Cutting a mountain road Cat 943 track loader

[@abraxasmagistus449]

Definitely would like to see one of you making a pad for a building site on the mountain with it too. Have a task as such in my near future. Thanks!

[@AbramsExcavating]

I am Going to be making a pad up there for my firewood processing yard. I will definitely record it as the 943 is going to be doing the most of the work! It’s a beast when it comes to moving large amounts of dirt and cutting grade

[@abraxasmagistus449]

@@AbramsExcavating Awesome! I was looking at a John Deer 450 series crawler loader. About 18k lbs, definitely not as beefy, but I think it will do what I need with a few more passes, and I should be able to move it short local distances with my F550. Any thoughts? Thanks for the reply!

[@Basti_2290]

These Trackload are amazing. Much faster than with a Excavator, more efficent and flexibility. Only a wheel loader does it better

[@AbramsExcavating]

Oh yea track loaders are great for this work. You’d never be able To do this with a wheel loader they don’t hold grade aswell as a tracked machine. But wheel loaders are great pieces of equipment aswell!

[@Jerz609]

A rubber tire loader to cut in a road over a track loader, now that's a line of shit I've never heard b4. Must be a foreigner 🤣

[@scarab9762]

The 973's are bad ass machines. I prefer a dozer for cutting new roads but this machine will get er done!

[@chris-zl4wm]

I have found only one wheel loader that will put a track loader in the shade doing this job, that's a Hanomag 66c. But you need much more skill at the controls to achieve this and the right wheel/tyre combination and the ground conditions must be dry.