i did remove the max 2 front chains and ran at busco's heavy mud in april . i did'nt notice any tire slippage in the tracks, and a little more power and easyier turning. i did'nt get alot of riding that weekend because i lost a track early on. ( not because of the chain ) . i'm going for it again after the track repair . j.b.
Hope i can get some input. I have a 2006 Big Foot 6x6 tracked. Should i remove the front chains ? less wear ? I like the idea of keeping them in the Argo for spare if rear fails. Thanks from Newfoundland !!! TUG O WAR GUIDING !!!
Read the reply just 2 answers before yours. Your Bigfoot is not the same as a Max2 or 4.Originally Posted by ArgoNewf
For the Max and Hustlers out there removing the front chains is a good thing. That doesn't work for Argo though. I've never ran without chains on the Argo, but looking at the chain dynamics it should work fine to remove the rears. For those with the Mud Ox, the rear chain can also be removed, and really needs to be removed.
Mr. Woods, You are saying I can remove the chains in the rear of my OX. I will check that out soon as it stops raining.
Thanks, i seen the reply, but it just stated that he never seen anyone remove the front chains. Not that it isn't possible, or that no one does it.
Thanks just reread all the posts.
deedee...take off the back chains and head to busco !! have fun.....j.b.
JohnBoy, Scott/John and 1 other member are there today. It’s raining and I bet it’s nice there. Mr Woods just stopped raining, went out to see what you meant, I can see you could take off the chains, but being someone that is still learning from the membership I can see no purpose other then to loose power in the rear wheels. Did you do that to that to the Vengeance? What did you gain. If you say it really helps, I’ll try it.
The way the Mud Ox is designed, when running tracks, the rear most set of chains are redundant. You have more than enough traction with the front driven 3 axles. The rear most axle needs to have slack chains as designed from the factory, if those chains are too tight it causes binding on the next forward set of chains and potentially could cause the chains to bind or break
I removed the rear set on my Vengeance with no notice of lack of traction. The tracks fit fairly tight over the tires as is, so the rear tire becomes a return bogey wheel like on a tank or heavy piece of equipment. My Argo frontier 8x8 has track tuners on the middle axles, and as such the middle axles are not powered. It goes anywhere I want it to, much like the Vengeance does.
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