Stock tracks on JD and CIH on show

[Laapa]

I noticed there was a JD 9020 and a MX270 with tracks on the Newspage.

Looks to me more like a manufacturer of tracks is using the tractors for display than some new "real" Quadtrac-JD model and a halftrack-CIH.

Seems like this should be of no more magnitude than the Schluter with tracks at Agribex shown on the news site a while back.

Were they shown by CIH and Deere or Stock, the track manufacturer. Are the tractors really capable of handling the strain the improved traction tracks would supply? The CaseIH Quadtrack/9300series and JD 8000T/8000 series both use stronger transmissions and axles in their tracked versions than when using wheels.

Looks interesting though.

Another question. "Half-tracks" (like on the Stock MX270) have been around for many years as after-market components yet neither JD or Cat chose to go this route when introducing a tracked version of 200 hp RowCrop tractors (JD 8000/JD8000T and NH Genesis/CatChallenger).
Seems if halftracks were a great idea, they would have had their breakthrough long ago.

[eppie]

Hey Laapa,

Remember the BM Bammse??
Or this Zetor 3016. Both used the same system, the Bammse for full tracks, the 3016 for halftracks.

[Laapa]

Thats what I was talking about! These things have been around since rubber tyres. If they worked well we'd be using them long ago!