the new 3" camo extremes

[maxwell]

just pulled a new one and an old one out of the box. looks like they moved the paddles in a half inch on either side.....used to be only the 2.86 tracks had this not the 3.00.

not sure what to think other than i dont beleive it will perform as well since the paddles now overlap eachother. so in a sense you have lost a full inch of biting power for the entire ground surface the track is touching.

these tracks have been out for a long time but i never read anywhere else that they were insetting the paddles on the 3" now.

it is however 4lbs lighter. not sure how they did that

 

[maxwell]

 

[thegeneral]

Probably to make it "cut down" friendly for the Poo's

 

[maxwell]

Probably to make it "cut down" friendly for the Poo's

im pretty sure you can order them in 15 wide now.....

i beleive its camoplasts way of trying to make them last. ive heard they figure they arent lasting because they are rubbing on the tunnel.

 

[thegeneral]

really? guys are still talking about Curtis's excellent cutting skills.

thats for sure about them rubbing though, but im thinking almost all tracks will with the flex of the tunnel

 

[Bowtie]

might as well only be 15" wide

 

[Redlineryan]

Yeah I put the new 15 wide 3" on my pro 2 weeks ago and noticed that too right away it's pretty much just over a 14 wide. Still will be a big improvement over the stock track though so I guess we will see.

 

[LBZ]

A friend of mine has been running a 2.5" with the paddles inset 1/2" on his Turbo Nytro. He said compared to the previous 2.5" he had which was full width he was quite happy with it and how it performed. As good and maybe even better. Possibly because you don't get the compressor effect by not leaving much room between the tunnel and track. Plus you still get the floatation of a full 16" wide.

 

[rsaint]

With looking at that I am going to keep my new old style track in stead of selling it. Could be there way of compeating with the flex track.

 

[HagmanMod1]

My turbo had the new style camo 2.5 and I ended up finding an older but new camo extreme and the older one hooks better in the deep for sure.

 

[niner]

Wow, if the 15" wide is like that I would be buying a 16" and cutting it down to a 15". That takes all the advantage of a 16" wide on the doos away.

 

[fredw]

well of the two tracks i ordered a month ago both came in the older style, maybe this is just a 163 thing since there was so many warrenty issues, or is the 154 and 174 the same??, i would also think it has to be less traction than the older style, but might make side hilling better

 

[maxwell]

Yeah I put the new 15 wide 3" on my pro 2 weeks ago and noticed that too right away it's pretty much just over a 14 wide. Still will be a big improvement over the stock track though so I guess we will see.

Your saying the 15 wide belt tracks moved the lugs in to 14"?!? Wow....

 

[smokindave]

I do believe they start building them like that for the Doo guys.....you know,to help them sidehill!!! Lol just joking.
I did notice that as soon as I opened a box.
On Snowest Camoplast has some new 16 wide with only 15 inch wide on the paddles and are 3 inch paddles.
Me thinks someone screwed up....it wouldn't be the first time,remember the reversed paddle tracks that hit some shops a year or 2 ago.

 

[maxwell]

Ugh it's worse than I thought. 7/8 of an inch. An you can see the paddles now overlap in the Center. Well see I guess.

 

[maxwell]

14" paddle to paddle

 

[Toyboy]

Is that supposed to be a 16 wide? Maybe they are just trying make one size fits all? Or they are leveling the playing field lol

 

[maxwell]

Ya the belt is 16 wide lol fawk

 

[Toyboy]

So 15" or 16" wide still only has 14" paddles? That's awesome lol

 

[Caper11]

Ugh it's worse than I thought. 7/8 of an inch. An you can see the paddles now overlap in the Center. Well see I guess. View attachment 140791

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Holy crap! i wonder if a 3" is even worth it now.
Maxwell just out of curiosity, if yah did the math on the paddle surface area for the outer paddles compared to doo's 2.5 how much of a difference is it.


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