I am going to look at a machine this weekend and the seller said said he put news track on this machine. Here's what is odd... The machine has only 746 hours. This seem like a low number of hours to have worn out a set of tracks. What say ye? Thanks, Tom
My TL150 Takeuchi machines broke the OEM tracks under 800 hours (all 3 machines broke at least one by then). My ****** old bobcat 864H machines had broken tracks before 600 hours. Ironically, my SVL-75 tracks lasted 2300hrs, all the way to bald (never broke).
Way not enough information. Track life, whether steel or rubber, depends heavily on the terrain and material it finds itself working in. Without factoring in those two critical pieces of info there's no number of how long tracks will live. If the seller claims new tracks, but you see evidence of worn tracks, all you can say is "yeah, you may have replaced these tracks at some point...but they ain't no longer new tracks"
willie59, Agreed. Long day but zero excuse. NH C190 and yes it's a rubber tracked machine.
Willie is 100% correct but he also forgot to add in that how it is operated makes a huge difference in the life of the tracks as well..... if you have a conscientious operator that doesn't spin the tracks and does a lot of three point turns instead of counter rotating all the time they will last a lot longer, as well as if you are working in a lot of rock or crushed stone, a bucket that is wider than the tracks helps to extend track life tremendously
I,ve got over 3,000 on my ASV tracks but it is only run by 2 people, and rarely ever gets on pavement or lots of rock. We really try to keep from balancing the whole machine weight on a small sharp edge like a stone, curb, steel edging etc. We do run it at and above tipping load often but again mostly on dirt and we take wide turns. Most of the time. I'll never wear the tread of as they are going to tear themselves up first. Drive lugs are going and a few tears are really spreading in the Kevlar belt. Looking for good (if there are any ) aftermarket tracks this time. Price for factory tracks is obscene at 3-1/2 times most aftermarket.
A lot of factors at play, not only ground conditions and operator care but how the machine is set up. I was having issues with track spin on my TR320. I added counter weight to it and it hooks up much better. This might be an option for the higher hp machines that can easily break the tracks free. Track design also is a consideration, I get much better hook up with the bar tread design then the typical pad design. Testing from at least one OEM I know of, saw a significant increase in draw bar pull with the bar tread over the pad design. Last thing I will mention is how often you spend in high speed travel. The CTL's have steel cables running through them. They heat up in high speed travel, that heat effects the rubber. The ASV tracks don't have steel so in that respect they can sustain higher ground speeds without issue. Of course there are down sides to those machines as well as far as overall durability in tough ground conditions. I am happy with getting anything over 1000 hours on a set of tracks. The price really isn't that bad anymore for quality tracks.