Im planning on building a custom one but out of curiousity I figured I would ask if you guys happen to have a tri chassis to compliment your 3" tracks in the works? Im looking forward to a PC based J5 project but trying to avoid the space constraints people are having to deal with utilizing the current tri-track.
If I need to build custom my plan is to use your 3" tracks at a total length of about 34" per side in a tri-track setup running on a custom aluminum base. I would like a battery payload of around 20lbs with a deck around 10" wide. On a properly designed track setup what do you think the maximum bot weight your tracks can handle? Im looking at around 50lbs… do you think ill be ok?
Looks like this is an old post and might be carried on someplace else.
But has anyone made an effort to fit the 4WD rover with tracks, over the tires and all.
I saw a bob cat the other day with tracks fitted over the tired and it hit me that would be a perfect fit for the rover.
I don’t know what real benefit it would give the rover, and would probably prove to be more difficult to maneuver.
But hey, It would have tracks… coolness factore increase.
This idea would work for a few seconds before the tracks popped off. There needs to be some kind of shoulder or guide rail to hold the track on the tire. the sprockets keep the track inline because it does not allow the track from “walking” off the hub. Just having the tracks on the tires aint gona cut it.
Which is where the bobcat came into play, the tracks on it have a lip or sidewall type deal on every other track which grip the tire or allow the tire to stay in line with the track.
From the pictures I really can’t tell what kind of modification or additions can be made with the LM tracks.
There are a lot of different types of tracks with a lot of different purposes. I’ve seen pix of what looked like lace-on tracks for a T-model back in the old days. Something similar probably could be made for a skid steer bot.
Its possible you might be ale to make tabs that can be held in place with the pivot pins, but it might be easier to make a plastic or wood disc that can fit over the outter rim of the tire with a diameter slightly larger than the O.D. of the tire so that it can hold the track in place. I personally would rather use a sprocket before tying to mod something for the tires.
