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mark whitmire
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Username: Nushagak
Post Number: 1
Registered: 12-2005
Posted From: 66.230.126.175
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, December 22, 2005 - 02:49 am: | 
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Has anyone had trouble with the guides on the rubber tracks catching the tread on the tire and bending the track guide in, or through a tire? I would also like to know about clearance between the top of the track and the Argo body, has anyone had the rubber tracks hit the Avenger body, while using the tracks? If you have rubber tracks any information you can provide would help my with my as I try to decide if the tracks are the way to go... Have to say I'm really happy with the Avenger so far, but without tracks winter use is out of the question.
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Fred Sowerwine, Montana's Max dealer
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Username: Fred4dot
Post Number: 118
Registered: 01-2005
Posted From: 216.166.168.53
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Votes: 1 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, December 22, 2005 - 11:01 am: |
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Mark, I don't know a thing about the avenger or its track system, but the rubber track and guides the max uses (and I think the avenger track is very similar) are no problem at all (except a little bit of work to get on). Even if the track tries to walk off the tires (I've had one half off), there has been no damage to the tires (need to check tire pressure regularly and be aware of the temperature and elevation - as the temperature (or elevation) falls so does tire pressure; the reverse when the temperature rises or you climb in elevation). I think the max has less clearance than the avenger and the track does not hit the body (at least on a newer machine with few hours of track usage). I can see as the track stretches with use that one might get a little slap, but that can be corrected by trimming the track shorter. I have rubber tracked machines out since 1998 and have not had anyone tell me of track stretch. Also, if the rubber hits the body, it will not be the same as hard plastic (or metal - the old max track had steel cross links) hitting the body.
My feeling is that if you are going to be using a skid steer in the snow (ten inches or more), it should have tracks (solid rubber tracks and be set up the way the factory recommends). All I might suggest if you have really dry snow, is to go with the twenty inch wide ones made by that fellow in Canada. I know rubber tracks are expensive, but they do what they were intended to do. My only complaint with the rubber track is not "as much as I would like" traction on ice or hard pack snow. I have always been using a machine that is for sale and have not experimented with add ons to provide traction. You should have a very capable machine if you have tracks. |
Fred St.Clair (Unregistered Guest)
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Posted From: 152.163.100.203
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, December 22, 2005 - 08:46 pm: |
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get the link kit for the avenger tracks. You can take the tracks on and off very easily and quickly. I think it costs around 100$ |
Dmcalaska (Unregistered Guest)
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Posted From: 24.237.81.192
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Sunday, January 29, 2006 - 07:51 pm: |
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i bought the link kit an installed an sure easyier by u self to get on an off,,help a bunch in woods an by u self,,has anyone heard anythg about the rods coming out,,as i have concerns about the little cotter pin holding them in..i welded nuts on one side to keep from sliding into body,,but any ideas on replacing somethg else on inside of track instead of cotter pin?? |
Bob Shelver
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Username: Curly
Post Number: 18
Registered: 01-2006
Posted From: 209.193.98.116
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, January 30, 2006 - 04:13 pm: |
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If your track is so loose that the guides are catching on the tire tread you need to put some air in the tires, and especially if your track is hitting the body. We spin circles on hard ground and pavement with no problem. Get your owners book out and it will tell you how to set the tension. If you can look at the machine from the side and the full length of the track is setting on the ground you don't have enough air in the mid tires, if it hits the body you don't have enough air in the front and rear. The rear wheel sets off the ground and should do the same with the track on. When you put the hinge in you also lengthen it some this will change your air pressure requirements. We have put the track in some bad places and had very little problem. Page 53 in your operator manual |
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