What Happened to Being Able to buy an Alpha Rear Skid for olders sleds

Frostbite · Dec 27, 2018

It was just about a year ago when the new Alpha One rear skid was released to the public. At that time, there were going to be retrofit kits offered for earlier Proclimbs. If I remember correctly, the price was set and was going to be in the $2-3, 000 range for a complete kit. There was a lot of initial demand and from what I understand, down payments put down and then all of a sudden the whole process stopped. I heard it was due to a lack of parts availability.

I am still interested in the idea but, what ever happened with this process?

Did Cat figure that by not selling Alpha one rear skid update kits that it would drive more new sled sales?

whittaker727 · Dec 27, 2018

Frostbite said:
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Did Cat figure that by not selling Alpha one rear skid update kits that it would drive more new sled sales?

BINGOO

Marty UT · Dec 27, 2018

madmax said:
CAT (textron) sent an email out today stating the rails are available, but show “extended backorder” when you look them up. Dealer can only get one if he provides pics to cat of the broken rail, then he is allowed to order.

This was the last I've heard of anything.

Frostbite · Dec 27, 2018

Dang, so it was a conspiracy theory to sell more new sleds. :eyebrows:

However, I would think Cat would stand to make a very good profit margin by selling Alpha One retrofit kits as well as new sleds.

I wonder if they were holding back and waiting to see if the concept was durable enough and if it proves itself to work (like their testing showed) when applied to real world mountain riding?

jim · Dec 27, 2018

Will the aftermarket shops be able to produce their own versions? Or are the patents strong enough to stop such?

summ8rmk · Dec 27, 2018

Frostbite said:
Dang, so it was a conspiracy theory to sell more new sleds. :eyebrows:

However, I would think Cat would stand to make a very good profit margin by selling Alpha One retrofit kits as well as new sleds.

I wonder if they were holding back and waiting to see if the concept was durable enough and if it proves itself to work (like their testing showed) when applied to real world mountain riding?

I've already seen the second Alpha track on a test sled. A More trail friendly track.

ultrasks700 · Dec 28, 2018

Cat pulled the plug after all the negative feed back they got from people who had snochecked.

Do what my buddy did...buy the Alpha 6000, pull the track/skid and put it on your mountain cat, problem solved

Frostbite · Dec 28, 2018

If I remember correctly, you had to have the longer/lowered chaincase for the kit to work on an earlier Proclimb, right?

Can you imagine one of these kits on a 2010-2011 M8 or M1000.

Talk about a recipe for fun!

ultrasks700 · Dec 28, 2018

Frostbite said:
If I remember correctly, you had to have the longer/lowered chaincase for the kit to work on an earlier Proclimb, right?

Can you imagine one of these kits on a 2010-2011 M8 or M1000.

Talk about a recipe for fun!

Yes, it needed to be an 2018+ or have the mountain cat(2017) chaincase swapped in. And Yes an M-series would be awesome with this:bowl:

MountainCat1 · Dec 28, 2018

M monorail

I didn't think anyone still had any love for the "old M" which was eclipsed by the Pro-Climb which in turn, took a backseat to the Ascender. I still have a '10 M8 LTD with only 1,200 miles on her; a 2.6 PC track, shock upgrades & clutching improvements! Maybe she needs a monorail?

whittaker727 · Dec 28, 2018

ultrasks700 said:
Cat pulled the plug after all the negative feed back they got from people who had snochecked.

Do what my buddy did...buy the Alpha 6000, pull the track/skid and put it on your mountain cat, problem solved

A 13K 600 just so I could have the mono rail? No thanks. Spend 14K and get the Alpha at that point.

bgraff1 · Dec 29, 2018

whittaker727 said:
A 13K 600 just so I could have the mono rail? No thanks. Spend 14K and get the Alpha at that point.

guy who did it bought the 600 for his gf and then swapped skids. makes sense to me if you were getting a sled for the gf/wife that was just going to be doing some casual riding.

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