Adair Track assembly and install

[Rock Doctor]

LOL, I see some viewers couldn't wait for the post..............well, that or a dozen random people were checking some of my vids last night.

Anyway, I did get the tracks assembled, and mounted on one of the Conquests. Too early and COLD out to form an opinion yet. They look like they will work for me. I did run around the yard untill my hands started freezing, up and down the hill in the back yard. Climbed the hill with no issues. I suspect that I might want some type of ice cleats, was also ripping up and down the road a bit, and I can tell you these tracks like to slide sideways. It's very fun once you get a handle on the situation.

So, this is a clip of the Assembly and Installation

RD

[guyfox]

Nice setup that you have there RD. Sure makes working on your machince easier. Nice tracks. Cannot wait to see the videos of what "you" can do with them on your machine compared to what you do with just tires. Good luck...

P.S. you can keep the cold weather on that side of Canada.....I taught BC was supposed to be warm..haha....We had our first snow fall yesterday...Had about 12 inches....hopefully it all melts...soooooooonnnnn

[Rock Doctor]

......Great, so it looks like I made a little mistake. I missed the part where I was suposed to put a little plastic plug in the chain link that sits righ inside the grouser. The screws drive in through the grouser, through the plug in the chain link, and into the grouser again on the other side. Don't you hate it when you mess up, then proudly show your screw up off to your friends.
Anyway, I gues I might get to see how well the tracks come apart, compared to how well they went together

Got out for one little ride to a friends place, along the way I was passing a gnarly, very steep, nightmarish hill covered with clumps of frozen clay and snow. The crest at the top looked like it was a complete overhang. I figured there was no hope of any machine climbing that thing under those conditions. So, naturally, I cracked the right latteral as I started past...........Unreal, I thought I was about to do something really stupid.......... I was half way up the hill when I looked back and saw the cop in the Police Cruser on the road at the bottom of the hill watching me, and shaking his head (not so much at my stupidity, more in amaizement at where the machine was going). I crested the top, maybe a little "white knuckled", spun the argo around to see what it looked like from the top......................, NO way in HELL was I going down THAT. Not a long hill at all, but Common Sence was beating me over the head with the "Don't be stupid" stick and forced me to find an alternate route down.

OK, maybe it wasn't quite that bad, but it impressed the hell out of me. Not positive if the cop was as impressed as me, or was just waiting to call in some medics if needed.

I did find a route that was slightly less than guaranteed death to decend and went on my way. Unfortunatly, something tells me I will be back.


RD

[trevorakm1]

rd thanks for making this video. i had no idea that these were assembly required, or how they were assembled. i thought they would show up all rolled up and you just unrolled and drove on and fastened together. interesting.

[mightymaxIV]

"Got out for one little ride to a friends place, along the way I was passing a gnarly, very steep, nightmarish hill covered with clumps of frozen clay and snow. The crest at the top looked like it was a complete overhang. I figured there was no hope of any machine climbing that thing under those conditions. So, naturally, I cracked the right latteral as I started past...........Unreal, I thought I was about to do something really stupid.......... I was half way up the hill when I looked back and saw the cop in the Police Cruser on the road at the bottom of the hill watching me, and shaking his head (not so much at my stupidity, more in amaizement at where the machine was going). I crested the top, maybe a little "white knuckled", spun the argo around to see what it looked like from the top......................, NO way in HELL was I going down THAT. Not a long hill at all, but Common Sence was beating me over the head with the "Don't be stupid" stick and forced me to find an alternate route down.

OK, maybe it wasn't quite that bad, but it impressed the hell out of me. Not positive if the cop was as impressed as me, or was just waiting to call in some medics if needed."

RD,
I see you got just a little taste of what those tracks are capable of. I have climbed Brush cover hills so steep at Live Oak that I thought the machine was going to flip over and it just kept climbing. Amazing!
I can't wait to see how the 14" tracks do in deep snow, I am betting they will out climb everything else.

But I just cannot wait to see what that machine will do in the mud and muskege you'll be running in during spring break up, I want to see the look on your friends faces when you run your machine right down the middle of those nasty holes without any kind of issue. It is going to be awesome!

Have fun, I'll be waiting to see those videos, thanks for sharing the assembly process.

[Noel Woods]

RD: Your machine looks so cool with the tracks! I'm with Dan, that machine is going to be nearly unstoppable. I can't wait to see some video.

[Rock Doctor]

After discussing my options with Tim at Adair, I opted to have the tracks shipped unassembled..... Disassembled?.....not assembled?.......not put together?
Anyway, there was some assembly required. I believe that this saved me money in shipping costs, although I'm not positive on that as I have not tried to have an assembled set shipped. These tracks arrived in 5 boxes, and I did get some dirty looks at the post office for the weight if those. I'm sure the pretty ladies at the post office would have broken a nail or something if they had to deal with an assembled set.
I'm sure you could have them shipped assembled if you choose to, although I'm sure they would arrive stacked on a pallet, not in a box.

For sure I've only had a taste so far by climbing that hill. I did notice that the new grouzers are very sharp edged when new, and I figured that helped get up the hill. I suspect that the edges will " round off " over time. Tim also took the time to send me a pic of his ice cleats that can be added to the track grouzers. They looked like they could Ripsaw through ice and hard pack very easily. So far, I have not ordered any, my intent was to get tracks for Summer mud and muskeg, but I still might get some just because they look and probably work awesome. I could always take them off in the summer. Save them for the Snow Tracks that I will probably order in the future.
I am also anxious to try them in the deep snow, I think they will be comparable to my 14" wide rubber tracks. Good, but the wider "snow version" will probably eat them for lunch.
I also think they look cool, more than cool actually, I think they look awesome. Now I'm just pissed that I waited untill winter to order them. Waiting for summer is going to be hard


RD

[RWT]

RD, I've been thinking of buying a set of Adair tracks for my Frontier, because they'll fit my 25 inch tires. I'm waiting to see how they perform in snow. I travel through one to two feet of snow to my fish hut. Just wondering when the chains in the track stretch, and you can't control it with air in the tires, do you remove a link in the chain to tighten the tracks?
How much did you pay for shipping?

[Bud]

That is a very informative video, RD. Thank you for posting it.

[mightymaxIV]

RD, I've been thinking of buying a set of Adair tracks for my Frontier, because they'll fit my 25 inch tires. I'm waiting to see how they perform in snow. I travel through one to two feet of snow to my fish hut. Just wondering when the chains in the track stretch, and you can't control it with air in the tires, do you remove a link in the chain to tighten the tracks?
How much did you pay for shipping?

RWT, you remove one grouser, cut two links (About two inches) and put it all back together, you should be able to run like that quite awhile before you need another adjustment, if the tracks get a little slop you can control it with air pressure. Are you running 25" Rawhides or the 25" swimmer tire? If your running the 25" swimmer it's going to be very close clearance wise because the swimmer tires run pretty tall, the rawhides generally sit about 24 1/2 inches tall.

[Rock Doctor]

RD, I've been thinking of buying a set of Adair tracks for my Frontier, because they'll fit my 25 inch tires. I'm waiting to see how they perform in snow. I travel through one to two feet of snow to my fish hut. Just wondering when the chains in the track stretch, and you can't control it with air in the tires, do you remove a link in the chain to tighten the tracks?
How much did you pay for shipping?

Sent you a PM

RD