pushing snow
Caterpillars undercarriage is a spinoff of a "snow-go" like the utilty companies use. Its soft and flexible with no steel bars across the tracks. Except for the 289c-299c. They perform well in the snow as do the ASV,s because they are the same manufacturer. Cat owns part of ASV. These "nice" riding machines come with a price, They dont like rocks and gravel or pretty much "dirt". Hard particles tear chunks of their rubber coated rollers off and wear the tracks out.
The other machines Bobcat,Deere,New Holland,Komatsu I believe Takeuchi and will assume Kubotas new line all run unercarriages made by a company called Berco. There are small brand specific changes to each but all pretty close in design.
For example Bobcat rollers run in the center of the track on the steel lugs,you do the math... Deere runs the roller flanges out to the smooth rubber edges of the track to loose some of the bumps but when you roll over a rock you still get the window rattling Rat-tat-tat. Komatsu had them build a triple,Center with side flanges. Have not been in a Case sat in a 299c at a trade show. Have spent 3 years on CT-332 Deere, worthless in snow. Spent a week working a friends T-300 in Tahoe same thing. Yes Im in California,Yes we have snow up here. Its not L.A.
You can save a lot of money by buying a snow/utility blade instead of a dozer blade. Deere makes one and I think Quick Attach (attachment Co.) markets one. About 2,600$ instead of 9,000$
I have not tried them But Skidsteer solutions ,check them out online, markets a product called Trackbites that bolt onto the side of the tracks for mud and snow. They are only for Bobcat but the track tolerances are all so close I dont think you would have to modify much to put on another machine.
Hope this helped, Good luck.