Adiar Tracks, all others need not apply

[plott hound]

Hay plot hound, no gators yet. No ice or snow and my boat was stolen this past spring! I will post vision soon of my Max with tracks. Just picked up an action cam to video with. Should work well.

good deal man,cant wait for some live action.sorry to here about your boat.

[kghills]

Here is a short video of the Max running in the snow we got today. A little blurry towards the end and I tried to drive a little faster than I normally do so it would not seem too boring. The Max goes everywhere I want it to. Stays on top of the 16" of snow pretty well.

I will see if I can take a couple more tomorrow. We are supposed to get another 1-4" overnight with blowing and drifting.

Keith.

[tattooman]

Hay plot hound, no gators yet. No ice or snow and my boat was stolen this past spring! I will post vision soon of my Max with tracks. Just picked up an action cam to video with. Should work well.

[Noel Woods]

No shake at all, its a smoother ride than the tires.

[plott hound]

I can't wait till my adair tracks get here! I do have a question. Do the adair tracks shake your machines very much on a hard surface? My winter tracks are terrible in that aspect!

cant wait till you post about your new tracks tattoman.are you into any of those big gators yet?

[kghills]

Yes, they will produce a shake or rumble at certain speeds on hard surfaces. Speed it happens at seems to be related to grouser spacing and you can drive through it. I think it is just sort of the nature of the beast on a hard surface. I usually just slow down a touch or head for looser ground.

Well, we have about 5-6 more inches now I think I will head back out and play in the snow a bit more before dark.

Keith.

[tattooman]

I can't wait till my adair tracks get here! I do have a question. Do the adair tracks shake your machines very much on a hard surface? My winter tracks are terrible in that aspect!

[kghills]

How do the Adair tracks do in the snow? They don't look like they would have enough surface area for good flotation on the white stuff?

With about 12" of heavy snow so far I took the Max out for a snow run. Was out for about 2 hours running the fields, hills, woods, ditches etc. with no problems.


The snow sort of cushions the ride so I find I can run a lot faster than I normally do. Sort of funny when you get out of the machine and fall through the snow to your knee and the Max just sits on top of it. Should get another 8-10 with blowing and drifting through the day so I will be out again later and see if I can find some giant drifts to drive over.

Keith.

[kghills]

Adair tracks for Max vehicles

A number of members have asked about the Adair tracks on my Attex Superchief. The track system I have was actually a prototype for use on a Max II. Here are pictures of the tracks on a Max II from the photo Gallery.


The tires used in the tracks on my Attex are 18x10.5x8.


I was told the 18 inch tires did not offer the floatation desired for the Max II so they now use 20" tires on custom made rims that are wider, have bead locks, have 30% more space for air and are offset so they require no spacers. Here are a couple shots of the new rims taken at Adair.


You can probably tell from the pictures there is a substantial weight savings. This weight savings translates into the Adair track/wheel combination not requiring the extra bearing extensions or bearing support bars normally required when running tracks on a Max II or IV. I think you can get the complete setup for your Max II for like 2900.00 bucks. Wheels, tires and tracks. When you figure you don't need to buy extensions, bearings, bearing extensions and bearing support bars it's a LOT less than a factory track setup PLUS Adair tracks swim and are far more capable in the mud.

That's all the spy photos I have for now, Keith.

[kghills]

Great video. Look forward to seeing more.

Keith.

[mudbug3]

[QUOTE=Rock Doctor ]I like the fact that you and I both run some nasty conditions, and have different designed tracks, we should be able to compare notes as we go.



Yeah, the latest generation of Adair tracks that you have and I have should make for some really good comparisons.

[Noel Woods]

I was very impressed with the new tracks while watching them in action. The additional mud performance was noted. These tracks really complimented the Admiral transmission in Dave's Argo 650HD. There was no track sag even after a full day of rugged terrain riding. I think the additional vids that are coming will hi-lite that.

[mudbug3]

I replaced the last video that I posted here and added some additional mud footage at the beginning of it. The big mud trucks had really churned up the mud and made it extremely soft upderneath the water. The deep ruts in the mud made it even harder for us to change directions. You'll see me change into low gear so I can counter rotate and move around those fallen trees. The wider spacing on the metal plate Adair tracks really cleans out well and provides outstanding traction in mud conditions like this.

[Obsessed]

How do the Adair tracks do in the snow? They don't look like they would have enough surface area for good flotation on the white stuff?

Interesting you should ask that...we did the math last week and I was suprised at the results....the standard 14.5" wide Adair track built with chain and spacers has a total contact footprint of about 102 sq in per 12" of track length....the newer rubber belting style Adair track with a slightly wider gap (5/8") between the grousers but with 1/2" thicker grousers actual has about 123 sq in per 12" of track length....add in the tires that close off most of the rest of the track and there is not much track face left open on either design

The metal link design is very open and agressive and by design has more traction than flotation....most of the surface contact is on the face of each grouser and not the pad of the grouser...not sure if this will prove to be the best swimmer, but is pretty tuff to beat in mud and ruts...IMO

Tim

[Rock Doctor]

How do the Adair tracks do in the snow? They don't look like they would have enough surface area for good flotation on the white stuff?

Of the 3 styles of Adair Tracks, the Chained Adair Tracks have the greatest surface area. I have a set of those in the 18.5" wide, they work very well in the snow. I believe you can go 20" or even wider with those if you want.
The Plate Linked Adair Tracks seem to be geared more exclusively toward summer conditions and swimming. They have the least surface area.
I also have a set of the Belted Adair Tracks. They are in the middle as far as surface area. I haven't had them out in really deep snow yet, but see no reason why they won't work. Very similar to any other 14.5" wide track, with the advantage of being a swimmer and having an open face design.

RD