Does anyone have these tracks on their quad yet? I am heading in this direction so I can run both snowy areas and dirt, mud ect all at once. I could get into a lot of great shedding/hunting areas in these mountains with this set up and many a shed hunter/hunter out here are starting to set up their quads like this.
for the price of those things I'd just get a cheap used snowmobile... seriously, those track things are like $2k
Troy they arnt all they are cracked up to be. The ones with the rubber drives dont work in the mud. Just like the big farm tractors, get mud between the driver and track you are stuck in the mud brother. Manuverability is gone, and they rob so much power! Get a wheeler and a sled.
i do know a guy out west that has those things on his Rhino... thing is badass for retrieving a broke down sled in the mountains...
I have a snowmobile, 4 of them! LOL The problem here in the mountains is at one elevation your talking about 0 snow, 1000 feet up the mountain your talking about a foot or more, then you get around out to the south side on that elevation and then you may have just a couple inches of snow.. A snowmobile would get destroyed trying to get in and around in some of these places.
you'd be surprised what its like riding sleds in the midwest... what you describe is what we will sometimes ride for hundreds of miles in a day...:D but we're dumb like that...
I have heard this about some of the first sets of tracks that came out as well. I talked to my brother in law the other day that owns the local Yamaha shop and he said the new line (cant remember the name) of tracks that he is running work great in mud, snow, dirt you name it. He put them on a 700 fuel injected quad and can still go 40 mph.. I talked to my bud in Sas Dan who just put them on his 800 can-am and he said he can still go 55 mph! Rob also told me his new set ups are a quick easy change out from the tires to tracks in the summer..
My bro and law that owns the Yamaha shop has that set up on his .. he tells me rhino will climb a tree! 30-35 is top speed though
Yeah they are spendy and I have given them some time to get the kinks worked out, it sounds like there are some out on the market that can really get the job done. I was just hoping some guys on here might be running them and have experience with them.. The ones I am looking at are around 2500 for the set. That is a lot of money but if they will give me plenty of years of getting into areas most guys cant in the spring for shedding and or during hunting season to retrieve and elk or deer.. I am pretty interested. I think I am gonna trip a snowmobile or two and give them a try on one of the higher powered quads.. From what my bro and law the Yamaha dealer tells me, these quads can go ANYWHERE.. even in the steep country I hunt.
Lol my thoughts exactly! Notice theses comments are coming from those of us who live South of the Mason Dixon
Shed, I have a hilly piece of ground, but it's small. Once I got 12" of snow, my stock Rhino 450 was done as far as hill climbing. I looked at those track myself. However, my needs would be suited by going TeeJays route and getting a used sled. It would be a bit cheaper for me as well. I think you'd get a lot of use out of the track system though.
Ok, I'll ask cause somebody has to be the guy, how fast or how slow can you go with them. I know speed isn't the object, but I am curious.
I think you'll find the manuverability sucks. They don't turn well at all. Get crap in the track and you got problems. They're OK on an iced up lake. LOL
Ill bet you loose at least (bare minimum) 50% power. If any of you operate a skid loader before put tracks on one and are what happens. Those things are for apearence only. Anyone that knows anything knows that tracks are for flotation not necessary traction. Go ride a 20 HP sled and that is what you are going to endup with.
