We are using a fully-loaded TriTrack chassis (~12 lbs total weight) and it runs well except for turning on carpet. The rubber pads seem to provide too much traction on carpet, so I was wondering if Lynxmotion can produce treads with ribbed plastic pads instead of the rubber ones. Also, has anyone successfully reduced the traction of the rubber pads by treating them in some way? Since most of these units are used indoors, they will frequently be run on carpeted surfaces. Thanks.
I am not aware of anything that can be done to the tracks to make them have less traction. We are looking to expand the tracks we currently carry, but nothing will happen anytime soon. Sorry…
I had this problem before with a much smaller tracked robot. I put a single coat of spray on polyurethane on the tread surface and it helped quite a bit. Just be careful not to spray into the tread joints: That could introduce a lot of rolling resistance.
You might try shaving the treads. Stuff they do on the monster trucks!
Alan KM6VV
Another tip (from my radio control days!) is to wrap some gaffa or electrical tape around the treads, this will reduce traction. Obviously don’t wrap it tight, but I think this will work quite well.
In terms of radio control, this makes your car turn into a sweet drifting machine - hopefully not so extreme on a slow 'bot however! 
EDIT: I just had another thought of just placing small strips of tape onto each track, should the long strip of tape affect motion/flexibility of the tracks