3/3 Done :(
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indy_500
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i'd love one but me and my dad both need tracks now since i ruined his and mine. mine is really bad since the hole extends the track window and is in between 2 drive lugs. his we could live with. i just took out 24 of them on my dads sled to see if that would fix the vibration and it did so after my friday night ride i was planning on taking out the rest (i may have said this already but i forget)
If you still need a track, I have a take off from a 2006 rev (121x15x1"). don't know the miles, but it is in good shape and not studded. I will put on new clips as a few are worn some. (cliped every third). $150 shipped to you. Let me know. I might have a picture or two, if you like.
On a side note... I have always run studs, always will run studs, my kids sleds are studded, and have never thrown a stud from any of my sleds. Several with 6000+ miles.
just my 2Cnts.
On a side note... I have always run studs, always will run studs, my kids sleds are studded, and have never thrown a stud from any of my sleds. Several with 6000+ miles.
just my 2Cnts.
indy_500
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how many miles on the track? i'm sorry everyone but nothing will change my mind. this track wasn't studded before was it? i do have to ride some roads to get to the trails so that's probably what did it, but with my 700 it was only trailered, i never rode that one to the trails. i just don't get how the guy i bought them from has them for 4000 miles and i put 500 miles on each of them and studs poke holes in both of the heat exchangers
polarisrider1
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Studs are for newbies or Racing. If a sled was meant for studs it would come with studs. I live 3 miles from the Studboy plant. great it creates jobs. Studs are very hard on tracks. If studs keeps someone from killing themselves it is worth it. But it also makes boys into men (mentally) I prefer a taller lug. Slam slam away.
sledheadjoe
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Hey 500. Sorry to hear about your bad luck. I can understand you not ever wanting to run studs again... twice bitten, three time shy?!?
I have had great luck with my studs and would never ride without them again. I have 144 studs (including on the outside track band) and have over 5000kms on them without one pull through or failure. The key is proper torque - DO NOT over torque or they WILL pull through. I thought for sure when I was first installing them that they were too loose and were going to fall out but not the case. I'm sure stud life span has a lot to do with how you ride. I am fairly aggressive but always travel roads extremely slowly.
Best of luck with whatever you decide.
Joe
I have had great luck with my studs and would never ride without them again. I have 144 studs (including on the outside track band) and have over 5000kms on them without one pull through or failure. The key is proper torque - DO NOT over torque or they WILL pull through. I thought for sure when I was first installing them that they were too loose and were going to fall out but not the case. I'm sure stud life span has a lot to do with how you ride. I am fairly aggressive but always travel roads extremely slowly.
Best of luck with whatever you decide.
Joe
indy_500
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good way to put it. i wish i could put around 1.5-1.75 but my dad wouldn't let me. studboy does make some very very nice carbides though
I have never had studs in my track, I never needed them I don't ride on ice, but you do need a good pair of carbides. 40,000+ miles 25 years of sledding.
I watch people tear up there track always replacing the picks in there track, then the trailer a new $5,000.00 enclosed trailer no way in **** I would tear up the wood on the new trailer. I run 1 1/4 inch lug track that bites hard. I race sleds on lakes I have no problem from a hole shot the guys with the studs on there track dig a trench I'm long gone. But if you can't handle the trails and need to stop quick for safety, then the track with studs is for you.
I watch people tear up there track always replacing the picks in there track, then the trailer a new $5,000.00 enclosed trailer no way in **** I would tear up the wood on the new trailer. I run 1 1/4 inch lug track that bites hard. I race sleds on lakes I have no problem from a hole shot the guys with the studs on there track dig a trench I'm long gone. But if you can't handle the trails and need to stop quick for safety, then the track with studs is for you.
indy_500
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thank you
indy_500
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yes sir!
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mrskidoobydoobydoo
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i have a older track with very little lugs left i have zero problems with it...i can fly around corners and in my yard i can whip my back end around i personally dont like sleds unless i have a race sled
indy_500
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u don't like sleds?
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mrskidoobydoobydoo
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studs not sleds***
snootbiscuit
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holes in exchangers?= track too loose!
indy_500
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so when i get goin fast the track gets looser then the stud hits the heat exchanger and pulls out of the track?
I don't know the miles. I changed out the track for a customer, but didn't look at the miles. He went to a 1 1/4". Track was never studded. no holes.
polarfreek
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I ride as well as ride with others that have studs and I see how they cross roads, parking lots etc. They hammer on the gas before they hit the snow and wonder why their studs get bent and damaged. :{ They look at mine and can't figure out why they are 90% better. Enough said here.
polarfreek
New member
What kind of track tension did you have on this sled? Kind of strange that the track is off the rail like that. Ive seen guys with tracks that were so loose when riding and it ate up boggies and slides for dinner. Seems like the track tension might have been a factor here?
My $.02