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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Fishfiles" data-source="post: 14723" data-attributes="member: 782"><p>This week I got a friend asked to find a set of tracks and install them on a 287 Cat machine , they wanted after market if possible for cost reasons , made some calls and didn't find any after market available yet for the 287 , was told they are about 5 weeks away and estimated cost about $2,000 each , called the dealer and got a price on tracks , $ 2, 960.38 EACH , thats $ 6, 597.00 per set with the tax , before Katrina they cost $5,200 per set , so they went up 27% in 3 years , have been getting aftermarket Bobcat T300 tracks for $2,200 per set deliveried to the job site from the guy that calls himself TracKing on this site and they are working out nicely , the latest design of thread pattern looks almost exactly like the OEM , so when I gave the numbers to them that you can get 3 sets of Bobcat after markets for the price of 1 set of Cat OEM tracks , and that all the rubber that covers the rollers on the Cat was worn out and they needed all new rollers , they decided to park the Cat and went and bought a brand new T320 Bobcat , another Cat bites the dust -------------does anyone have an aftermarket sorouce for 287 tracks ?</p></blockquote><p></p>