Gehl
Gehl R190 GEN:2
The bright segment is what Gehl R190 GEN:2 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.
Gehl publishes no list price for this machine, and we found no dealer listing worth quoting, so there is no number here to give you. What we can say is what the machines around it cost: the middle half of the 13 wheeled machines within 15 per cent of its capacity list between $47,000 and $54,000. That is a fact about them, not a quote for this one.
Top of what is now a small-machine-only radial range: since the R220 and R260 left the lineup, 1,900 lbs is as much radial lift as Gehl sells on wheels. A 69 hp Yanmar, 30 GPM high-flow option and 12 mph two-speed make it the most capable radial wheeled machine in the catalog.
Also sold as
The same machine is sold as the Manitou 1900R NXT:2, which we do not list separately. Different paint and a different dealer network, same hardware.
Suits: Dirt work, grading and farm chores where ground-level push matters more than reach at full height Its radial lift path reaches furthest at mid-height, for digging, grading and backfilling.
Lifting and reach
- Rated operating capacityWheeled rating convention
- 1,900 lbs
- Tipping load
- 3,800 lbs
- Lift height to hinge pin
- 119 in
- Lift path
- Radial Lift
- Operating weight
- 6,995 lbs
Power and hydraulics
- Engine power
- 69 hp
- Engine
- Yanmar 4TNV98C-NMS2V
- Auxiliary flowStandard circuit
- 19 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.
Radial geometry at the top of the wheeled range is a narrowing niche, and this is where Gehl still serves it. Owners choosing it are choosing arms that push hard at ground level over arms that place loads high, and accepting the reach compromise that comes with that - it is a dirt and material machine first, a truck-loading machine second.
What you get for the money is a naturally aspirated 69.3 hp Yanmar with its torque peak low in the range, 19 gpm standard flow with a 30 gpm option, a 119-inch hinge pin and an optional two-speed that takes travel to twelve mph. The detail most buyers miss is that the high-flow circuit runs at 2,901 psi where the standard circuit runs at 3,002 - more oil, marginally less pressure - which matters for attachments rated on pressure. Controls are configurable between T-bar, joystick and hand-foot, so operators coming off any brand can be accommodated.
Grading, scraping, feeding and loading on one property is the farm-or-small-contractor case, where the twelve mph range earns its cost back. Gehl publishes no list price, so quote it under both its own name and the Manitou 1900R NXT:2. Before signing, confirm two-speed is actually on the build, check whether the high-flow circuit's pressure suits the attachments you already own, and get the dealer to state what they stock rather than order.
What owners like
- Twelve mph with the two-speed option is the fastest travel in this part of Gehl's range and transforms how a machine this size works across acreage - the difference between an eight mph single-speed and a twelve mph high range is roughly a third off every carry.
- The 69.3 hp Yanmar 4TNV98C-NMS2V makes its 178 ft-lbs of torque down at 1,625 rpm, which is what you want in a loader - the machine pushes into a pile without being revved to find its power.
- A 119-inch hinge pin height on a 6,995 lb wheeled machine clears standard tandem dump bodies, so it is not restricted to trailers and low-side trucks the way the smaller R-series machines are.
- Radial lift is the point of this model - it is the largest radial wheeled skid steer Gehl still sells, and the geometry digs and backdrags harder at grade than a vertical arm of the same rating.
- Two years and 2,000 hours of full-machine warranty is better than the single year several premium brands still ship, and Gehl's parent has been extending service intervals - filter changes moved from 500 to 1,000 hours - which takes real money out of the maintenance schedule.
- Also sold as the Manitou 1900R NXT:2, so there are two dealer networks that can supply it and service it; price both, because they quote independently.
What owners complain about
- The 1,900 lb rating is taken at 50 percent of tipping load, not the 35 percent Gehl uses on its own track loaders. Against a brand that rates at 35 percent, this machine holds back less reserve at the same quoted number - a 3,800 lb tipping load is what is actually underneath it.
- High flow is 30 gpm but Gehl publishes it at 2,901 psi against the standard circuit's 3,002 psi, so the option buys volume at slightly lower pressure. For attachments specified on pressure rather than flow, that is worth checking before ordering.
- Standard auxiliary flow is 19 gpm - actually one gpm less than the smaller R165 gets - so stepping up from the R165 to this machine buys capacity and weight, not hydraulic capability.
- Self-leveling is not part of the radial R-series package, so pallet and bale work means feathering the bucket by hand all day.
- At 6,995 lbs it is past what a half-ton pickup and a light trailer will move, which pushes some buyers into a bigger tow vehicle they had not budgeted for.
- Two-speed is an option rather than standard equipment, so the eight mph base machine is what you get if it is not specified - check the quote line by line.
Drawn from gehl.com, heavyequipmentguide.ca, compactequip.com.
What buyers ask
Is the R190's 1,900 lb rating measured the same way as Gehl's track loaders?
Is the two-speed option worth the money?
Does the high-flow package give up anything?
What is the difference between the R190 and the smaller R165?
Can it do pallet work?
Put the Gehl R190 GEN:2 against
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- Engine
- 35 hp
- Aux flow
- 15 GPM
- Weight
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- Engine
- 68 hp
- Aux flow
- 20 GPM
- Weight
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Also sold as the Manitou 2100V
- Engine
- 69 hp
- Aux flow
- 22.9 GPM
- Weight
- 7,480 lbs
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