Thank You! For the past few years I've been installing steel tracks for summer work and I dread the time, pain and amount of labor installing the tracks, once on all is good again for the summer and amazed at the stability on rough ground. I will be using your tips in a few days. I am also concerned about the wheel bearings so I will follow your idea of less tire pressure unless slippage occurs and maybe little more slack in the track, your video explained what can happen with too much slack, not a gross amount of slack just too much.
You are working too hard on your install.. Hook a ratchet strap on the end you are pulling and go over both tires, tucking the end of the strap under the opposite end you are pulling from.. Drive ahead and the track will come over the tires all the way to the ground meeting the other end.. Then take another ratchet strap with the ratchet on it and connect the two ends.. Then back up so the ends are in the middle like you did.. Use the ratchet strap to pull the two ends together and install your bolts.. I use a pry bar to work the tracks over the tires to take the slack out of the track so you can meet the two ends.. I hope this helps you..
Thank You! For the past few years I've been installing steel tracks for summer work and I dread the time, pain and amount of labor installing the tracks, once on all is good again for the summer and amazed at the stability on rough ground. I will be using your tips in a few days. I am also concerned about the wheel bearings so I will follow your idea of less tire pressure unless slippage occurs and maybe little more slack in the track, your video explained what can happen with too much slack, not a gross amount of slack just too much.
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You are working too hard on your install.. Hook a ratchet strap on the end you are pulling and go over both tires, tucking the end of the strap under the opposite end you are pulling from.. Drive ahead and the track will come over the tires all the way to the ground meeting the other end.. Then take another ratchet strap with the ratchet on it and connect the two ends.. Then back up so the ends are in the middle like you did.. Use the ratchet strap to pull the two ends together and install your bolts.. I use a pry bar to work the tracks over the tires to take the slack out of the track so you can meet the two ends.. I hope this helps you..