Originally Posted by
marshgunner
Will the center sprocket still end up in the hump on the lower tub or will you need to steel a set of sprockets off of a 900 or something like that?
Already looked into it. I can leave the center sprocket where its at and cut the frame in half behind the transmission mount so the center sprocket would stay centered or I can just leave the frame intact and move the rear axle back inside the frame as it is. Trouble is I can at max move the axle back 1" with the factroy rear sprocket and the flange only has about 2" it can go back if you didnt worry about sprocket clearance. . You could fit 28"s easily under it that way without even recentering the middle sprocket. The front I can probably squezze another 1" out of maybe more if I got creative. Ill have to see how much clearance the tub will allow for frame streching when I get to that point. The biggest hangup I had is that I cant find a tire that I liked in a 28" that I knew would swim and turn well with this machine. My first choice would have been vampires but I can only get a 28x10x12 thats the widest they make. Then I thought outlaws but I was told they dont turn well on a skid steer with a t20. I was told the mud-ox can run them due to the abililty to counter steer. I would rather have a 26x13x12 Vampire asx and have 3" of extra width rather than the 1" under the tub you would gain with a 28x10 tire. That was just my theory. I plan on putting tracks on this machine and I dont know of a tire bigger than my 26" goodyear terras a that track will still fit on. I just dont think it would be worth extra work for the minimal gain. What do you guys think?
Last edited by highrollinmopars; 03-05-2012 at 09:39 AM.
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