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Mar 24, 2004 | 05:09 PM

jhemr

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From: KS

Tracks for your 4X4

Found this on another forum, take a look...
the 1st truck in the clip is what caught my attention.

http://www.mattracks.com/Mattracks_SC01.wmv

Mar 24, 2004 | 05:17 PM

Big Orn

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I saw a set of those on a new Bummer here once. It sat on the lot for months. A person with that much spending money should just get a D4 and be done with it.

Mar 24, 2004 | 05:40 PM

BigDawg54

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a yamaha dealer in Cortland, NY had those on his dodge, looked pretty neet. you could hear him coming a mile away. heck, forget D4 and gimme a D8!

-bigdawg

Mar 24, 2004 | 08:37 PM

mrwizard

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Those have been around for a while. The only problem I can think of would be trying to climb over something (rocks, logs, etc...). But for surfaces where you want to float like sand or snow, like they showed in the video, these would be awesome. Top speed is pretty low though, around 40 or 45 MPH if I remember right.

Mar 24, 2004 | 08:39 PM

02superstroker

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i thought it was like 60 or 65?

Mar 25, 2004 | 07:04 AM

Burr

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I talked to a guy on that retrofits equipment for extreme conditions. Last year he did a small fleet of superdutys to ship to Antartica. He said it helped reduce the impact on the enviroment.

Anyways, he said they worked good, easy to install, but they chewed up tierod ends and they were changing them faster than oil filters.

Mar 25, 2004 | 07:38 AM

camo4stealth

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Don't know about tie rods. Talked to a guy with a set on a SD while snowmobiling in Yellowstone park. He said that it eats up automatic transmissions, especially on the GMs. He may have been b-sing, but I can't prove one way or the other. I know it floated over the snow without sinking any deeper than my sled. The speed limit there was 45, and when I saw it running, it didn't seem to have any problem at that rate.