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<blockquote data-quote="rubbertrax" data-source="post: 1875" data-attributes="member: 233"><p>Wow, sounds like you have been burned. I don't blame you for being upset. Hopefully users are building the cost of the maintenance into what they are charging for hourly work. I understand it is a huge cost and it sounds like many people are not being treated fairly. I was under the impression from the bobcat manuals that you are supposed to rotate the sprockets every certain amount of hours for even wear. Flipping them around after one side is worn out would defeat the purpose wouldn't it? The idea is even wear between the sprocket and track, but flipping it would be like putting new sprockets on an old track? I don't know, I'd have to defer to the manual for the specific machine, but when you are talking about this much money invested it would be a good idea to research it. Basically the sprocket wear relates to ripping the metal bars out of the center of the track. If the sprockets are worn out it will cause uneven wear on the metal links and eventually break a link or two out and then from there you would most likley break several out at once. If the track splits in two, that's a different story. You wouldn't get much argument out of me unless it was abused by jumping over curbs and not adjusted correctly. I have no problem admitting when we have a warranty problem, I just hate to see it. Word spreads quickly and all you have in business is your reputation. I don't want to continue rambling in this message board, my intent wasn't a sales pitch, just gathering info. please continue to post if you have any questions, but if there is anything i can do to help you feel free to email me at <a href="mailto:info@rubbertrax.com">info@rubbertrax.com</a> and i'll help you out. I appreciate all the feedback and hopefully we can all learn from each other's posts. Thanks again</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="rubbertrax, post: 1875, member: 233"] Wow, sounds like you have been burned. I don't blame you for being upset. Hopefully users are building the cost of the maintenance into what they are charging for hourly work. I understand it is a huge cost and it sounds like many people are not being treated fairly. I was under the impression from the bobcat manuals that you are supposed to rotate the sprockets every certain amount of hours for even wear. Flipping them around after one side is worn out would defeat the purpose wouldn't it? The idea is even wear between the sprocket and track, but flipping it would be like putting new sprockets on an old track? I don't know, I'd have to defer to the manual for the specific machine, but when you are talking about this much money invested it would be a good idea to research it. Basically the sprocket wear relates to ripping the metal bars out of the center of the track. If the sprockets are worn out it will cause uneven wear on the metal links and eventually break a link or two out and then from there you would most likley break several out at once. If the track splits in two, that's a different story. You wouldn't get much argument out of me unless it was abused by jumping over curbs and not adjusted correctly. I have no problem admitting when we have a warranty problem, I just hate to see it. Word spreads quickly and all you have in business is your reputation. I don't want to continue rambling in this message board, my intent wasn't a sales pitch, just gathering info. please continue to post if you have any questions, but if there is anything i can do to help you feel free to email me at [EMAIL]info@rubbertrax.com[/EMAIL] and i'll help you out. I appreciate all the feedback and hopefully we can all learn from each other's posts. Thanks again [/QUOTE]
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