Buy Now or Wait Until After the 18's Drop?

[mowbizz]

I hope to get everything set up by tomorrow afternoon, planning on heading to camp for the first of many trips out to the marsh!

Great! Have fun and take pictures please!

[fornarog]

Got my Tru Trax on my Frontier S 6x6 Saturday morning. The whole job took just under two hours, including removing excess segments from the trax and installation on the 6x6. It was a one-man job, with the assist of a few bar clamps. I used 32 segments on each side (one less than the set you would get if you purchased the set from TruTrax for a 6x6 with 24" tires. I am afraid I don't know how to insert pictures. I followed the ARGO instructions for installing segmented track on the Frontier (available from ArgoAdventures, or in your manual)

Steps followed:
1) Assemble all segments. Make sure to spray the segment hinge knuckles with silicon first. I use blue loctite on the barrel set screws for extra measure.
2) Jack Argo up and remove tires. Bring each tire to 5 pounds pressure and measure the circumference of each tire, marking it on the tire (i used a piece of masking tape to write on)
3) You shoul have the largest tires as the back tire on each side.
4) re-install tires
5) Lay tracks out in front of the argo and slowly drive onto the tracks driving far enough to leave only the last two segments in front of the Argo.

Do ONE side at a time.
6) deflate the front and rear tires as much as possible, trying not to lose the bead.
7) deflate the center tire slightly
8) feed the back half of the track across the wheels and bring it in line with the front wheel.
9) Using bar clampls, pull the two ends of the track together
10) install rod and barrel lock
11) re-inflate.
12) adjust inflation to achieve desired slack in track
13) repeat on other side.

[mowbizz]

Thank you for the detailed installation of your trax!
Good luck with them!

[ARGOJIM]

So Greg, after a month or so your opinions on the new Frontier and the TruTrax.

[fornarog]

I've been doing some traveling, so I only had the Argo out once back in the rough stuff. It performed great! TruTrax was an easy installation (32 segments per side for the 6x6 with 24" tires). I couldn't be happier.

[fornarog]

Update. The TruTrax are fantastic. The machine does everything I thought it would, and more. The extra clearance over my conquest greatly increases the ease at which I can power through the sloppiest of crap down our way. Deadfall trees up to 10-12" in diameter won't cause it to miss a beat. I couldn't be happier.

Greg

[bigfootbob]

they have changed the axles on the 2018 models so you just flip the tires. You wont need axle extentions. Something to think about.