Snow track question..

[BW3]

Was wondering if any one has any experience with the difference between 13" and 18" snow tracks on a six wheeler ,, not going to ask for brand just general over all opinions if you have experience with North East wet snow even better ,,, Thanks for any input in advance.

BG..

[drjim1948]

I don't know anyone with 13" tracks. Watch this video. One has 18" tracks, the other has 14"rubber tracks.

Argo in the snow, 2 on tracks. IKAM - YouTube

[drjim1948]

I have 17" Channel Tracks, but I have not gotten much snow yet.

[trapperjack]

hi, I live in upper Michigan and we get an average of 300 inches of snow per year. I had argos for 20 years with tracks 18 inch plastic and now 20 inch rubber tracks.what it comes down to is pounds per square inch on the ground. .take the weight of your argo or six wheeler divided by the amount of track inches on the ground and you should try to be around 0.75 lbs psi or less to make your machine go on the deep snow efficiently . for example I have 20 inch wide tracks (rubber) 96 inches touch the ground. so 96 long x 20 inch wide gives me 1920 square inches on the ground per side x 2 = 3940 square inches for both sides so divide the weight of machine by the square inches of track that touch the ground to find your psi. Weight/square inches=PSI. so here is mine 1400/3940=0.355

[BW3]

That is most informative TrapperJack , need crossed my mind to look at as a PSI on the ground .. should have ... now to go crunch the numbers .. Thank You
BG

[Old Tucker]

You cannot get much better for floatation then the flat rubber track, and the wider the track The more floatation you will have.
But you also need traction.

This see where my old tucker snow cat ran into problems. It had too much traction and not enough floatation. Some times you needed a large field to turn in. First gear was hard second gear was almost impossible third forget trying.. At about the same time my cat came out. One from Germany hit the market Same weight same two track idea. But with a wider rubber track. And it danced around my tucker They sold thousands of them. My little old tucker can proudly say It was the only one ever made. BUT it could tow a dozen of the the other cat from Germany. IN A STRAIGHT LINE. [IMG][/IMG]

The psi per square foot on the 232 tucker was way over the .75 and I think that is the # that tucker was shooting for. The foot print of the tucker was the same as my conquest with 18 inch tracks. But it had a weight of 3500Lbs.