ASV RC100 DONE DEAL!

[Robbie Hegwood]

Hey Mike.

A reverseing fan is just a feature that will momentarily reverse the cooling fan to blow any leaves off the grates covering the engine. It may not even be an option but I thought it was.

Your dealer must really be in tune with ASV to know what there coming out with. ASV's web site says nothing about a pressurized cab or the aux cooler.

I told my wife if you come up with any more options I was trading mine in!!!!!

You are right about how you treat your machine will determine how long it lasts. Grease it daily and blow out the radiator every time you refuel and it will run like a top.

I'm glad if any of our advice helped you in your purchase and I think you will be pleased with the work your tractor puts out.

An ASV section would be great. I know this site is not a skid steer site but from what i've seen there are more skid operators here than any other. Plus there is good company here!!! Does one of us need to message the admin. for a formal request???

Your mulching buddy. Robbie

 

[paco]

Robbie, I will question him about the reversing fan. the aux. cooler is an add on from the dealer(vermeer) not asv. I really like the rep. I have bought grinders from him in the past. He is not a pushy saleman but is full of product knowledge. I never need a sales pitch, I need knowledge. Once I commited to buy, the dealer did not have a machine on his lot, so when he got some in that is when he discovered the pressurized cab. It will be interesting to see if it is better.

 

[Robbie Hegwood]

I'm not sure where I posted it. Type to much but that is who wanted me to demo the magnum heads was a local vermeer dealer. Your dealer does sound extremely knowledgeable. I think that will be your best asset.

The gyrotrac GT-25 I demoed had a pressurized cab and it was sweet. That was on a 300k machine. The fact that ASV put on a "little guy" speaks volumes about the company and its tractors. Again I missed a few options because of timing on my purchase, sound like your timing was perfect!!!

Extra cooling is never a bad thing. Robbie

 

[paco]

I think the magnum head will be well received by you in the short term, but I wish you could run it for 200 maybe 300 hours and see about the long time quality and support side. That made be nervous based on the little history I found on them.

 

[Robbie Hegwood]

Yes I agree. When I read what you posted about them selling it threw up afew red flags. That would suck big time to buy a 20k+ head only to have poor customer support. I like Loftness equipment but after running the carbide cutter it left the door open for a better running head. I just wish I could run the magnum sooner. Maybe by then he'll have a new one in and I can run them close together and evaluate them against each other. That's the plan anyway.

Oh yea. Did you ask about the tax exemption option???

I have considered Fecon several times but the closest dealer is Supertrak in Florida and that doesn't work for me.

I PMed Hakim about us an ASV section and the request was forwarded to Muhammad for consideration. Here's hoping.

 

[paco]

I will have to pay taxes in tennessee

 

[cbturf]

meee tooo. pick my new 100 up on friday. lined up a developer to keep me busy for a while. i lurked for a long time in fact i read almost every post on this site before i ordered my new asv. the reversing fan is manufactured by novatrax in ca. cost $3200 to buy and then about 6 hours to install. my machine will have one Cleanfix reversible engine fans will get you there.

 

[rutwad]

Does anyone know what cfm's the factory fan produce?

That cleanfix looks like a nice addition!

 

[paco]

I will post pictures hopefully this evening. I took delivery last week but the head was not properly balanced so I got it back yesterday late. I ran 4 hours today.

 

[John Ryan]

Paco,

I've been sold on the ASV as well. The problem, as stated in other strings, he wants $110k with all the toe bells on. AC, cab over pressure, reversing fan, aux cooler and forestry package.

I've demod a machine with all of that and sold on it. Those extras cost $10k. The way I looked at was $10k now or $10k later in repairs. I also liked what Robbie said about a back up camera.

We need to talk. Robbie and Quickdraw have both replied to other strings. I just found out about this board, got on and now I'm replying to everything trying to catch up and benifit from all the experience here.

From what I read here, the savings alone in working with your dealer will more than pay for me to drive there and get one, even if I do have to pay TN taxes.

I do have a Fecon dealer about two hours away and Vemeer is in Houston, about an hour away.

Nothing would please me more than to buy a machine up there, stop at the Timber Jack dealership on the way back and rub his nose in it. Then if there were warrenty issues, they'd have to fix it anyway.

Please contact me as soon as you can.

John