Soucy S-TECH 7016 - Road Travel Guidelines

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9.5ROADTRAVELGUIDELINES

NOTICE

ALWAYSCOMPLYWITHTHELOCALROADSAFETYRULESANDREGULATIONSSPECIFICTO

FARMVEHICLESWHENTRAVELINGONPUBLICROADSWITHYOURTRACKSYSTEM.

•Usingrubbertracksonroadsrequiresaminimumofprecaution.Followingareinformationabouttrackbehaviorunder

certainconditionsandwhatyoucandotomaximizethelongevityofyoursystem:

•Likeatire,theworstenemyofarubbertrackisheat.

•Thecombinationofhighspeedsandheavyloads,aswellasunevenroadconditions,mayleadtotrackoverheating

andprematuredamagetorubbertracks,wheelsandothercomponents.

•Toavoidthiskindofinconvenience,SoucyTrackrecommendsadjustingyourspeedonlongdistancetrips,hot

pavementorunevenroadsurfaces.

•Tondoutifarubbertrackisoverheating,theruleofthumbistohandfeeltheinternalwheelpathofthetrackas

wellastherubbersurfaceofthewheels.Ifyourhandcanstandtheheat,thetrackisnotoverheating.Pleaseensure

verifyingtheinsidewheelsandcorrespondingwheelpath(wheelpointtowardthevehicle)astheymaybeaffected

byconcaveroad.

•Ifoverheatingoccurs,simplytryslowingdownor,ifpossible,unloadthevehicle.

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