8X8 Argo tracks

[Lithail]

Hello,

I just purchased an Argo and it came with broken plastic tracks. I need tracks where i live in canada to go over the snow, But I am to cheap to buy some so my dad and I used pieces of the old tracks to make our new ones.

We used 12 inch wide conveyor belting and 1x1.5 in metal cleats.

Here are some pictures. just thought i would share. We currently only have one track complete.

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[curtisbyrne]

cool,look like it should work.. nice old argo! what engine does it have?

[john swenson]

great tracks...nice seeing some creativity using parts to rebuild. let us know how they workout. johnboy

[philipatmaxfour]

Good thinking.I bet the rubber belt will work well on hardpack and ice too.

[Lithail]

The Argo had a Koehler 18 hp engine. But it was scrap. So we had an old alpine snowmobile with a 640 cc rotax engine. So I took the old tilitson carb off and installed a mikuni. The Argo flys now. I will make a thread with the pictures of the Argo I f wanted.IMG_1410.jpg

[philipatmaxfour]

The Argo had a Koehler 18 hp engine. But it was scrap. So we had an old alpine snowmobile with a 640 cc rotax engine. So I took the old tilitson carb off and installed a mikuni. The Argo flys now. I will make a thread with the pictures of the Argo I f wanted.Attachment 15825

yes please. We like videos and there aren't too many machines with rotax engines around.The exhaust is pretty unusual.