Does anybody have cat traks on there atv. they are like tank traks but on an atv. How do they perform and do they go through more mud as advertised

 

They do serve their purpose, going through mud like a tank. They're really not that great though. A regular tire offers some floatation in water and mud, which makes it easier to get the quad to go where you want it. With those tracks, you don't have a chance of floating like you can do with regular tires, you just go straight to the bottom like a rock. Those tracks will also rob a lot of power, kill your turning radius and manuverability, and increase your weight.

I'm just speculating here, but with all those moving parts, I would image there would be a lot of maintainance involved in keeping them working smoothly too. All those joints, pivots, and rollers for mud and water to get into, and so many pivot points to wear out, bend, break, etc. Compare that to the maintaince of 2 tires - all you do is add air every once in a while. The tracks just seem really really impractical to me, especially when considering that a set of tracks can cost as much as the machine itself did.