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Message: <blockquote data-quote="864wood" data-source="post: 885" data-attributes="member: 38"><p>This is hopefully the post that has been inevitable. I purchased the S-300 and was despondent after my first backfill. I spent twice the time as opposed to my 864G loader. However the benifit of tires for the subsequent 6 snowstorms was enormous. There is nothing like tires for flat pavement and cuts down on the costs, because tires can be purchased on E-Bay for @ $110 delivered to your door and repalcement track are $3K-$4K installed. Having said that I have purchased the over the tire Grouser tracks and I love them. They take ten minutes to take off and 30-40 minutes to put on with no helper. They also for my size machine exhibit all the same breakout strenght and pushing power I was acustomed to with the track loader. The floatation is not quite as good but better by a large margin than just tires. I went with Grouser as opposed to the standard Loegring due to the slippage I have seen with other machines with steel Loegrering tracks. A New Holland with steel legering was spinning his tires inside the tracks when pushing large loads. With the Grouser this is not an issue due to their configuration. They also shed mud better and don't cleat up. The biggest downfall I see is !!!!!Do NOt Drive Them On Anything You Do Not Want Marred UP!!!! I sure do miss my rubber track loader, but all in good time. Business is picking up and I still hope to have my luxury T-300 by the end of the year.</p></blockquote><p></p>

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