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Old Nov 29, 2006 | 08:43 PM
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just out of curiosity has anyone ever seen this before? is it a toy model or a real thing?
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Old Nov 29, 2006 | 08:47 PM
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It looks like the real deal, good find! I've never seen that before.
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Old Nov 29, 2006 | 08:48 PM
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They make those track kits. I've seen a few trucks on the net with those, mainly up in Alaska and Canada up towards the north pole where it never thaws. I saw an F250 with one of those kits on a site for some wildlife observatory up there and they said it worked pretty well.
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Old Nov 29, 2006 | 09:00 PM
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ya i saw that on Trucks! quite a while back.
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Old Nov 29, 2006 | 09:03 PM
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you see them in iceland as well
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Old Nov 30, 2006 | 05:36 AM
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I've seen a couple of trucks and quads decked out with them. I believe that they are call Maxx Traxx, If I remember correctly.
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Old Nov 30, 2006 | 05:41 AM
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They're called "Mattracks"
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Old Nov 30, 2006 | 08:13 AM
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Yeah I've seen a guy in OKC with a set of those, could use them today in Tulsa huh.
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Old Nov 30, 2006 | 08:43 AM
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Another I saw somewhere...

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Old Nov 30, 2006 | 09:00 AM
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Another I saw somewhere...

Priceless.......
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Old Nov 30, 2006 | 09:02 AM
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Good thing the truck in the post above has a spare tire under the bed.
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Old Nov 30, 2006 | 10:19 AM
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They're called "Mattracks"
Yep.

Supposedly, an engineer's kid ("Matt") was drawing trucks and came up with the idea, and the dad thought it was cool and made it work. They bolt onto your hub just like a tire.
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Old Nov 30, 2006 | 10:22 AM
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Another I saw somewhere...

that was pic out of the knome alska paper....

thats his pet raindeer and dog.
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Old Nov 30, 2006 | 11:02 AM
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I bet they get great gas milage.
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Old Nov 30, 2006 | 11:16 AM
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Vendor's link
http://www.mattracks.com/html/recreational.htm

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Old Nov 30, 2006 | 11:34 AM
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I have a set for sale in the classifieds section. They made the truck a little sluggish around town and made it difficult to parallel park, but otherwise they work great.
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Old Nov 30, 2006 | 05:04 PM
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^^ link? I can't find them. it might be a cool option to larger tires for my mountain bike shuttle truck.
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Old Nov 30, 2006 | 05:28 PM
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I think it was a joke. . .
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There's a couple that run around in Allentown PA on some F-250's. They seem ok for what they are.
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Brand new they cost about $8k-15k for a set of 4, they work well in the snow, mud, and sand, because of exxcellent flotation!! They make the engine work really hard though, because of the weight, I think they wieght around 600lbs each!! If I learned how to grow a money tree, I would buy them!!


Edit: they actually wight 1200-2000lbs each

You cant drive over 40mph with them
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