From: Nigel Hay - MILWEB (Nigel@milweb.net)
Date: Wed Oct 02 2002 - 11:50:44 PDT
My personal experience shows that you get about 2,500 miles out of a set of
new tracks and that works out about £1 per mile..... I have NOS on my M16
and have trailered it for last few years to save track wear. If you neglect
track ajustment you will throw one and its not an easy job by the roadside
to re fit it - especially alone.Nige
----- Original Message -----
From: "Steve Grammont" <islander@midmaine.com>
To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <>
Sent: Wednesday, October 02, 2002 7:38 PM
Subject: Re: [MV] H2: Not so fast... (+half track questions!)
> Buck,
>
> >they have rubber tracks so you can drive on the streets
>
> That depends on what State you live in. According to the road regs I saw
> for my state (Maine) it is a no-no to drive any tracked vehicle, padded
> or not, on a public way *unless* it is for agricultural/construction
> purposes. Even then there are restrictions.
>
> > tracks are expensive but if they arnt broke you can
> >weld chain around them to keep them from braking
>
> You might want to reconsider this. I don't know squat about what this
> does to a HT's suspension, but on Weasel tracks welding regular old chain
> on very rarely works well. What happens is you strain the suspension and
> ruin your drive sprocket. Roller chain is sometimes used, but it is
> exposed to the elements and eventually this will cause problems. Also,
> welding anything onto a track like this ruins its historical value, and
> therefore its resale value.
>
> Steve
>
>
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