Bearing lifespan

[DerekF]

Hi Guys,

Just got back from my Peace River Elk trip (with the new vampires from Matt 0). Nice tires. Went through snow like crazy. Will post pictures as soon as I get them.

I have a bearing question:

At hour 210 I changed out the outer bearings on both front axles. And changed out the axles as they look a bit bent (not too bad but I was changing the bearing anyway)

Before this trip I changed out 3 other bearings (2 idler and one outer on the mid front axle) that had a bit of play (hour 245). I am now at hour 255 and I noticed today a bit of play in my rear axle.

I know the guy I bought the avenger from had tracks on alot so my question is, is this the normal amount of time I should expect from these bearings and just change the outer ones on the rest of the axles?

How many hours are you guys getting on your machines?

Derek

By the way, we got 1 elk, 1 moose, and 4 deer (3 whitetail and 1 muley)

[Rock Doctor]

Congrats on your hunt

I would say you are right in the ballpark. All things being equill, it's really hard to say how long you will get out of your brngs. I find that the outside corner axle brngs go the fastest, with the second axle outer brngs a close second. Inner axle brngs last the longest.

If I was to get 250hrs out of an outer axle brng I would be shocked. Of course I do run tracks in the winter, and that is hard on the machine. IMHO

Also, I think I am doing well to get 300 to 350 hrs on a set of chains.

I have a vid from a trip this fall, where I haulled a pretty good load into my cabin. If I remember correctly I had (with a tandem trailer):
Personal cloths, food, tools, chainsaw, ect
a hundred pounder of proplane (180lbs)
Spare tire
two twenty pounders of propane
two 5 gal gas cans
20 building bricks
6 bales of insulation

RD

[boncrshr]

Hey Derek,

Glad to hear you like the Vamps!! Can't wait to hear more...how did they swim for you?? How about climbing banks?? Ride quality??

Sorry, can't help you on Argo bearings....

[DerekF]

Can't tell you about the swimming. It was -20 out and 10 inches of snow. Everything was frozen solid. However, the tires climb great. I pull an entire moose up and over logs, willows, etc no problem. The ride was better than the rawhides I think. All in all, I think the tires are going to be a major upgrade to the rawhides for what I want. A tough, grippy tire for mud and dirt. I don't swim much with them so I am not too concerned about it.

I am waiting for some video to be sent to me as we took from of the argo in action. I'll post it as soon as I get it.

Derek

PS. Thanks for the info on the bearing RD. I think I will change them out over the winter here just to be safe.