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What to do with used rubber tracks?

natesowa

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Sep 9, 2011
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Could use some used rubber tracks

The best use I can think of is to sell me a 400x72.5x74. I am in northern Ohio but am willing to drive to surrounding states if necessary.
 

LWG

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Have you seen the snow boxes that are made from a very large truck or tractor tire cut in half? Take the tire half and just put a little steel around it, and mount it to the front of your machine. I was thinking about doing the same thing with a section of track. Take 6 or 7 feet of it, put a little steel behind it, and stick it to a quick-attach plate. No damage to the road surface from a cutting edge, and you wouldn't have the cost of the polyurethane edges for a a traditional snow blade.
 

pafarmer

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We put them in our snowmobile trailer to prevent the studs from chewing up the inside plywood decking......Works good for the intented purpose....
 

CM1995

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Older thread but I have to ask the question - What to do with the rubber tracks that have the steel "T-bones" in them? Can't use them for road crossings for obvious reasons.:beatsme
 

Captn

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Looks like something I'd put on the front of my Mitsubishi Fuso box truck's bumper for pushing or... put it across the back of my Bobcat 853 engine door as a bumper guard just in case it gets backed into something so protect the door. Just a few thoughts.
 

traxter

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We actually found a scrap yard that gives us money for them! Not much, but still something for nothing.
 

Captn

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I'd love to have a few to try on my 853C. They would be better than nothing when you operate in Florida.. .the get stuck capitol of the world. :O
Older thread but I have to ask the question - What to do with the rubber tracks that have the steel "T-bones" in them? Can't use them for road crossings for obvious reasons.:beatsme
 

moe007

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Nov 26, 2016
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scrap tracks

We actually found a scrap yard that gives us money for them! Not much, but still something for nothing.

hi traxter, i see your post is from 2012, but just wanted to know if the scrap yard still pays you for the scrap rubber tracks? i have a whole bunch of them..
 

clintm

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trucking,concrete recycling,grading, demolition
I have some off mini excavator that I bite in the 4in1 bucket and scape off concrete works pretty good
 

Jmac03

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Oct 2, 2013
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PA
I have seen them used as bump stops on a dock. I cut mine into 4' or 6' length, lay them teeth down and drag behind my tractor for raking/refinishing a lawn or horse arena. Works well with the weight of the track
 
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