Track Loader or Wheel Loader

[SmallHaul]

Originally Posted by Kausekaos

Anyone have both?

I have worked on and operated both and i prefer a wheeled loader for loading trucks.

Wheeled loaders just feel smooth and natural when loading a truck.

Constantly pivoting/turning back and forth when loading a truck with a tracked loader just doesn't feel smooth to me.

Having said all of that though, the Carson loader is a very well made machine and well worth the money. The tracks/drives work very well and the somewhat short length of the tracks (front to rear) allow it to rotate better than most racked vehicles.

[RCP57]

I agree with Scott about about the smoothness! I have my scratch built 955K track machine and the converted Bruder 574. For loading dirt there is no comparison for me. I would run the wheel loader every time! I even prefer the wheel loader to an excavator if I am just loading out of a pile. The wheel loader is fast and fun.

[ihbuilder]

In real life, the tracked loader just makes a mess ie, likes to dig it's self a hole with the tracks in tight spaces ( some operators like to doo that in a large space too ) We've owned 2 both dressers/IH 100E and a 175C . Dad still has the 100E but still barely gets used . THe excavators and dozers where always our prime machines . Excavators always dug basements out faster and cleaner with the dozer dressing the bottom and pushin the spoil off/away. As for a rubber tired loader, why you think they're used in the quarry ?