The tracks-or-wheels question comes down to what you're driving on and how often. Both do the same work; they fail in very different ways when you pick wrong.
Tracks spread weight over a much larger footprint, so a track loader floats on soft ground, wet clay and turf where a wheeled skid steer digs itself in. If you work on dirt more than pavement, tracks pay for themselves in downtime alone.
Wheeled skid steers are cheaper to buy, cheaper to maintain, faster on hard surfaces, and their tires cost a fraction of a track set. On paved and improved lots — snow work, yards, farms with gravel — wheels are the smarter money.
Undercarriage is the track loader's ongoing expense: rollers, idlers and the tracks themselves. Keep tracks off abrasive pavement and tensioned correctly and they last years. Wheels are simply cheaper to keep running, full stop.
Both run the same universal quick-attach ecosystem, so the attachment library is identical: buckets, grapples, augers, pallet forks, trenchers, brush cutters. Buy the machine that fits your ground; buy attachments for the work.
Better on soft, wet or uneven ground — that's what tracks buy you. On hard surfaces a wheeled skid steer is faster and cheaper to own. Match the machine to your ground conditions, not to the spec sheet.
Compact stand-on and small track loaders start around $16,000 here, versus $50,000-plus for legacy-brand equivalents. Call (804) 499-2129 for the current best price on your configuration.
Some models offer both wheel and track configurations of the same chassis, so you can pick the undercarriage that matches your ground while keeping the same attachment set.