Mattracks

Posted: Thu Nov 10, 2005 5:34 pm Post subject: Mattracks

yeah i know i am a spammer today, but i don't feel like working heh.
Here is something I would like to see for the savage
http://www.mattracks.com/

Posted: Thu Nov 10, 2005 5:53 pm Post subject:

yeah, im shure you can make a set but why ?? its kind of point less you take alot of the fun out of the truck. I E i dounbt you can take a huge jump with them i doubt it will wheelies, and it adds wieght. It would look cool but it wouldnt be very functional but that my .02

Posted: Thu Nov 10, 2005 7:31 pm Post subject:

It's been a while since I've seen it mentioned around here, but it's already been done for a RC. I think some guy has a T-Maxx with tracks on it like those. Sure, there's a cool factor involved, but to me it's about as useful as having a third ear.

Posted: Thu Nov 10, 2005 7:45 pm Post subject:

yeah i think those are about as usefull as the supercharger and the cermaic muffler bearing are. Laughing

Posted: Thu Nov 10, 2005 7:55 pm Post subject:

It would be cool to say my truck has tracks but I dont think they would be too functional

Posted: Thu Nov 10, 2005 8:11 pm Post subject:

those are stupid. i doubt they make your real truck that much more capable. its just as good if you get big tires and air em down. for a set of 44 inch tires and wheels it would be 10 times cheaper then those tracks. and thy have no flex to the tread so theyd be just about useless even compared to a regular tire on anything resembling a rock. there for rich people who have to have anything to be different. i laugh at them

Posted: Fri Nov 11, 2005 12:03 am Post subject:

Actually, they function fairly well on a 1:1 truck. There is a Restaurant that caters to Snowmobilers during the riding season, not far from me. Once the snow falls, the only way in there is by the trails. They use a F350 fitted with those or a similar set up to bring in supplies as the place is 15 miles off the nearest road. I wish I could remember the name of the place, I think it's Sportsmans, but not sure. Anyone from Tug Hill region of NY around to help out?

Posted: Fri Nov 11, 2005 12:06 am Post subject:

I saw that on Ripleys once on TV and it was a Ford F350 and the guy was doing some pretty wild stuff climbing sand dunes and going threw all sort of snow, I thnk it works for 1/1 but would quite work as well with R/C.

Posted: Fri Nov 11, 2005 5:40 pm Post subject:

well, seeing as how my savages sink in deep snow, i'd like a set for them Cool

a few years back we had a post on these, someone did/does make them for a t-maxx, and i thought someone was trying to make a set for a savage, but never did hear anymore on it.

Posted: Fri Nov 11, 2005 7:17 pm Post subject:

that looks dumb as *censored*

Posted: Sat Nov 12, 2005 1:43 am Post subject:

Because of the large surface area that each track covers, they do provide a lot more flotation for fullsized rigs allowing them to "float" better on snow and mud, they are very funcional on 1:1 rigs, but yes very expensive. I don't think they would make to much of a difference on the savage. But it would be kind of cool.

Posted: Sat Nov 12, 2005 3:18 pm Post subject:

They work extremely well on a 4x4 quad. So theres no reason they wouldn't work on a RC. You just need the type of terrain that prefers tracks to tires. Like soft powder snow, or dry loose sand hills.

If someone could make mattracks that were durable and cheap for the RC market there would def. be a market for them.

Posted: Sat Nov 12, 2005 3:48 pm Post subject:

+ the reconmended max speed if you had them on a suv is 40mph what a waste.

Posted: Sat Nov 12, 2005 6:40 pm Post subject:

Radio Shack sells a cheap electric truck with those. I think you can like pop em off and put reg tires on it too.

Posted: Sun Nov 13, 2005 2:02 am Post subject:

Posted: Sun Nov 13, 2005 8:19 pm Post subject:

Good point, outcast. Why everyone wants to break the sound barrier with their 1:1 and RC cars, I do not know.

I changed my mind about the track thingies. I didn't think about snow and cold, mucky, slushy mud. It's not like I see that kinda stuff around here very often (in the 80s and muggy here again today).

Believe it or not, I actually envy you guys who get snow. It's been way too long since I went snow plowing (running offroad into snow banks) in a friend's Jeep.

Posted: Sun Nov 13, 2005 11:30 pm Post subject:

I think it would be useful for in the spring time here when it gets really muddy
or after the first snowfall when it's nice and fluffy

Posted: Tue Nov 15, 2005 2:06 am Post subject:

It woudl probably be good here too in the muck of the swamp.

sidenote: kitty pm me. I pmed you a couple times and sent an email.....miss ya

Posted: Tue Nov 15, 2005 10:21 pm Post subject:


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