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I did some reading last night on whether they tear up drives or not. The concensus seems to be the older rubber tracks that didn't allow wheel slip inside the track were hard on drives. New designs that allow a bit of wheel slip inside the track aren't as hard on the drives. Please correct me if I'v...

Thanks Lavoy. As soon as I get my 555 running I'll have a tracked loader. I have a few places that I can't get to with the loader though. I also use the skidsteer to drag logs out of the bush in the winter. Tracks would be helpful with the deadfall and a couple feet of snow. Thanks Tigerhaze I'll do...

I've been threatening to buy a set of tracks to put over the tires on my Bobcat 863. I've always found them to be too expensive. I've seen an ad recently at NorthernTool for a set. They are priced at $1400 plus shipping. Says in the ad they should last 1800 hours. Does anyone have any experience wit...

Shouldn't hurt anything. It'll just run backwards.

Thanks for all the replys guys. We got a swing handle on the end of the crank today and got about an inch of travel out of the crank. Put some more Kroil in and left it. Will probably be a couple days before we get back to it, then we'll start rocking it back and forth. Hopefully not too much damage...

Thanks Tuney443. WD isn't my favorite it's just what I had on hand at the time. I haven't got any PB Blaster, seems to be a favorite on here, next time I'm in town I'll pick some up. The injectors will come out tomorrow. Then we will have a bit better idea what we are monkeying with. I'm going to tr...

I did something really not smart to my crawler about 10 years ago. I let a bunch of mud freeze in the tracks and then tried moving it. Something in the drive snapped and the track went loose. It has been sitting beside my shop since, now I figure I should fix the girl up, she's only got about 800 ho...

Just wanted to say hello. I've been lurking on this site for a week or so, lots of good info and friendly people. I know little about crawlers. I've got a busted JD 555 that I need some help with. My user name is a bit strange, but the reefer part has to do with my severe addiction to keeping saltwa...