Here's some pics of my new tracks, Prospector Pro S by Polaris. These are the bomb! After the install, I pulled it out of the garage and noticed my popo is bigger than the wife's mini cooper! LOL!

I took it out for the first time in the snow yesterday. It did surprisingly well. My speedometer read 50 mph max, but I'm not sure how accurate it is with the tracks on it. I wondered off the path about a mile or so when I found a "soft spot"! LOL! Around here we have old volcanic lava flows that heat up underneath the snow creating a hollow area under the snow that you can't see. No big deal until you ride over it with the heaviest atv around! LOL! The popo is like a tank with the tracks, I bet it weighs over 1,000 lbs! I spent about 2 hours digging, only to bury my popo deeper! Fortunately my buddy was grooming the trails nearby and was able to lift my popo out of the 4 foot hole we eventually dug!

 

nice tracks/wheeler. id like to get a set. but i dont have a trailer big enough to haul an atv with tracks. muchless my storage shed is full and i dont have a job at the moment. good pics tho.

 

Driving with tracks is a whole new thing. If they start spinning, you start digging.

The photos tell it all.

Speedo is probably off by 20-30%. Measure drive sprocket diameter and compare to tire diameter. If tires are 30% larger than tracks sprocket, your indicated speed with be 30% higher than actual.

 

I thought you track guys might like these also. I know FireHog will.

 

Great pics Firehog. Don't be a lava hog... That could get painful. I kind of like it in the Northeast. We have some ice storms, heavy snowfall, and an occassional flood. We don't have active thermal features or earthquakes bigger than 5.0. You had great pics too Mongrol. Mongrol, was that you in the latest Dirt Wheels? You making it a yearly thing?

 

Those are great pics mongrol! Looks coooold! I know you've gotten stuck, so how did you get out? It certainly isn't like digging out a snowmobile! Have you had good luck using your winch to get out?

 

You shure do have some pretty country Mongrol

 

This may be hard to believe FireHog, but I;ve never been stuck with the tracks. Mostly because of the extra caution learned from riding alone 90% of the time. However, I did almost roll it one time when the light was really bad. I put the left track on a high spot and the right side went into a deep spot. Steep enough (sidehill) that I fell off.

The trick is not to get the tracks spinning. Just ease off the throttle and crawl out. I've had to walk beside it while giving it throtte.

MooseH. It may be my photo in dirt wheels, but not sure. Haven't seen mag yet.

 

I'll post a couple of short 'Trackin' vids.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IQFcW3XCUB0



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V27wp_RZTac

 

Sorry FireHog, didn't mean to "hog" your thread. Just like to share the track thing.