Tracks installed on a Bigfoot

[Mr_Riveter]

Hello All,

I own a 2006 Argo Bigfoot which has an 18 hp Vanguard engine. I'm seriously considering installing super-tracks and I want opinions before I spend the big bucks. I know I need different tires for tracks.

Anyone else with tracks on a Bigfoot? If so, does the 18 hp provide enough power? I want your input! Thanks.

[86 Argo Twins]

18 HP

Hi Mr Riveter
We own an 1986 Argo 6 Twin which originally had the 16 HP B&S Twin Boxer engine. Two years ago we replaced it with the 18 HP Vanguard just like yours. It has lots of power to run the Super Tracks in Mud and Snow, so did the 16 HP, but things are a little tuff on dry ground, you might want to use low gear then. Hope that makes your decision a little easier.
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[chapy]

well worth getting the tracks. I have supertracks on a 2000 bigfoot and it's awesome. I'm still waiting to get stuck with them on. They are a little hard to turn on dirt but not a big deal. I run in low gear almost all the time with the tracks on. Get going too fast and it feels like the rumple strips on a highway. Good luck with the decision.

[salamander]

I run the supertracks on my 06 Bigfoot/Vanguard 18 and there's plenty of power in her to tear around and even uphill through snow thats too deep to walk through. Still enough power to push a lot of snow around with the plow. Needing the second set of 22" tires is expensive, but in the long run you extend the life of all your tires by running them half the year. If you live in a climate that gets a LOT of snow, you will need the tracks, and you'll probably also need a winch because you WILL eventually get stuck.

[philipatmaxfour]

Tracks on a Bigfoot

I run the supertracks on my 06 Bigfoot/Vanguard 18 and there's plenty of power in her to tear around and even uphill through snow thats too deep to walk through. Still enough power to push a lot of snow around with the plow. Needing the second set of 22" tires is expensive, but in the long run you extend the life of all your tires by running them half the year. If you live in a climate that gets a LOT of snow, you will need the tracks, and you'll probably also need a winch because you WILL eventually get stuck.

The winch is no biggie "cause you use it to lift the plow too. I got the plow but I,m still trying to get enough money for the tracks.haha

[Roger S]

Matt Oxender made rubber tracks to fit over his 25" rawhides on a bigfoot years ago. Sort of a work in progress. Wonder if his Mudd Ox rubber track could be adapted..

Also the Canadian argo guy "Bolduc" has had rubber track kits before Argo did.. don't they go over the 25" tires?

[xrover]

Matt Oxender made rubber tracks to fit over his 25" rawhides on a bigfoot years ago. Sort of a work in progress. Wonder if his Mudd Ox rubber track could be adapted..

Also the Canadian argo guy "Bolduc" has had rubber track kits before Argo did.. don't they go over the 25" tires?

I think he makes a track that will fit over the 24" Frontier tire on a bigfoot.
As for power, now problem, but I did find the tracks sapped about 40% of the speed. The newer tranny (Avenger/Frontier) seems to perform almost the same with tracks or without.