Cat snowblower picture

[doncampbellmodels]

Here is a picture we took yesterday of a blower sitting at the school a couple blocks from our house . It has a enclosed cab and with the tracks this machine would move some snow in tight areas.

[JohnnyU]

There's one just like it running around here. I stopped last storm and watched it when sitting at a stoplight, incredible! He's got a plow on his, abd he can just drive right up a the piles since he has such low ground pressure. That is a design that will really take off!

[sno-mover]

Thats a nice machine for deep snows!:burnout

[dynamike]

I looked into buying one of them to put a blizzard on, I would love to have one but there are two drawbacks for me. I was not sure about the track wear running on pavement. Around here in early and late season we get snow that melts off entirley as soon as you plow and you would be running on wet pavement and there would be lots of friction. I forget the cost on new tracks but I know it was quite a bit. The other drawback for me was I don't think they come in two speed. So I went with a more conventional machine.

[Pelican]

OK, I have to add mine to the mix:wink

[90plow]

I like the idea of track machines for turf and what not because they won't rip it up. In the snow don't you ussually want high ground pressure to get the most traction?? I know my dads mini excavator slides in the snow if we try to push with the blade. The other thing like Dynamike said was the cost of running the tracks. The machines are really nice though guys.
Eric

[Mark Oomkes]

I remember this question being raised before. I don't think it is a big deal. We haven't used our T190 for actual plowing, but I did use it to clean off a sidewalk with just the bucket. The only time I lost traction was when I got under the hardpack and had a bucketfull plus. If I stayed on top of the hardpack I could push until the snow was coming over the bucket and I wasn't really clearing enough to keep pushng anymore. We just bought a blower for it and it works great moving back windrows along curbs and sidewalks, especially in tight lots that you can't really haul or stack the snow out of.

There is a contractor south of us a ways along the lakeshore that has several 864's\T200s that he is using for plowing. Like Snowybowtie stated, you can ride ride up the piles with them. This contractor said he was making piles 30' high with them, on large lots. SMG used a bunch of tracked machines in SLC without problems as well.

I think it is just like a wheeled skidsteer, the operator makes all the difference on how productive it is.