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jimbo110
18th February 2009, 07:36 PM
YouTube - Land Rover Global Expedition (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u2yv2pnJAKA&feature=rec-HM-rn)
Grover-98
18th February 2009, 07:43 PM
I agree! :D
muddymech
18th February 2009, 07:48 PM
thats great
jimbo110
18th February 2009, 08:01 PM
They can snott along quite well without the boat:
YouTube - Land Rover Global Expedition (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-PQw45ZBXK8&feature=channel)
Vern
18th February 2009, 08:49 PM
this would be better:D
camel_landy
19th February 2009, 08:30 AM
Yeah... but what they don't tell you is that those things are a sod to drive with the tracks on!!!

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mrapocalypse
19th February 2009, 05:43 PM
And aparently they broke down heaps!
mcrover
19th February 2009, 06:17 PM
Yeah... but what they don't tell you is that those things are a sod to drive with the tracks on!!!

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They are Mattracks (rubber tracks) not the old Cuthburtson type track systems, they are much better to drive than the older ones.

Ive looked into it for equipment on the golf course but at $20k a pair it makes machines pretty expensive.

They are meant to be no harder to drive than one on wheels but I cant say that from first hand experience.

You can even get them for quad bikes, I recon mattracks on an arctic cat quad with the 2cyl diesel engine would be the best set up.

There is a you tube video going around of a 130 on mattracks in the snow which is quite amazing but I cant seem to find it as the name had nothing to do with landrover, 130 or mattracks in it and was like a russian name or something from memory.
camel_landy
20th February 2009, 06:16 AM
They are meant to be no harder to drive than one on wheels but I cant say that from first hand experience.

Hmmm.... Depends if they tyres have air in or not!

This is the one we've got on the Heritage fleet...

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2009/02/462.jpg

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