COOL NEW TOOL!!

[Turbo11T]

Good news. I have a old skidoo track that is currently bolted to my snowmobile trailer for traction that I am going to take off and try a bunch of different ways to break the rods. I think that BTL"S has a start here but will need to back up the rod dissolving into dust idea. I figure I can break a few and cut them out to see how it looks. Also I think that if a guy drills from the edge of the track to allow the rod some room to crumble that it may work well also.

 

[prairiepowderhead]

No doubt some will have concerns, I hope some of you can be at some of the shows we are doing this year. we have track samples that are cut up and trimmed back so you can see the rods before and after the breaking. We will be at Puyallup, Salt Lake, Spokane, and Boise.

Also with the flexable outer edge track when you pull up on a side hill you will have an extra 2 inches of track in the snow than you had before, think about it, you will have 2 inches of track that will move the the same slope as the hill and then whatever else the track can grab on the flat between the rails.

 

[swrev]

I bought the tool and used it on my wife's sled. It works good. Just make sure you have sharp drill bits. I was having to use an excessive amount of pressure which made going all the way through pretty easy, if there end up being track integrity problems, it looks like those will be the spots (the rubber would tear when breaking the rods and fibergalss would come out). I also had better luck not using the tool as a guide. I had a better sense of feel for the rods w/out it.

Turbo11T, if you drill from the end, let us know how that works. I want to try it that way on my XP. Just don't really want to "guinea pig" another track quite yet.

 

[Turbo11T]

I bought the tool and used it on my wife's sled. It works good. Just make sure you have sharp drill bits. I was having to use an excessive amount of pressure which made going all the way through pretty easy, if there end up being track integrity problems, it looks like those will be the spots (the rubber would tear when breaking the rods and fibergalss would come out). I also had better luck not using the tool as a guide. I had a better sense of feel for the rods w/out it.

Turbo11T, if you drill from the end, let us know how that works. I want to try it that way on my XP. Just don't really want to "guinea pig" another track quite yet.

I don't have the tool yet but i will be trying it without the tool this weekend on a wreck track I have. Should be able to post some pics this weekend.

 

[Turbo11T]

So I measured the track up that I am going to test on this weekend. It is a old 16 wide doo track. It seems as though a 16 wide and a 15 wide would need a different tool.

 

[prairiepowderhead]

We made the tool large enough for either, in the instructions we point out that you push the tool onto the track untill the end of the teeth are at the opening of the clip window. that makes the drill hole correct for the rod.

 

[Norona]

I have 3000km on an xm last season and the flex edge track works, how much it will work on its own is a gamble since only a very few rode just the track with out t-motion and everything else. The track however is a totally different compound and had to be made way stronger to flex how it does, not bagging on this idea as innovation and ideas are what push the sport. I just hope a track that has had its rod broken can handle the stress. Guess we will find out.

 

[Turbo11T]

LETS BREAK SH**!!!!

Ok im ready to break some Sh** this weekend.

 

[likkerpig]

Maybe someone can explain to me, is the track really going to flex in powder or not? On concrete sure it tips up easy, I get it. But I question whether the track will actually flex in powder as it is rotating around. Is powder that set up/firm that it will actually cause the track to flex? Physically I just don't see it happening.

 

[SNOWBUM101]

I say it depends on the snow!!! super fluffy sugar snow probably not going to tell the difference, but any other type of snow,it being hard pack, or crusty,wet heavy,i think there will be an advantage. every little bit will make a difference. just my $0.02

 

[kidwoo]

Bumping this up.

So what did everyone learn last year?


Anybody tear up a track around the drill holes (ie: the perforation line)?

 

[907to406]

Hopefully nobody wastes any money buying this tool when it could be easily built for about 15 bucks and a half hour of time...

 

[kidwoo]

It wasn't the tool most people are asking about.

 

[shagsmc]

Bumping this up.

So what did everyone learn last year?


Anybody tear up a track around the drill holes (ie: the perforation line)?

+1 any reports?