ASV
ASV RT-40
The bright segment is what ASV RT-40 is rated to carry; the grey run past it is the rest of its tipping load. Bar length is tipping load drawn to the same scale on every machine on the site, so a short bar is a smaller machine and not a conservative rating.
One caveat on this machine: we could not find a published tipping load for it, so the figure above is its advertised capacity divided by the fraction its maker rates at. That makes the grey run arithmetic rather than a measurement, and it is the number worth asking a dealer to confirm.
Sized between the gate-width RT-25 and the towable RT-50, the RT-40 puts a 931 lb rated capacity and ASV's suspended Posi-Track undercarriage on a 4,005 lb frame. It suits fencing, irrigation and landscape crews who need flotation and a pressurised cab in a machine a half-ton pickup can still tow.
Also sold as
The same machine is sold as the Yanmar TL40RP — different paint, different dealer network, same hardware, so the choice is usually about which dealer is closer and which one you would rather owe a service call to.
Suits: Fencing, irrigation, and landscape crews needing Posi-Track flotation in a half-ton-towable machine Its radial lift path reaches furthest at mid-height, for digging, grading and backfilling.
Lifting and reach
- Rated operating capacityTrack loader rating convention
- 931 lbs
- Tipping loadDerived from the advertised capacity, not published
- 2,660 lbs
- Lift height to hinge pin
- 101 in
- Lift path
- Radial Lift
- Operating weight
- 4,005 lbs
Power and hydraulics
- Engine power
- 38 hp
- Engine
- Yanmar 3TNV86CT
- Auxiliary flowStandard circuit
- 13.3 GPM
- Flow type
- Standard
- Warranty
- 2 yr / 2,000 hr
Fitted or available
What this machine can be ordered with. Some of these are standard and some cost extra, and which is which moves between trim levels, so check them against the quote rather than against this list.
What owners report
Summarised from the sources listed below. Nothing here was tested by us.
Gate width is the specification that decides this purchase. At 48.3 inches and 4,005 lbs, this is the smallest machine in ASV's range and the one that gets into backyards where the mid-frame loaders stop at the fence - and unlike the stand-on mini skid steers it competes with, it puts the operator in a seat inside a pressurised cab.
The suspended undercarriage is not diluted at this size. Torsion axles and flexing bogie wheels are still underneath, which is why a 4,000 lb machine at 3.3 psi crosses finished turf and soft ground without rutting it and carries a load over rough ground without bouncing it out of the bucket. Eleven-inch tracks lay 1,210 square inches on the ground, and the pressurised cab with its frameless door and floor-to-ceiling glass is standard equipment rather than an option - unusual at this size and genuinely worth having on dusty work. The limits are hard ones. Auxiliary flow is 13.3 gpm with no published high-flow option, there is no two-speed travel, the 101-inch hinge pin loads a landscape trailer and not a dump truck, and 931 lbs of rated capacity is a real ceiling rather than a cautious one. The 38.2 hp Yanmar's 93.6 ft-lbs is sized to the machine, not to ambitious attachments.
Rental fleets and landscape crews are the natural buyers: backyard access work, small site prep, material handling on finished ground, and jobs where the alternative is barrowing it by hand. If your work needs a mulcher, a tall truck load or a full day of long moves, this is the wrong machine and the RT-50 or a mid-frame is the right one. ASV publishes no price for it, so take written quotes from more than one dealer and price a stand-on mini skid steer alongside it. Then check the distance to the nearest ASV parts counter - on a brand with roughly 200 locations that drive is part of the ownership cost.
What owners like
- 48.3 inches wide is the specification that sells this machine - it walks through a standard backyard gate, which is the line a mid-frame CTL cannot cross at any price.
- 3.3 psi under 4,005 lbs, from 11-inch tracks laying 1,210 square inches of ground contact, means finished turf, septic fields and soft spring ground survive the visit.
- It gives a seated, enclosed operator a machine where the alternative is a stand-on mini skid steer - a full day on this is not a full day standing in the weather.
- The pressurised cab is standard rather than an upcharge at this size, which keeps dust out on demolition cleanup, dry site work and anything involving a broom.
- The suspended Posi-Track undercarriage is not scaled away on the small machine - torsion axles and flexing bogie wheels are what let a 4,000 lb loader carry a load across rough ground without bouncing it out of the bucket.
What owners complain about
- 13.3 gpm of auxiliary flow with no high-flow option published puts mulchers, cold planers and large snow blowers permanently out of reach.
- No two-speed travel is listed, so 7.1 mph is the ceiling and every move across a property is made at that speed.
- A 101-inch hinge pin height is short - it loads a landscape trailer or a small dump insert and not much taller than that.
- 931 lbs of rated capacity at 35% of tipping load is a real working limit, not a conservative quote: a full bucket of wet material is close to the number.
- The 38.2 hp Yanmar makes 93.6 ft-lbs, which is enough for the machine's size but leaves no reserve when an attachment and a grade demand power at the same time.
- The all-rubber tracks that produce the flotation chunk on rock, rebar and demolition debris, and replacement sets cost more than conventional steel-embedded belts.
- ASV publishes no list price for it and routes its configurator to a dealer quote, and with roughly 200 dealer locations nationwide, both shopping it and servicing it mean driving further than with Bobcat or Kubota.
Drawn from asvi.com, ownrops.com, compactequip.com.
What buyers ask
Will the RT-40 fit through a standard backyard gate?
Is the RT-40 better than a stand-on mini skid steer?
What attachments can it actually run?
How much can the RT-40 lift?
What does an RT-40 cost?
Does the small machine get the same undercarriage as the big ASVs?
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