Jus brought the machine home from the north and putting the winter gear on it for a trip back up in a couple weeks,this will be the first late fall trip with the rubber tracks on and we will still be crossing open water with some shore ice,anyone tell me what to expect as far as how it floats with the tracks on and how much less to load it real world,we changed little with the old machine with the plastic tracks but these are much heavier,we use a outboard so not concerned about its forward motion in water,NCT