u/Pinstrip3

This idea keeps nagging me for quite some time. With a tracked mini ex that tears the soil and is pretty much unusable on hardscaped surfaces I keep thinking about either getting or modifying a mini on wheels, preferably nice beefy balloons (definitely not a backhoe though).

They're not popular, especially at 1.5 - 3 ton range but Chinese made started to show up lately. Anyone has any experience with something like that?

As title says. It's post warranty and gearbox is fairly pricey. Has it been upgraded in any way or its the same and will die again?