Ranger with tracks?

[Waterfowlist]

Since several of you seem to be into ice fishing what do you use to get across the lake in deep snow? Anyone have a ranger with tracks? Do they allow you to go into deeper snow? Have heard mixed reviews looking for anymore with experience to chime in.

[Trigger]

My one and only experience with tracks was on a 4 wheeler, and it was incredible what that thing could do. It would walk out of waste high snow, uphill, pulling a sled, from a dead stop. Something that most snowmobiles without some rider skill can't do. I seriously don't know if it would have been possible to get it stuck in snow. If I had the desire to own a side by side with tracks, I would get one and hope it performed as well as that 4-wheeler. I bet on an open lake it would work great. But the places I hunt and fish would be inaccessible with a machine that wide.

[tornadochaser]

The only time I've seen a ranger with tracks was when I helped 2 old guys dig it out of 24" of slush on Reetz Lake. Tracks will still get you stuck apparently. But there was so much slush that winter even sleds with less than 136" tracks were getting stuck. I have a friend that has tracks on his 800 Polaris ATV, works great in the spring for muddy corn fields.

[Nershi]

Deep snow is not a problem. They are pretty rad until you burry one in slush and spend the next three days digging it out.

[Waterfowlist]

How deep are we talking?

[Trigger]

Everything sucks in slush

[maplelakeduckslayer]

What's the best brand of tracks, I've heard camoplast? Been doing a lot of research lately want a set for my Sportsman 800. Heard the Commander tracks are garbage? There's a few sets on CL just trying to figure out which brand would be best

[ducksmuggler]

Is a 500 cc to small of a wheeler for track? I think of getting them just for ice fishing but haven't done it!

[Waterfowlist]

I think 500 is big enough.