[johnkeegan]

Stone, I have had absolutely no problems with the machine during the first 200 hours. Of course, that could change... I know, though, that there are adjustments that are required on the tracks. But I feel fairly confident in the machine because, as I understand it, Caterpillar bought the rights to the track system for their track loaders. I don't think (or hope) they would have done that without some research.
And as far as performance, it's been great. As I said before, I leave the Bobcat A300 or S250 back at the shop alot more now. Whether excavating walkways, removing old shrubbery for plantings (use the forks), light grading, loading the bark blower.... it's worked great. And the light, compact size is handy. For instance, I can load the machine with 3-4 yards of material onto my BriMar 14' dump trailer pulled by my F350 pickup and go off to prep a small walk or finish grade and return with the machine and any spoils in the trailer without tying up the bigger trucks or Bobcats.
And I did demos with the "mini skid steers" and other smaller track machines made by Dingo and Bobcat, but there was no comparision.