ih100
Senior Member
I've only been on 216, 226, and 272 wheeled, 257 tracked Cats. In the dim and distant past a couple of Bobcats, the numbers evading my memory. I remember the Bobcats were nice to operate and reasonable visibility. The Cats, all within the last five years, various experiences. The 272 is planted as a rock, but hard on the tyres for the same reason, but very powerful and capable of carrying a much bigger bucket. The 226, good balance and power, no issues, the 216, crap handling. Suprising as the dimensions look the same. The 257 is no more a wheeled machine with tracks thrown on than any other make. Never had any great issues, apart from the track wear. We're running on concrete with a bucket and the tracks have lasted 850 hours. The sprockets had to be partly rebuilt at 500. I like the balance and handling, though. We can stick anyone on it and they generally pick it up in a very short time.