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Timberking (Timberking)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, February 23, 2005 - 10:41 pm: | 
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Hi fella's,
Could sombody tell me a little more about the tru-trax? Are they good or bad? Experiances in the snow with them or whatever. I recently bought a 2000 MAX II 600T and was thinking of getting the 21 inch tires and a set of tru-trax for it(i have the 22's on it now)what ya think? |
Dan Harriger
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Timberking - Can't really tell you about the True Trax. I looked into them when I bought my MAX II and decided to go with RI's rubber tread. More expensive, but boy do they work great. Last winter I could go where snowmobiles couldn't as I floated on top and their front skis buried in the powder. I may not be as fast on packed snow, but I didn't get stopped anywhere either. Guess I'd rather be the tortoise than the hare.
By the way, I learned the trick to putting on RI's treads (no master pin or link like on some of the plastic tracks) was to use a vacuum and suck all of the air out of the tires, causing them to collapse to small squares. Tried the "standard" way for 2 days then one of the other Route6x6 junkies shared with me the trick. Tracks went on in 15 minutes! Good Luck. |
Timberking (Timberking)
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Thanks anyway Dan. I'm seriously thinking of getting a set of tracks,but the RI price range is a little scary 8^) I'm also still waiting to get some info from tru-trax so maybe that will give me some answers. |
Kevin Vallelunga (Kevinv123)
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I have them on my Vanguard. They do use a lot of power but I have used them in deep powder with much success. Stay off of the throttle or you will just dig in. Once you get the feel of them getting stuck becomes less frequent, if ever. You will not have the smoothness of a non-segmented track, but the economics are something you need to justify. How many hours are you going put on them? I only put about 10-15 hours on mine in deep snow, the rest is usually on ice or hardpack/roads.
I would never have recovered the doe I shot during the last late anterless season. Drifts in the orchard chest deep 1 mile into it. Ok to walk but I would have never been able to drag a deer out. |
Timberking (Timberking)
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Hard to say how many hours i'd be useing them for. I do a ton of outdoor stuff in the winter that would warrant buying a set of tracks. ice fishing,getting into camp,rabbit hunting,coyote calling and just general playing in the snow. How are they to put on and take off? Or would i be able to leave them on year round? Like i said in my first post i'm relatively new to the 6x6 amphib world and am just getting the hang of driveing my max,i like the rubber neckers i get when i'm trailering it to the bush,He He He Any and all info is very much appreciated. |
Tim Mueller
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I have them on my Bigfoot and am very satisfied with them. Kevin is right, tracks do use a lot of power, the first time I used them I was surprised how much. I have the cleats on mine and have considered taking them off because they dig in so much. The idea is to stay on top of the snow. The best way I've found to take them on & off is to let all of the air out of the front and rear tires, hook a ratchet strap over the top of the tracks (from front to back) and tighten it until you have slack in the tracks. Then all you have to do is loosen the collet on a link pin and drive it back out, drive off the track and you're done. They're bulky and a pain to store though. My Bigfoot has 26" tires so I have to swap the smaller 21's on and off when I switch to and from tracks. I use an air impact wrench which cuts quite a bit of time off the job. Overall I think you would be happy with the Tru-Trax. |
neil otto
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What tires and axle extenders are you fellows using with your tru-trax? I am planning to put them on my 93 Max IV that has 21" Rawhide tires, 5" axle extenders and a 20 HP Kohler, and will be using it on gravel roads liberally sprinlked with 3-4' deep drifts. Did you have to do anything to protect the underside of the body? I wonder if Argo's 18" Super Tracks would fit. Thanks, Neil |
Tim Mueller
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My Bigfoot came with axle extenders. The Argo body style is as such where the tracks clear with no problem. Even with the cleats the tracks clear just fine. I bought the 21" Rawhides (mounted on wheels) to go with my Tru-Trax, but put the 26" Rawhides back on when I'm not running the tracks. I don't know how the Super Tracks would fit on a Max, but it might be worth looking in to. |
David
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What are these tru-traks? I've only seen the tracks offered from Recreation (Max) only. Can someone enlighten me as to these other tracks as well? I take it they're segmented, kinda like a tank? (Versus the non-segmented tracks from Max)? What do they cost? Do they have a website? Thanks! |
Kevin Vallelunga (Kevinv123)
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http://www.trutrax.qpg.com/ |
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