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Who needs Snow tires and chains
Posted: Fri Jan 25, 2013 7:03 pm
by claude
Re: Who needs Snow tires and chains
Posted: Fri Jan 25, 2013 9:00 pm
by bbisset
OMG... these are cool as hell!! Still in development, but I can see these on many of our light duty trucks up at the mine in a few years.
We currently have to use snowmobiles to access certain areas and as fun as they are, this would allow us to carry and conduct a great deal more.
Awesome.
Re: Who needs Snow tires and chains
Posted: Sat Jan 26, 2013 12:00 am
by nxski
Definitely cool and more useful than the having to remove your wheels and attach tracks. It looks like rubbing might be an issue on some vehicles though.
Re: Who needs Snow tires and chains
Posted: Sat Jan 26, 2013 11:48 am
by mararmeisto
A lot simpler than removing the tire and bolting on a set of tracks - or even another set of tires for that matter.
Wonder what the price is?
Re: Who needs Snow tires and chains
Posted: Sun Jan 27, 2013 7:26 pm
by Erebus
Really neat, but so much is left out. How does it attach? There is some sort of link between the wheel hub and the contraption, but that doesn't look very strong. I also notice that never in the video does the truck make a sharp turn. That could be a major problem.
I'm also curious now the rotation of the tire results in the rotation of the tracks in the same direction. There must be some roller in between the tire and the track.
But I'll keep an ear out for more info.
