Re: Tracks on an ATV??
There was a thread about this before Christmas this was my reply then..........................Tracks are amazing you will get to places you never thought you could go. I ran tracks for 15 years on multiple machines and never had any track related damage or wear. If you do have a machine with worn bearings and parts, yes you will see the problems come to light no question. Tracks do use more fuel no doubt, but you can save a lot more fuel when it sits cause you can not use it. so you can get to places it takes fuel but well worth it. I have been out in 5 feet of snow get to top of mountain and in timber there is less than a foot and tracks every where. So there is a major advantage in tracks on a well maintained machine Side by side and atv it is all the same.
They will climb stupid steep hills from dead stop they are quieter than a sled and more track on the ground. You can side hill but you are not able to use your body as you can on a single track sled. You can pack or drag a bigger load and animal up or down hill . There is nothing wrong with buying good used tracks, but get information about them, do not take sellers word that they will fit anything cause that is just not true, most times they do not know and that is what some salesman told them and they did not know much about tracks either. Tracks are weight rated so the newer systems are designed for UTV and ATV. If you find a good used set you are interested in ask someone who knows for sure how old the systems are and if they can even be swapped to your machine. If you can get a picture of tracks from inside and outside and if you can see serial # get that too. Tracks have changed so much in the last 20 years and they are amazing.
For the some of you that had problems I would guess they might have been older system and just worn out, possibly wrong machine for that track and tracks not adjusted properly , and if you put them on a tired worn out machine they will start to show you all the worn out parts pretty fast.
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