Skid Steer for landings - stacking/sorting - wheeled or tracks?

[ehp]

I run chains on my tires . I got 4 but most times run front as back wheels are off the ground lots lol. I got good chains to. Now I see they make better chains with more bite but have not seen a set in.person.just online

[catfishhunter]

I just borrowed a T590 and I'm going to give it a go on the landing this weekend and see how it does

[catfishhunter]

Been running the T590 for a little while now. The summer dirt tracks are 50% and ok on snow, horrible on ice. On the landing it's a little slower because you have to ease into the movement so that it doesn't start to spin. Then after a bit of landing work it packs everything down and turns it into hard pack and ice making it even slower to stack the wood. So I'll be looking for a winter track or solution to get around that part.

All other conditions - I expect this to be a monster compared to wheeled so might be the trade off. I guess it will be a multi year experiment to see if it can do the job. If not, I'll go back to wheeled in a year or two.

I have a tree job coming up  by a lake house. I'm going to see if it can track over the snow and allow me to get at the wood to move it easier. I don't think I could get there with a wheeled unit because it would sink and get stuck.

We'll see...I'll keep you all posted...

Anyone knows of track stud websites I'd be curious to at least check them out...

[mike_belben]

Anyone knows of track stud websites I'd be curious to at least check them out...

duroforce makes full steel tracks for the 590. they're high but used only in winter i bet they'd last a while.  

[barbender]

I'd think that the full steel tracks would be even more worthless on a hard packed icy landing. With the little bit of dozer I run, I've been surprised how worthless our Deere 700 dozers are on hard frozen ground like that. One time I had to push a quick truck turn around, had a large aspen right in the middle. It was late February or early March, the snow had thawed/froze several times and it had drove the frost into even undisturbed ground. I was having a heck of a time getting that tree pushed over, the machine wanted to just sit there and spin the second the blade touched the ground. I was really surprised how much trouble it had.

[mike_belben]

I'd think that the full steel tracks would be even more worthless on a hard packed icy landing. 

the duroforce is almost like a continuous belt of ice cleat.  and if they aren't awesome you could easily weld a few short cleat bars on to really make it bite. the extra weight over rubber is gonna add some ground pressure, and infrequent spikes would have tons of penetration. 
https://rubbertracksamerica.com/products/2-steel-tracks-fits-bobcat-t590-16-49-link-free-shipping

[Walnut Beast]

I'd think that the full steel tracks would be even more worthless on a hard packed icy landing. With the little bit of dozer I run, I've been surprised how worthless our Deere 700 dozers are on hard frozen ground like that. One time I had to push a quick truck turn around, had a large aspen right in the middle. It was late February or early March, the snow had thawed/froze several times and it had drove the frost into even undisturbed ground. I was having a heck of a time getting that tree pushed over, the machine wanted to just sit there and spin the second the blade touched the ground. I was really surprised how much trouble it had.

A friend had a few stories of the D6 sliding around like a pair of ice skates 

[catfishhunter]

Anyone ever try these studs? They look like a better stud than the sheet metal screws type that I've seen in the past...

Skid Steer Track Studs | Grip Studs® Screw-In Tire Studs | Traction in Ice, Snow and Dirt

[mike_belben]

Clever.

[Walnut Beast]

Skidsteer solutions .com.  Carries those and a few other types 

[dnash]

Pro-Lynx makes a bolt on traction bar that might do the trick.

https://www.pro-lynx.ca/