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Brilliant Transformational Transportation Design: The Track N Go Converts Your Truck Into a Tread-Equipped, Snow-Going Beast in Under 15 Minutes

By Rain Noe - January 24, 2014

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Even though I live in America, I never saw as many monster trucks anywhere in the 'States as I did in Reyjkavik. For drivers who need to navigate the Icelandic hinterlands, owning a pickup truck converted to drive man-height tires is more practical concern than pissing contest. Sure, they looked silly and inconvenient in the city, but it was a trade-off everyone was apparently fine with.

So I wonder if the Track N Go would gain any traction in Iceland. This has to be the coolest off-road conversion I've ever seen, because it's completely reversible and only takes fifteen minutes. Check out how it drives:

Before we get to how they put them on, the following video, narrated in French, gives you a good look at an individual Track N Go (and gives you a sense of how heavy it is):

As for how they mount these things, here's a guy doing all four largely in real time, by himself, assisted only by some mounting contraptions. It doesn't proceed the way I thought it would—I was surprised when he turned the truck around—but it makes sense:

Still, after seeing that, I'm wondering if there's a way to simplify the procedure by design. I can't see lasers making the alignment any faster than by eyeball, as you've still got to muscle each Track N Go into place, but I'm curious, is there anything you would do differently?

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Correy Smith

8 years ago

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Wow, what a pretty cool innovation for a truck to have that fancy upgrade. I'm wondering my truck insurance would let me install some of my truck or even provide me with some. It would be pretty cool to use around this winter time now that the roads in my town are all filled with snow. http://www.unityteam6.com.au/trade-trucks

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Ryan

10 years ago

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I think I'd split each track into two halves (front and back) that pull together. This way, you can do away with the dangerous ramps and the very heavy individual units. Place them in front and back of the wheel, and a cable winch pulls them together, raising each wheel until you can mechanically join the two halves. Maybe install a drill drive on the winch for speed. The tracks would be split front and rear for each wheel, but I don't see much difference in traction.
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