The repair bill for a wheel-rutted lawn or cracked pavers can exceed the machine hire. Tracked machines exist to prevent exactly that.
Why tracks are gentler
Ground pressure = weight ÷ contact area. Rubber tracks spread the machine’s weight across a long, wide footprint, so pressure per square centimetre drops dramatically versus four small tyre patches. That’s the whole trick — and it’s why a tracked scissor crosses turf a wheeled machine would trench through.
Surfaces where tracked is the answer
- Lawns and turf — schools, aged care, commercial landscaping
- Pavers and decorative concrete — point loads crack them; spread loads usually don’t
- Sports surfaces — with protection matting, confirmable per surface
- Soft or recently wet ground — where wheels sink and dig
- Slab transitions and thresholds — tracks climb small steps wheels baulk at
Both our tracked machines are electric
The 19ft Zoomlion ZS0612C and the 22ft LGMG SC0610EL-2 run on battery power — quiet, fume-free, and able to continue indoors on the same job. (Yes, the 22ft is electric — it’s mislabelled diesel elsewhere on the internet.)
Still do the basics
Tracks reduce ground pressure; they don’t make the machine weightless. For prized turf or heritage surfaces: tell us the surface when quoting, walk the route with the delivery driver, and consider track matting for the most sensitive sections. Irrigation lines just under turf deserve a marked route.
FAQs
Will tracks mark concrete? Rubber tracks are generally concrete-safe; aggressive turning on soft asphalt in heat can scuff. Ask us for your surface.
Need a machine for this job? Get a hire quote — tell us the job and suburb and we’ll quote the right machine and delivery. Or use Help Me Choose. Call 0472 721 234.