mert0714
Charter Member
Situation: Residential removal/replacement of concrete flatwork where we are driving over the 4"-6" edge of the broken concrete most of the time. Turning 180 degrees on the concrete (we spread some loose dirt to aid in slippage) to load a truck and repeat till we get to a point where we can just go forward and backward but still driving over the broken edge of the concrete. I don't forsee much use in real muddy conditions. I also do snow removal and heard that they are just as good or better than tires for that.:beatsme
Currently we have a Cat 262A and recently we have run into several projects where we had to rent (Cat 257B) to get the job done because of limiting the mess in a yard or the subgrade was too soft for our wheeled machine. The benefit of the track machine besides not getting stuck was that even though we always put in 2"+ of rock, we would have to put in more rock just to get our machine in and out to do what we need to do.
I was wondering if anyone could tell me, with there experiences/expertice, what might be some of the problems with the track machines in this situation. When some repairs might start showing up? How much some of the repairs could run? How long (hours) I would expect to get out of a set of tracks versus tires (which we will have 1500 hrs on 1 set of Galaxy Bulky Hulks now). How much are a set of replacement tracks? Are tracks hard to replace? Recommendations? Any or all other information would be greatly appreciated and helpful.
Currently we have a Cat 262A and recently we have run into several projects where we had to rent (Cat 257B) to get the job done because of limiting the mess in a yard or the subgrade was too soft for our wheeled machine. The benefit of the track machine besides not getting stuck was that even though we always put in 2"+ of rock, we would have to put in more rock just to get our machine in and out to do what we need to do.
I was wondering if anyone could tell me, with there experiences/expertice, what might be some of the problems with the track machines in this situation. When some repairs might start showing up? How much some of the repairs could run? How long (hours) I would expect to get out of a set of tracks versus tires (which we will have 1500 hrs on 1 set of Galaxy Bulky Hulks now). How much are a set of replacement tracks? Are tracks hard to replace? Recommendations? Any or all other information would be greatly appreciated and helpful.