ordered tracks today

[bobbyg18]

cant stand it any longer...so many rainy wet days with countless jobs lined up...i made the plunge today

I ordered McClaren rubber over the tire tracks...I'm hoping they will allow me to work on a day like today, where it rained out all day yesterday and the ground is wet...hopefully they'll give me more work days...ill let you know how they work out

i also just sold my Thomas 153 for a Bobcat S185...very crazy week

 

[02powerstroke]

Deff let us know cause we have been thinking about some tracks.

 

[Dirty Water]

How did you make out on the resell value of that thomas?

 

[bobbyg18]

had it for less than one year...sold for about $1000 less than i bought for...i needed something with better/higher reach capabilities to load tri's...

 

[Scag48]

Nice, glad you went with the McLaren's. Let us know how they work out, we may pick up a set if we keep getting these crazy jobs on steep slopes.

 

[Fieldman12]

The Vertical lift design should be allot better for reaching than your previous radial lift. I have also been kicking around buying tracks also but I feel most of the work I would be doing would require finish grading so I would have to let it dry anyway. I have been toying around with buying some of the Thomas Equipment stock in the company since it cost next to nothing. I think they would be a good company for one of the big skid steer manufactures to take over eventually. Guess we will have to see how things go.

 

[bobbyg18]

installed them yesterday afternoon...took a little longer than expected and i still need to shorten them up about another 2" or so before using them tomorrow on a job...i'll post back tomorrow night

 

[Mike33]

Nice, glad you went with the McLaren's. Let us know how they work out, we may pick up a set if we keep getting these crazy jobs on steep slopes.

Did you see my new 220 i had posted with pics? I forgot the brand of them they seem to work well but the tool to adjust or remove sucks.
Mike

 

[Dirty Water]

Are those Rubber Pads on Steel, or 100% construction?

 

[bobbyg18]

the tracks are mclaren protrac with rubber pads...i used them today...they were awesome, great traction...i would have never been able to work today without them...the job was a backyard excavation for a patio but it was extreme mud...im really psyched about them, they'll definately allow me to get in more work days