Anyone have experience clearing snow with a tracked skid steer?

[Nick87]

@Southern Elk it has been a while since i ran a Cat up until the last few days. Buy the Cat. You get what you pay for.

 

[Southern Elk]

@Southern Elk it has been a while since i ran a Cat up until the last few days. Buy the Cat. You get what you pay for.

Too late.

 

[Nick87]

Too late.

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That'll work. You'll appreciate the door.

 

[Southern Elk]

That'll work. You'll appreciate the door.

My old one had the roll up door. I need it for moving building materials. Sometimes a have to keep the forks up and climb in under.

 

[Nick87]

My old one had the roll up door. I need it for moving building materials. Sometimes a have to keep the forks up and climb in under.

Your preaching to the choir lol.

 

[brian flatlander]

I’m considering upgrading my skid steer with tires to one with tracks. I’m a builder and the tracked version is much more useful for grading and dirt work. My concern is that I also use it with my snowblower. I have a steep driveway. Would the tracked machine spin out? Would it have as much traction as my wheeled machine with tire chains.

good luck if you have to ask

 

[Gerald Martin]

Too late.

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Thanks for doing your part to help us have a mild winter.

 

[Dave N]

Thanks for doing your part to help us have a mild winter.

My father bought a snowblower this year after I had everything plowed and cleaned up. Now that we haven't gotten any more since then he calls it his insurance policy!

 

[relino99]

You will definitely lose traction with regular tracks on a steep incline compared to your chained tires. I run a tracked machine and found that changing out the front attachment helped me push snow a lot more efficiently. I swapped my setup for a skid steer snow plow attachment from FYREBX to cleanly roll the snow away.

It takes way less effort from the machine so you don't spin out as much.

 

[alecvg]

We use them a ton on commercial snow removal contracts here in Montana. We just keep and extra set of tracks for winter with carbide tips we installed. Zero issue.