Tracks on a UTV

[Zebrafive]

What's the part in the vise? Drive wheel? Is the shaft ruined?

 

[ArlyA]

What's the part in the vise? Drive wheel? Is the shaft ruined?

Yes, That shaft was tore up and replaced.

 

[ruffdog]

I think I would use my needle greaser and inject the bearings with marine grease.....just me thinking.

 

[JamesHW]

Watching this guy bombing around the woods on a BCS fitted with tracks pulling a sled makes me want to outfit my walk behind. Maybe we could groom some of our two miles of trails for cross country skiing

 

[ArlyA]

Watching this guy bombing around the woods on a BCS fitted with tracks pulling a sled makes me want to outfit my walk behind. Maybe we could groom some of our two miles of trails for cross country skiing

$10 says that takes so much upper body strength to operate, after 2 miles, you'll not ski again.

 

[Rustyiron]

Arly not everyone gets your snows. Don't you think that places where a dusting to a foot are the norm, that grooming these snows as they come would result in success for him at a very reasonable budget?

 

[ArlyA]

We know people who have got similar machines like seen below, to do here phat bike trails. They say steerage fatigue is the issue. Great on ice, bad in woods.

 

[JamesHW]

The walk behinds can be a bear or a pussycat depending on the circumstances. Riding along on established trails with gradual turns shouldn’t present too much of an issue. Wrestling my 853 over uneven ground brush hogging is a workout, not recommended if you don’t have the upper body strength. But on flat ground I can walk alongside and gently correct the steering with one hand and if I defeat the deadman safety switch the 853 will continue along on its own. Here is a video of the same guy pulling a flat sled showing him struggling some in the woods over uneven ground that I can relate to:

Here he is using his 853 with rubber tracks to pull a moldboard plow:

Operating a snow blower:

Here is another of him demonstrating his setup on a yard:

Here Joel at Earthtools.com showing the installation of tracks (cost about $1,500) on a walk behind:

 

[Rustyiron]

I can relate, I've spent countless hours between the handles of a walk behind Gravley as a kid.

 

[Industrial Toys]

That's what I thought of. Had a Gravely PRO 12 with steering sulky. Given uneven terrain, those three handles would come down as much as two feet or so, in a fraction of a second and you better not have any part of your body in the way.

 

[groundcover]

Had ours out today , sure beats walking !

 

[Industrial Toys]

Not as for CARDIAC health. lol

 

[ArlyA]

I'll again state, pods on your atv or utv are the superior option for most people. No, they are not perfect, but you have a machine that can be used year around. (yes, taking the pods off for the summer)

 

[pmsmechanic]

Not as for CARDIAC health. lol

Try driving about 250 miles a day through bush on a quad. Fording steams and flood areas from beaver dams. You are thoroughly tired out by the end of the day. And it's so much fun we would do it for 10 days in a row.

 

[Bedlam]

Saw this the other day:

Andrew is a GREAT u-tuber Ive been following him for years now.

 

[ArlyA]

I'm not sure I'd want Andrew operating any of our machines,,,, or repairing them. The pods he's got appear to be a very dated design and the video was shot in very shallow snow. Where we operate, a tire equipped vehicle would go the lenght of the machine.

 

[DDW OREGON]

I'm kicking around buying tracks for my Gator 855D. I have heard, but no personal experience, that using tracks is tough on the running gear.
For you guys who have had tracks on your UTV for a while (couple years, at least), are they tough on the driveline?

can you put tracks on the rear two wheels and skies on the front
like they did to the old model T
search Model T Snowmobile

 

[RoyJackson]

can you put tracks on the rear two wheels and skies on the front
like they did to the old model T
search Model T Snowmobile

Interesting thought, but I have no idea. You'd have to come up with some way to rig the skis to the front hubs or, maybe even over the tires...

 

[Rustyiron]

This would probably work ok on a well groomed trail, but in my limited experience you most certainly will not be breaking trails through un touched snow. I think you'd be about equal and cheaper with tire chains.

 

[ArlyA]

If anyone has any questions concerning the practicality of pods on a UTV or ATV, feel free to ask them.