Skid Steer

The Skid Steer

Most of the skid steers have around 40 - 100 horsepower and the loaders have a capacity between 600 and 2200 lbs. Almost all of them are running on Diesel. The price range of a skid steer is depending on the capacity. The attachments price can also vary on the size  quality and capacity. All skid steer attachments made nowadays use a universal coupler that's compatible with all later models of all brands. Some older skid steers had different couplers so those are not all compatible with the newer couplers.

There are a lot of manufacturers of skid steers for example Bobcat, Gehl, JCB, Caterpillar,  ASV, Case and much more. The biggest of them is Bobcat. Bobcat introduced the first compact loader in 1958  and in 2004  they won an award for the invention and development of the skid steer. Nowadays they sell all kinds of different construction vehicles and attachments for them. Most of Bobcat's factories are located in the U.S. and Europe  and the headquarters is located at West Fargo ND. They have approximately 1000 independent dealers all around the world.