dynahoescott
Well-Known Member
It would appear to me that this would be the next step in the evolution of ctls I know bobcat offers one , Iam surprised cat didnt counter yet.
cat has on the two largest ones. salt tracks and all.
my bobcat dealer dropped off a steel tracked t320. it only had a smooth edge bucket so it didnt push to it's full ability. for $70,000 it is a very expensive tractor. it had good features like a torque control and was very fast. if a bought a ctl it would have rubber tracks just b/c i own a dozer and i believe the rubber track is much more versatile. the machine pushed very well in pit run and a pushed off maybe 30 loads in an hour , it was tough because of the bucket.
Steel tracks would wear out extremely fast on a ctl.
I agree with CM1995. With all of the turning that a skid does, you would be throwing tracks off all the time. Maybe not at first but they would wear out so fast they would get sloppy and loose. If their would be an advantage to steel tracks on a ctl, I guarantee that OEM's would already be selling them.