Are tracks necessary?

[Alienation]

So I've been trying to search and haven't really found a conclusive answer. Tracks are a little out of my price range as of right now. Winter is coming (where I live)... Can I still use my Argo in the snow without tracks? We don't usually get alot of snow, but maybe a foot at best. I want to attach a plow for snow removal on my property. What is everyones thoughts?

[DerekF]

I have Argo Rubber tracks, and adair tracks. Rubber tracks are great in snow, and crazy mud/muskeg. Anything else they are a pain. Adair tracks are great in muskeg and mud (actually unbelievable) but not great in snow. With tires, I can tell you even 4 inches of snow can render tire useless depending what is under the snow. Maybe if you are plowing your driveway and you pavement is under you, it would be okay, but not if there was a foot of snow. I never take my tracks when I hunt in the winter in northern Alberta, and I often wonder why I didnt. Lol.

[Noel Woods]

The difference that tracks make on an aatv is like comparing a 4x4 truck to a 2x4 truck. The difference is night and day. I believe that tracks add another 75% of capability to a machine and will get you in and out of places that a machine with tires only would struggle on.

[North Country Tough]

Do U get stuck alot going where U go spring summer and fall if not ur need for tracks thru those seasons not required if U use ur machine in the winter U need tracks for sure the type and make of track for strictly winter use is different than what I would choose for off winter use I have run a tracked argo (winter use)since the 80,s and use it extensively in the snow 5 months of the year.Cheers

[North Country Tough]

The difference that tracks make on an aatv is like comparing a 4x4 truck to a 2x4 truck. The difference is night and day. I believe that tracks add another 75% of capability to a machine and will get you in and out of places that a machine with tires only would struggle on.

Noel I have got to say I have watched the videos on ur tracked machines and just wow unreal what u guys go thru that would stop my machine in a instant and it looks like a blast.I have often thought of investing in a pair of mud tracks but very rare is there a place I go hunting or fishing that I run into a bad section I can't get thru when I do I bush bash around it and others that once and a while I get out with have no tracks so I would be leaving them behind.i totally agree for the need of tracks (summer use) if you have the kind of bad conditions I see u guys going thru it would save cutting detours and winch time getting soaked and muddy by having to bail out to extracate yourself out of a mess.Cheers

[Avenger Bob]

So I've been trying to search and haven't really found a conclusive answer. Tracks are a little out of my price range as of right now. Winter is coming (where I live)... Can I still use my Argo in the snow without tracks? We don't usually get alot of snow, but maybe a foot at best. I want to attach a plow for snow removal on my property. What is everyones thoughts?

My Argo is hopeless in the snow without tracks, but invincible with them. 6” of fresh snow and the Argo with just its tires floats on its belly pan and goes nowhere. I use the Argo rubber tracks in winter and have never not been able to go.

[Alienation]

Thanks for the input guys!
Unfortunately tracks are out of my price range these days, so I will just have to limit my heavy winter use until I can save up for tracks.

[North Country Tough]

Alienation depending on what model u got a set of Argo plastic tracks be it super or standard can be picked up at a reasonable price level I have used them in the past and they worked well keep ur eye out.Nct

[john swenson]

keep in touch with adair argo for a used set ...maybe someone traded in . have fun jboy va

[Alienation]

I have a 99 conquest 8x8. I will email Adair and see, and also price out some plastic tracks

[trevorakm1]

01 bigfoot here 12 inches of snow is probably the maximum for tires. Much depends on the kind of snow you get and how you drive in the snow. Driving in the snow requires smaller control inputs much more often, better to not make big one side lock ups. If trail breaking then beware of drifts. Wet snow more difficult as it packs and can high center you. powder much easier. all applies to tires

[scimanstev]

When I bought my 2018 Avenger, I watched every video on every amphibious machine I could find, in every terrain I could find. I finally settled on Beaverdam tracks. Other than 3 feet of slush, and climbing bare rock, I have never been stuck. I've been through lots of mud, and 2 to 3 feet of snow. In the slush, I high centered as the slush packed down. I looked at every kind of track available, and saw right away that Argo's rubber tracks can't swim in water. I couldn't understand why Argo made that decision for an amphibious vehicle. Before my Argo dealer died, I had spent many days at his house in Vermont. I saw many machines there that came in for repair. One thing I really noticed was the blisters on the tires that the rubber tracks caused. Obviously rubber tracks are very well suited for many terrains, but I wanted to be able to swim with tracks on. I really liked Escargot tracks, but discovered they weren't available in the United States. Beaverdam tracks are similar, and available. I do break a weld every once and a while, but I just swap out a cleat, and have the broken one welded at my neighbors house across the street. The tracks are not cheap, but totally worth it. I even bought the winter kit that attaches to the tracks, but so far haven't needed it. The winter kit also makes the Argo too wide to fit in my trailer.

[Noel Woods]

Excellent summation by scimanstev.

[Ruffus]

I have a 6x6 that I plow my driveway with. Been stuck twice, both times was because I backed up on a snowmound I just plowed into the middle of my drive & wasn't thinking when I went to the right to plow other snow. Second was last weekend. After calling myself a few choice words for doing the same as last year, I got out the shovel & a couple car ramps. 15 minutes of digging under it & I was clear. Other than that no issues. I live 15 minutes away from Buffalo & we got some of what they got. I have the 25 inch tire package so that may make a bit of difference over the stock 24 inch.