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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Fishfiles" data-source="post: 25404" data-attributes="member: 782"><p>Your into a deep subject that goes off in all directions , first off the standard Bobcat warranty is 1 year or 1000 hours , you can pay for longer time with an extended warranty , I have never had involvement with the issue of sprockets being a warranty issue with 1600 hours , you didn't mention if you had the machine since new or bought it used , 1600 hours on a set of tracks is really good as far as I am concerned , I think it's pretty rare you see a set go over 1200 , as far as sprockets I have seen them go less more than more of that mark , you must have stood on the mud all the time and don't do any demo or trash pickup to last that long , how long they last depends on so many factors , operator's style , surface conditions, an I seem to think weathr conditions play a part , extremme hot or cold has effects on them , and if the track or sprocket is a quality piece , the after market ( other than Bridgestone which is OEM ) tracks out there don't last as long and I find that they eat away at the sprocket faster than OEM , the timing just doesn't match up as good , there are a lot of different quaility sprockets out there , some are very cheap and don't last long at all , I know this subject will give you a headache</p></blockquote><p></p>