It is the most common question on the phone: same size machine, same bucket, one on wheels and one on tracks, which one do I book? The honest answer is that the job site decides for you. Here is the way we talk it through at the counter.
Hard, finished or dry ground: rent the skid steer. Soft, wet, sloped or torn-up ground: rent the track loader. If you are staring at bare earth in March or April anywhere in the GTA, it is tracks, and it is not close.
On pavement, compacted gravel and cured slabs, a skid steer is quicker, turns tighter and is easier on the surface you are driving over — tracks will chew up asphalt on a hot day. Wheels also cost less to run and to rent, so for demolition cleanup, moving pallets of stone across a yard, or backfilling along a finished driveway, the skid steer is the better machine and the better math. Our Bobcat S66 class machines are the workhorses here.
A compact track loader puts its weight over a footprint several times bigger, so it floats where a skid steer digs itself a hole. Freshly stripped topsoil, spring thaw, sand, established lawns you have to cross without wrecking, and any kind of grade work — tracks. They also push harder into a pile, which is why grading and backfill crews on Milton's new builds book them all season. The Bobcat and Case track loaders in the fleet run from a 36-inch mini that fits through a gate up to the big TV370B class.
Pick the smallest machine that still lifts what you need to lift. Bigger is not faster if it cannot get between the house and the fence. Every machine page lists rated operating capacity and overall width, so check the gate, check the heaviest thing you will move, and match the two. Stuck between sizes? Call and describe the job — it is what we do all day.
Buckets, pallet forks, augers, breakers and sweepers mount on the same quick-attach on both machines, so pick the carrier for the ground and the attachment for the task. Add them to the quote when you book so everything lands on one float.
Request a quote on any machine page or call (905) 580-7368, tell us the town and what is under foot, and we will have the right machine on the float. Delivery runs daily across Oakville, Burlington, Milton, Mississauga and the west GTA.
Need a machine this week? Request a quote or call (905) 580-7368 and we will get the float moving.
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