Guide · updated July 2026
Bobcat vs Positrack: Which Suits Perth Sand?
On sand, slopes or wet ground, hire a positrack. Tracks spread the load and won't bog or tear the surface. On firm flat ground, a wheeled bobcat is faster and cheaper. For most Perth residential blocks, the positrack is the safer call.
Same job, different feet
Both machines push, load and level with the same attachments. The difference is what's under them: wheels concentrate weight into four contact patches; tracks spread it across the whole footprint. That single fact decides most hires.
| Bobcat (wheels) | Positrack (tracks) | |
|---|---|---|
| Soft sand | Bogs when loaded | Wins |
| Slopes | Loses traction | Wins |
| Finished lawn/paving | Tears turning | Gentler |
| Firm flat ground | Faster | Slower, wears tracks |
| Hire cost (ours) | from $209/day | from $275/day |
The Perth factor
Most Perth blocks are Bassendean or Spearwood sand. Unloaded, a bobcat manages; loaded with a heaped bucket, it digs itself in, and every correction chews the surface you just levelled. Tracks solve both. That's why our positrack fleet (Terex PT30, Cat 249D, Kubota SVL65-2 and SVL75) outnumbers our wheeled machines: it's what the ground here asks for.
Pick the bobcat when the site is compacted, level and dry (demolition slabs, yards, hardstand) and pocket the difference. Browse both: bobcats · positracks.