SxS/UTV With Tracks Experiences

[MtnMuley]

This is a good time to also bring up your winter travel kit.
Spare belt
Complete tool kit and track spare parts ( bolts and spacer blocks ).
Snow shoes
Shovel
Small propane torch ( hard to work on a frozen machine)
A couple ratchet straps
Hand or chain saw
And at least one day of emergency supplies water, food and heat source.
Please feel free to add on to list


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The most important part for most folks is to actually watch YouTube videos or have some notes written down on tips and tricks to working on the machine before they get in they predicament. I hear stories all the time of lack of preparedness and/or lack of common sense leading to stranded machines.

[Southpole]

Well, that was a long day. Make sure you always keep a spare belt and more importantly make sure if it requires a special tool to remove/install it that you have that too. What should have been a quick mountain fix turned into 2 day run around getting the correct components. To add to the day a loaded log truck overturned in the middle of highway 530 due to 2 dudes pulling a U turn in front of him, 5 miles away from my house. So, turn around and made the long trek to Rockport to highway 20, to the freeway back to 530, back home. On the bright side it was a good excuse to take the side by side into the mountains.

[Boss .300 winmag]

Well, that was a long day. Make sure you always keep a spare belt and more importantly make sure if it requires a special tool to remove/install it that you have that too. What should have been a quick mountain fix turned into 2 day run around getting the correct components. To add to the day a loaded log truck overturned in the middle of highway 530 due to 2 dudes pulling a U turn in front of him, 5 miles away from my house. So, turn around and made the long trek to Rockport to highway 20, to the freeway back to 530, back home. On the bright side it was a good excuse to take the side by side into the mountains.

Belt off snowmobile, or sxs?

[MtnMuley]

He went to rescue a SxS, so my guess is no belt, didn't have the right wobblehead socket set up, and possibly no clutch wrench.

[Southpole]

It was a Polaris Ranger 1000 side by side. He didn’t keep an extra belt with him (He knows better too) but the tool kit didn’t have the clutch tool that allows you to get the belt on. My Ranger 900 doesn’t need one to change a belt, so I didn’t have one either. Lessons learned I hope. He was lucky he had cell service to call out. She not he  .

[Pinetar]

I have been running tracked machines since 2008 and everything Time2hunt mentioned to have along is HUGE. Most importantly are the snowshoes, you do not want to break down way back in somewhere and have to posthole coming out. I have been broke down many times and been lucky as I was always able to fix the issue on the mountain or had another rig along to get out. What Mtnmuley mentioned is also huge, if you know how to work on the tracks it can be the difference of getting home safely or not. Tracks are great when they are brand new but after several years of use they can become a maintenance nightmare if you do not keep up with the maintenance.

[Southpole]

I have been running tracked machines since 2008 and everything Time2hunt mentioned to have along is HUGE. Most importantly are the snowshoes, you do not want to break down way back in somewhere and have to posthole coming out. I have been broke down many times and been lucky as I was always able to fix the issue on the mountain or had another rig along to get out. What Mtnmuley mentioned is also huge, if you know how to work on the tracks it can be the difference of getting home safely or not. Tracks are great when they are brand new but after several years of use they can become a maintenance nightmare if you do not keep up with the maintenance.

Most definitely!