rubbinz raczn
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Army surplus
It would be cheaper to buy an old army tank!!--and none of your neighbors would mess with you either!--another fringe benifit!
It would be cheaper to buy an old army tank!!--and none of your neighbors would mess with you either!--another fringe benifit!
big_truxx
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there's a mid 80's short bed reg cabs-10 4x4 out behind the store here in canaan that has a set of homemade tracks on all 4 corners. i should find out who did that and go ask them how much $$ it cost them. this truck is used to groom the snowmobile trails. it looks cool.
I just really wonder how well even big tires will go in the snow. i mean there is only so much ground clearance you can get from big tires. 44's only give you about an aditional 8" on the stock axles.... and i know how when yer pumpkins start draggin in slippery stuff how much harder it is for you to go anywhere.... with aired out tires you loose ground clearance also. and how much flotation can you get out of a tire when yer tryin to haul a burb loaded with people over the snow?
I just really wonder how well even big tires will go in the snow. i mean there is only so much ground clearance you can get from big tires. 44's only give you about an aditional 8" on the stock axles.... and i know how when yer pumpkins start draggin in slippery stuff how much harder it is for you to go anywhere.... with aired out tires you loose ground clearance also. and how much flotation can you get out of a tire when yer tryin to haul a burb loaded with people over the snow?
big_truxx
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Just an update on the search for truck tracks. I was at the store "downtown" (which consists of 2 stores, post office fire dept, town office a school and a small resteraunt) and asked the owner who owned the s-10 tracked truck. He told me the snowmobile club as I had surmised earlier. And was made locally. He also said he had one at his house that a different guy had built the track setup for him. Not from the local area but instate somewhere. And it cost only $4,200 w/o tracks. Tracks he went on to tell me were about $1,000 brand new. So for about $5,000 I have found the ability to have tracks. In case anyone else out there wanted to know. 
rcurrier44
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With big tires aired down you get low contact pressures just like the mattrax. I usualy run 1.5 psi rear and 2.5 psi front on the snow. Mattrax are used alot around here at the local ski resorts and in west yellowstone. But for an all around rig a set of 44's or 49's are all you realy need. For 5000$ you can get 3 sets of 44's and then air them up to drive home at highway speeds.
Here is a pic from the top of Flathead pass in the Bridger range. Its around 8000 feet and will have 10-15 foot deep drifts on it depending on the year. The snow conditions matter alot more than the actual depth of the snow.
See the nice flat tires on thr green toy. He usualy runs 2.5 psi in his. They are 35x12.5's and easly lay out a foot wide and 1.5 foot long contact patches. Hardly anyone uses beadlocks around here...Just cheep sticky steel wheels with a good safety bead.
Here is a pic from the top of Flathead pass in the Bridger range. Its around 8000 feet and will have 10-15 foot deep drifts on it depending on the year. The snow conditions matter alot more than the actual depth of the snow.
See the nice flat tires on thr green toy. He usualy runs 2.5 psi in his. They are 35x12.5's and easly lay out a foot wide and 1.5 foot long contact patches. Hardly anyone uses beadlocks around here...Just cheep sticky steel wheels with a good safety bead.
