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There have been several in my area medium to larger Cat and other skid steers I have seen with steel shoes and steel rails. Someone getting tired of replacing rubber? Iron rails last longer?
Saw a Bobcat 300 series with steel rails steel shoes and rubber bolt on cleats so they could work on pavement, then saw the Cat with steel. Must be making a comeback.
I heard the tracks are supposed to go 5k hours before needing work, comparing that to around 1,200 to 1,500 hours for a set of rubber tracks I could see where it would possibly save money to run the steel tracks.