Im trying to decide if i need a track loader or rubber tire bobcat. i do mainly backhoe work and bought a mini excavator .i work for alot of electricians plumbers concrete and dont really do much fine grading. I need to work on slopes sometimes and mainly for backfill.I do alot of work on schools and comercial buildigs.about half the time in dirt other half on blacktop or concrete.if anyone can help sure would be appreciated.
If you spend half your time on pavement a tire machine is going to be what you want in my opinion. A tire machine should be fine for backfilling your ditches and most other tasks in fairly dry conditions.
Its a no-brainer for the hard surfaces. Tyres are the go.
3rd on tires!! Tracks will last as little as 5 or 6 hundred hours if you run them mostly on asphalt/concrete. Aftermarket tracks are running about $1900 per side. That doesn't include idlers or rollers. Go with tires if your on hard surfaces more that 50% of the time.
Get the tire machine like everyone else says pavement is not good for tracks, even hitting a curb wrong will screw up a track
I use an asv 2810 rubbertracked and am constantly on concrete and asphalt do removal of it and think the rubbertracks work great. I am aware though however that tracks are a whole different setup than tires and you need to treat them differently
Take a tracked CTL for a spin with a bucket of gravel over concrete or pavement, the decision is very obvious, and you "jewels" will thank you for that, tracked machines are rough riders.
Yes they are except one, ASV. jmf
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