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1973 710M drum diameter and width

Posted: Wed Dec 02, 2015 1:58 pm
by NEWFISHER
Im looking to install some Mattracks and need some drum deminsions if anyone has them ( my rig not here yet)

Re: 1973 710M drum diameter and width

Posted: Wed Dec 02, 2015 2:28 pm
by pcolette
Check with this contact: http://buypinzgauer.com/

He already has them on a 710.

Re: 1973 710M drum diameter and width

Posted: Wed Dec 02, 2015 3:49 pm
by undysworld
Maybe. IIRC, Bob's somewhat notorious for having photos up which he never had or no longer has.
Better call to be sure.

Re: 1973 710M drum diameter and width

Posted: Wed Dec 02, 2015 5:36 pm
by waterdog
i wonder, how hard is to steer with mattracks?? :shock: :shock:

Re: 1973 710M drum diameter and width

Posted: Wed Dec 02, 2015 6:59 pm
by kdiqq
undysworld wrote:Maybe. IIRC, Bob's somewhat notorious for having photos up which he never had or no longer has.
Better call to be sure.
...yeah the first Pinzgauer he has for sale on there has disk brakes... I clicked the picture and I dont see any disk brakes on that thing...

Re: 1973 710M drum diameter and width

Posted: Tue Dec 08, 2015 12:18 pm
by GRCameron
Good idea?? I would expect hub bearings to disintegrate promptly, especially the inner needle bearings. The cantilevered load these things add is something not accounted for in the design of a stock Pinz. JMHO...

Re: 1973 710M drum diameter and width

Posted: Tue Dec 08, 2015 12:23 pm
by NEWFISHER
I have backed out of the idea of the mattracks equipped Pinz. Chains and some beadlocks for now.

Re: 1973 710M drum diameter and width

Posted: Tue Dec 08, 2015 5:51 pm
by undysworld
As someone who owns one, if your Pinz on chains can't get you there, buy a vintage snowcat. Non-hydrostatic brake-steer machines are relatively simple and cheap machines. Spend what your Pinz is worth on a cat, and it's still cheaper than buying a set of Mattracks, and easier on your Pinz. Then you've got both.

Re: 1973 710M drum diameter and width

Posted: Tue Dec 08, 2015 6:23 pm
by TechMOGogy
Like button pressed :mrgreen:

Re: 1973 710M drum diameter and width

Posted: Tue Dec 08, 2015 11:02 pm
by NEWFISHER
Always wanted a snow cat. Got to ride shotgun with Charlie, the groomer that worked graveyard shift in the cascades for a long long time making trail for the valley weekend warriors that would come up and rip it on thier snowmobiles. I learned to keep hot dogs in a thermos of hot water and if you put a can of beans in the intake at the bottom of the long easy hill, as you crested the top, the beans were done.

Maybe a snow cat is next summers purchase ;)