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I think there is more a difference with type of damage than with the phrase damage. A track skid steer will do surface damage, more along the lines of tearing up sod and minimal damage under it. While a tractor or rubber tire machine will do more harm under the turf, compaction and the like.
We really need to define the uses we are look for when we talk about a new machine. Most here have bought a machine that fits what they started doing and meets the needs they had at the time.
In general most of us have bought a 1400-1800 lb lift machines because it did most of what we wanted it to do, excavate for walks and patios, carry lighter paver bundles that where delivered to the site, and grading. As we move to larger jobs we wanted a machine that would carry the pavers or wall blocks to the back yard or load higher trucks, damage was not so much a problem as the labor savings we would see by not having to split pallets or hand load the bucket.
Ideally we would have one machine to excavate, another to lift and carry plus maybe a third to dig footings for walls or tree pits.
Of course not many of us have the $$$ to spend on skid steers, mini-Xcavators, RT fork lifts, or combo machines. Kind of like using a swiss army knife not the best for each job but it does get the job done.
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