There are certain machines that are prone to bad belts. I know I had a POS can-am for a short time and went through 3 belts in a few months. I have owned many grizzly ATV's and put 15000 kms on each and never had one belt slip ever. If you have something that is prone to break, pack parts, but they are not the fault of the tracks.
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"You should not use a rifle that will kill an animal when everything goes right, you should use one that will do the job when everything goes wrong."
can ams you have to put it in low as power when hunting I also use the low power key
Def pros and cons. Everyone I know that's ran tracks on sxs's or quads have had broken diffs, cv's and belts but then again they rat bag the piss out of them.
As someone else mentioned steep side hilling is an issue.
On the other hand sleds don't reverse worth a crap and need a football field to turn around unless you can lay it on its side and power it through the turn, but you still need 15feet.
If long distance and open terrain is the primary features then a sled wins, but if tighter trails/roads will be more frequent then go tracks.
Then theres the big tire truck idea.. I have 2 Toyotas on 38" tires and they are almost unstoppable, especially chained up. I've yet to get stuck in snow or find their depth limitations.
Last winter I was out in 100mile, -35c on my sled, we were getting stuck on flat ground. The snow was dry and deep. It was over the sled, just bars poking out like a periscope. No exaggeration.
The next morning I took my Toyota out on the same route and just idled along like nothing.
I've even had to break trail for tracked quads and sxs's and it's not much bigger than a sxs, but with the comfort of windows, heater, music and a place to lay down for a nap.
I couldnt even imagine what it'd do on tracks.
Busterpayton some of those Toyotas I've seen with 38's + aired right down are pretty cool. They seem to go damn near anywhere in deep snow.
I forget who the guy on here is that built tracks for his jeep I think he's from salmon arm area?
it is all fun till your way in there and things let go
caddisguy "I worry about predators wanting to eat me or bucks trying to take my manhood. "How was your hunting trip honey" ... "wahh I don't want to talk about it... sob ""