Based on the best numbers we could find, the global demand for skid-steer loaders in 2011 should end up in the range of 60,500 units. Of that total, an estimated 33,500 will be sold in North America, ...

Perhaps worth mentioning here is that the discussion of compact wheel loader versus skid-steer usually focuses on the upper end of the skid-steer spectrum—the “large frame” models with an ROC of 2,500 ...