Argo on Escargotracks

[Robio_8x8]

168 lbs. per track

The super tracks are starting to look better

[micmac]

Have you looked at these tracks:

http://www.argorsbolduc.com/items.html

They are supposed to be better than what Argo used to offer but they might be what Argo is using now.

[salamander]

What happened on that trip that pulled the axle out of the hub?

[Rock Doctor]

salamander;
What happened on that trip that pulled the axle out of the hub?

I take it you want to know why the hub seperated from the axle??

We had about 3 feet of snow on the trail, and the snowmobiles had broken a trail straight down the middle. I was packin pretty heavy loads, and had to break the trail for the Argos. The snowmobile trail was just wide enough for the inside edge of each track to ride on the packed trail. The weight I was hauling wanted to press the Argo into the snow deeper than the snowmobile trail. That made driving down the trail much like walking along a knife edge (VERY DIFFICULT), but it also made the inside edge of the tracks take alot of the weight, which in turn put alot of stress on the axle hubs (remember, with Supertracks, you need the axle extensions). I believe that the extra stress of the "uneven" trail, combined with the heavy loads, was just too much and caused the hub to fail. Or, I might be reading too much into the whole thing, and it was nothing more than a bad welding job on that axle.

[Robio_8x8]

What Year was the Argo? I herd two Argo Dealers tell me to stay away from models before 1985 because of hub axle problems

[Rock Doctor]

Robio_8x8,
What Year was the Argo? I herd two Argo Dealers tell me to stay away from models before 1985 because of hub axle problems

That one is a 2004

I never heard that before, but i would say that adding a little more meat to the welds is pretty easy to do.
Actually, there was a comment from another member, on another thread about hub seperation. He had a hub seperate from the axle, same as me, but on the other side. He used his wirefeed to add more weld to the other axles and has never had a problem since then.

I believe that I had too much load, and the conditions were bad enough to overstress the axle.

[salamander]

Thanks guy. Your videos, and detailed commentary are very helpful to a new 6x6'er looking to avoid gettin in over my head with damage and repairs.

[lager99]

I'd like to see him go down those hills so I can see how the new brake works.

[Y2KADLE]

i have a set if anyone has any questions email me at y2kadle@yahoo.com