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Inspect Tracks and Prepare Tool

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What happens here

The presenter's colleague, Sam, begins by inspecting the worn rubber tracks of the Bobcat T180, noting the lack of effective tread patterns for snow and ice. He then introduces the Van Alstine GV1000 Tire Groover and prepares it for use by installing a new, sharp razor blade. He explains the specific grooving pattern he intends to apply, which mimics an all-season tread, demonstrating the lines where the new grooves will be cut on the track's surface.

Goal: Assess current track condition and set up the specialized grooving tool.

Tools and materials

  • Bobcat T180 Skid Steer Tracks
  • Replacement Groover Blade
  • Van Alstine GV1000 Tire Groover

What they say

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on our skid loader all right good afternoon y'all so I've been saving uh grooving the tracks on here we're gonna try to maybe see if we can make them a little bit more gooder for working in the winter because they're dirt tracks right now and that's just not something that works in the winter currently I just can't waiting to do it till today because this is supposed to be 40 something degrees and it is not 40 something degrees let me tell you what but anyway so I was kind of etching some patterns in here kind of maybe seeing what would work the best you're not oh you can see it so we're gonna go kind of something like this here where we're gonna Edge it just across like that and we'll take a little bit out of there and then we'll go across just like that so hopefully that works all right it doesn't need to be perfect it just needs to be better than it is right now all right we got a new blade in there all sorts of sharp I think we're all set up and uh we'll just start get going

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