Hello,
I was wondering if anyone has ever had problems tearing tracks on a track machine. We have a CAT 257B II and it doesn't seem to matter what type of tracks we have (CAT, after market, steel cores, kevlar), we keep tearing them. I know the undercarriage on the 257 has been known to be a bit light/underbuilt for the weight of the machine but is there something we are doing wrong? Are the tracks too tight? Is it operator abuse? How much "play" should there be in the track? We have replaced most of the idlers/rollers but that didnt help. The rips seem to mostly start on an outside edge and it doesnt take long before it's ripped to the middle. The last set of tracks did only a bit of snow removal and tore when working in sand. I would say they had under 1000 hours on them. Any ideas what might be going on?
Thanks in advance.
I was wondering if anyone has ever had problems tearing tracks on a track machine. We have a CAT 257B II and it doesn't seem to matter what type of tracks we have (CAT, after market, steel cores, kevlar), we keep tearing them. I know the undercarriage on the 257 has been known to be a bit light/underbuilt for the weight of the machine but is there something we are doing wrong? Are the tracks too tight? Is it operator abuse? How much "play" should there be in the track? We have replaced most of the idlers/rollers but that didnt help. The rips seem to mostly start on an outside edge and it doesnt take long before it's ripped to the middle. The last set of tracks did only a bit of snow removal and tore when working in sand. I would say they had under 1000 hours on them. Any ideas what might be going on?
Thanks in advance.