Excavator Track Question

Originally Posted by ScrapmanIndustries

we had a track with a blown seal at the first yard I worked at. unless your track is stretched almost to the point of needing a new one you can get by with careful operation. In the army we would also just take out a track pad or two. but those were paid for by the American tax payer so we really didn't care too much if it didn't last that long. I remember when we were in NTC we dropped the idler completely while driving at night, the next morning threw track coming around a turn, so they chopped off like 5 or 6 pads and drove for 3 days with no idler, just the rear road wheel. I would recommend fixing your seal though. things work way better when they work the way their supposed to.