Expo in Chicago. The next-generation model will be available to U.S. customers in 2026.
Graders/Scrapers
Cat Launches 140 Lever Motor Grader with New Cab, Loads of Added Tech
Asv Vt100 Posi Track Undercarriage
Compact Track Loaders
A Closer Look: ASV’s VT-100 Goes Where Other Compact Track Loaders Can’t
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