What to Do? Repair or Give Up

[ve1sar]

Hi your Argo is sluggish so keep in mind when you install tracks on your wheels your have added weight to the drive train. This extra weight will slow down an Argo. Rubber tracks are very heavy and this can cause loss of power. The drive train has to move the tracks you have to keep this in mind. Plastic tracks are not as bad.
Hope this info is helpful. Paul

[fornarog]

A comment about tracks.

We have been hunting the salt marshes and flooded pine forests of Southern Dorchester County in Maryland for almost 5 decades. Our first experience with amphibious vehicles was an Amphicat in the early 70's with just tires. We started using Argo's with Argo plastic tracks in the 80's. These tracks, either regular width or super tracks have been perfect for our area, which I would rank as pretty tough conditions of deadfall, pudding mud, 4-6' water crossings, rutted trails with stumps and humps, etc. There is a lot of chatter on here about the plastic tracks vs rubber tracks. For our purposes, the plastic tracks are spot on. I have no experience with the rubber tracks, nor have I ever seen them deployed and used in our area, so I cannot comment on how they do, but the plastic tracks do everything we need them to do and more.

[fornarog]

This isn't a sluggishness issue, it is a loss of power to the point of near stalling when putting the Argo under load (turning from a stop, etc.)

[North Country Tough]

[QUOTE=ARGOJIM;207958]Just a thought for you to consider, member deedeelin has a Set of Adair's for sale in NC that would fit if you have 22's and his machine is 2002 or older.[/ Epic Fail wrong thread