Recent content by Adk Groomer

Duratracks are very well built and work great in soft ground conditions or a little snow. I'm struggling with them in deep powder, but the Duratracks folks are being very helpful with possible solutions. Not ideal (I'd rather they just work out of the shipping crate), but kudos to them for...

What is your use? I’ve had Camso in the past and Duratracks are far better built and the turning radius is significantly tighter… but right now I’m struggling in deep snow with the machine where my XP1000 and Camso UTV tracks didn’t. It could be the XD1500 is just too heavy, or could be too...

Not much snow to groom but I rolled a little. I'm shocked how much tighter the XD1500 turns with SVI Duratracks vs my XP1000 with Camso 4S1 UTV tracks. In thin snow cover (like right now) the Camso tracks used to not steer as well - I suspect due to the longer rear tracks "pushing" forward...

As I've written before I have mixed feelings about that - the drivetrain is turning that many revolutions, so it is providing an accurate wear estimate even if the amount of ground hasn't actually been covered. So far I've not had a problem selling any of my previous machines with track miles...

Fit and finish is good to excellent. They are more "blocky" in construction than Camso, but also WAY heavier duty (as you'd hope for the price). So far the tighter turning radius is a BIG plus as far as I'm concerned. I'm shocked how much tighter it is, especially given the XD1500's longer...

Is there anything in particular you'd like images of? We were working away in an unheated barn at night, so I only took two quick images when we were halfway through but I'll certainly be taking some out working this weekend.

My Duratracks arrived yesterday and I installed them last night. I'll try and post thoughts occasionally. Background - I use my Ranger primarily for grooming cross country ski trails; I started out in the late 80's working at various ski centers, and started my own small private trail system...

Steve is indeed awesome. Seem like great folks at SVI.

They are fairly low volume - most of what they make goes to the military and commercial outfits from what I’ve heard. You could see if they have any inventory, or can produce another unit. I put a deposit down on these almost a year ago, but testing held up production (assuming they get it...

In theory my duratracks will be made this coming week.

Great news if it is heavy duty enough! I wonder if Kimpex will reverse their position as well?! Great to have a few options.

I have mixed feelings on the mileage aspect; for maintenance I’m more concerned with how many times the axles have turned and hours. Updating the odometer gives a false reading of how many times the axle rotated (and rest of drivetrain). I can do a quick calculation of speed in my head if I...

When I contacted Camso they said they weren't going to make them (not shocked given their new ownership structure and lack of updates for current tracks for awhile... and there is room for improvement...), same with Soucy / Kimpex. From what I gathered SVI Duratracks and Mattracks were the only...

Have you heard any updates from Duratracks?

SVI was supposed to have Duratracks out in spring, last i checked they were still tweaking some things. I’m hoping they’ll be shipping soon as i need them to groom trails this winter. I’ve heard Mattracks has something out already, and that Camso, Polaris, and Kimpex (Soucy) will not be...