Almost a TCer

[Photomike]

This is COOOOOL!!



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[Bedlam]

Like any specialty tire or wheel you may be using, you should carry a spare if you need redundancy/backup. When I shop tires, I make sure it is a common size that is readily available from multiple sources so I can avoid something like this. If I had chosen to use a 445/65R19.5 tire and matching rim, I would have just as much trouble getting a field replacement as one of those tracks.

[Photomike]

I can see a lot of benefits of the tracks but I wonder what AMA would say if I called them as I needed one replaced?

[DWeikert]

brholt wrote:
If you want you can buy similar tracks for your truck here:

truck tracks

Another source-
www.mattracks.co

[brholt]

If you want you can buy similar tracks for your truck here:

truck tracks

[gbopp]

Neat but, the tracks look like a complex maintenance issue.

[DWeikert]

Not so sure this is going to the the hybrid vehicle marketing ploy they're hoping for. I doubt they'll get a lot of regenerative charge from braking or down hill coasting. There looks to be a lot of drag in that drive train and I suspect most of the trip will just be plodding along at 10 mph.

That said, I wish I had the need for one.

[Kayteg1]

They plan to sleep in tents.
Considering that they have to carry fuel for a month of driving and plan to bring ALL the waste back, I have pretty good guess what the big box will be used for.