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<blockquote data-quote="mclarenusa.com" data-source="post: 16770" data-attributes="member: 1180"><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px">Hi guys,</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px">Just wanted to add some comments.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px">Our over the tire tracks are made from individual track sections which are connected with dogbone links and carriages bolts. These track sections can have interchangeable shoes either rubber for Protrac Rubber OTT or steel for Magnum OTT or it can be the traditional cross bar type sections, Protrac Diamond OTT. </span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px">Protrac Rubber is a "run loose system" just like a regular steel OTT track. However, the weight of the sections sag down over the top in between the tires creating more surface contact between the tire and the track. The loose running style combined with heavier sections, and tread bars on the inside helps prevent the tires from slipping inside. Even though this system is heavier it doesn't mean more power loss. If a lighter pair of tracks need to be mounted tightly around the tires to prevent slipping you will also have power loss from the added friction and force needed to rotate the system. Moreover, you really lose power on a tight running system if mud and debris builds up on the tracks.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px">Usually in a wet condition, we are wasting the machine's power by spinning our tires instead of digging. Even though it provides more power to the wheels, more fuel and time is waste when you compare the performance with tracks.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px">With any type of track system you will encounter some power loss, but if you have a good track system that power loss should contribute to more traction and floatation. As a result, if the power loss contributes to greater performance gains and productivity on wet jobs, then tracks are worth the power loss (which is why most people look for tracks in the first place).</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px">I hope this helped clarify some concerns. Feel free to visit our website for more information: <a href="https://mail.mclarenusa.com/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://www.mclarenusa.com" target="_blank">www.mclarenusa.com</a></span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="mclarenusa.com, post: 16770, member: 1180"] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=2]Hi guys,[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=2]Just wanted to add some comments.[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=2]Our over the tire tracks are made from individual track sections which are connected with dogbone links and carriages bolts. These track sections can have interchangeable shoes either rubber for Protrac Rubber OTT or steel for Magnum OTT or it can be the traditional cross bar type sections, Protrac Diamond OTT. [/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=2]Protrac Rubber is a "run loose system" just like a regular steel OTT track. However, the weight of the sections sag down over the top in between the tires creating more surface contact between the tire and the track. The loose running style combined with heavier sections, and tread bars on the inside helps prevent the tires from slipping inside. Even though this system is heavier it doesn't mean more power loss. If a lighter pair of tracks need to be mounted tightly around the tires to prevent slipping you will also have power loss from the added friction and force needed to rotate the system. Moreover, you really lose power on a tight running system if mud and debris builds up on the tracks.[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=2]Usually in a wet condition, we are wasting the machine's power by spinning our tires instead of digging. Even though it provides more power to the wheels, more fuel and time is waste when you compare the performance with tracks.[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=2]With any type of track system you will encounter some power loss, but if you have a good track system that power loss should contribute to more traction and floatation. As a result, if the power loss contributes to greater performance gains and productivity on wet jobs, then tracks are worth the power loss (which is why most people look for tracks in the first place).[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=2]I hope this helped clarify some concerns. Feel free to visit our website for more information: [URL='https://mail.mclarenusa.com/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://www.mclarenusa.com']www.mclarenusa.com[/URL][/SIZE][/FONT] [/QUOTE]
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