Optimized All-Purpose Tread Pattern

thing. So, if you guys are in the market and you're like, "Hey, what should we be looking for when we're buying a track loader?" If you do snow work, there's we're going to get to that because we want to actually show you the tread pattern that you need. It's not kind of sort of or you can get by with. Right now, I've got a Bobcat T180 parked at my house. Hey Tim, what do you think of that T180 out here? I sometimes pull it out of the uh shop and if you slide down a little ramp, park it cuz it's going to be worthless. So, all right you guys, instead of talking about the differences in the tracks, I have a machine that's set up with dirt tracks and I don't use it for snow plowing because it's pretty much just useless. I keep it as a emergency backup and to uh one of my other backup machines. In fact, here she is right there. You can tell If you can't tell, she hasn't seen much action this winter. Thankfully, I haven't had as many breakdowns as Well, I don't want. I just haven't had many breakdowns. All right, so let's take a look. Let's unbury the tracks on this thing and then take a look at what the actual dirt tracks look like and you cuz you guys will be able to tell a a big difference. This may take a minute. How are you guys? That's Now, this is a Bobcat T180 tracks. Designs have changed. You're going to get different track patterns. But, this is a dirt pattern. And as soon as you get it out into these conditions, she pretty much can't move. There's a number of factors that create for the optimal track situation. One of them is ground clearance. Another one is tread pattern in the tracks themselves. A third one that we need to cover right now is weight distribution. Getting those tracks so that they take an equal amount of weight from the rear to the front is very important. In fact, when you look at at a lot of the other competitors trip where their tracks are and their weight is, they're typically very rear heavy. A lot of the mass of the machine is over the backs of those tracks. And when you do that, you're going to have sinking conditions. I witnessed this firsthand in Florida when we were working in sugar sand where a competitor's machine literally the back of it sunk and we had to dig it out. Weight distribution is a huge factor to allow you to float.