Tracks for RAV4

[vman11]

I'm thinking hard about setting up a tracked vehicle for ice travel on Lake of the Woods. Wheeled vehicles only get you so far, and I've become more accustomed to fishing off the beaten path. Plan is to sell my wheel house, buy tracks, and build a skid house to yank around.

Does anybody know of anyone personally who has experience with a tracked RAV4? My specific vehicle is a 2000 2.0 4-cyl 5 speed manual.

I like the vehicle due to its durability and curb weight. However, I don't know what to expect from a power standpoint. I am more confident with it having a manual transmission but would like some input.

Also - looking for recommendations on track manufacturers. American Track Truck is near the top of my list. Also have my eye on Camoplast. Any recommendations are appreciated.

[Scott M]

*You should not sell your wheelhouse*

Saw Mattracks at the Ice Show, didn't look too bad.

[jjz]

Lack of transfer case and low range might be a issue. Tracks drain quite a bit of power. Samis and Tracker seem most popular small rigs to get tracks and both have transfer cases and low range.

Good Luck with that

[gquist]

I had a Tracker that I put Mattracks on, You will need low range if you plan on going off a hard pack trail, I never took mine out of low range even on hard pack, also mine was a manual transmission, not good, In this situation Auto is the way to go, the tracks do not roll easy and the vehicle will come to a stop as soon as you push in the clutch to shift.

A lot of people are going to tracks on the rear and ski's on the front just to eliminate some of the drag, they are using drive on ski's so you still have your tracks if needed to cross breakers etc as a side benefit you can also drive them on the snowmobile trails when you use ski's on the front.