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Tucker snow cat or ?

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Basecamp406

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I know everybody’s busy and I really appreciate the help and guidance here! I bought the Tucker Terra pictured below about 2 years ago to access my remote Montana cabin. Everything’s in working order and it does have lockers, but depending on the snow conditions, there are several times a winter that I groom my road down from the cabin and then can’t get back up to the cabin. I would say the steepest part of my road is maybe 16 to 18% in places. I have the Terra rubber tracks and they just struggle hooking up! I’m to the point now or I’m going to sell what I have and buy something different but I don’t even know what I should be looking for? Again, thanks for all the wisdom. I appreciate it. Todd
 

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I’m not a Tucker guy, but I think the primary issue might be the Terra tracks on steep snow. Grouser tracks are really designed for snow and will give the best performance in that condition.
 
Sounds like you would benefit from steel grouser tracks instead of the terra tracks. Reach out to Tucker. They may even have a trade in with grousers that they would prefer to have terra tracks on. Then the finagling begins.
 
Basecamp406 said:
I know everybody’s busy and I really appreciate the help and guidance here! I bought the Tucker Terra pictured below about 2 years ago to access my remote Montana cabin. Everything’s in working order and it does have lockers, but depending on the snow conditions, there are several times a winter that I groom my road down from the cabin and then can’t get back up to the cabin. I would say the steepest part of my road is maybe 16 to 18% in places. I have the Terra rubber tracks and they just struggle hooking up! I’m to the point now or I’m going to sell what I have and buy something different but I don’t even know what I should be looking for? Again, thanks for all the wisdom. I appreciate it. Todd
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If you sell your tucker let me know.
But I do know from experience, Terra tracks do not do well in grooming situations on incline. We always used steel grousers on our machines. Terra tracks have their place, but for climbing, steel grousers are your friend.
 
Terra Tracks are great for spreading fertilizer or spraying fields that are mushy. I used to be part of a research operation that had a tracked tucker and a new machine that had terra tracks, the Terra was great as it had to be roaded sometimes miles to get into snow, but several of the grades it had real problems. The same model machine with steel grousers owned by a local communications provider had NO issues climbing the grades.
 
Basecamp, before you give up try two things.

One is backing up the steep spot.

If there is a slight improvement....

Loosen the tension on your tracks. Many people clubs ect run the tension too tight on the terra tracks and that prohibits the tracks from working as they are designed
 
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