So my thoughts on these 2 tracks have taken a 180 after riding the 2.6.
I currently have an 162 X3 on my pro and due to some of its downsides was going to go with the 2.6 163. After riding the 2.6 axys and the X3 on my pro back to back in the same snow I just was not impressed with how the 2.6 performed.
So today I went to one of the previews and got to compare the 2.6 and 3.0 side by side. Both tracks have exactly the same design and lug profile, PLUS they measure at the same durometer rating, 80-85 on my gauge. I also checked my X3 and it also tests at the same 80-85 rating.
After doing these comparisons I'm trying to understand how polaris can claim the 2.6 will cover 80% of snow conditions and the 3.0 only 20% of those super deep/soft powder days. The two tracks are exactly the same, except for the .400" increase in lug height. I just have a hard time believing that increasing the lug height 15% will result in a 60% reduction in its range of snow condition performance.
I almost feel like its more of a marketing stand point then true performance. For some reason they want to push the 2.6 over the 3.0. They also have all of their factory backed riders pushing the 2.6 when many of those same guys have none or little time on the 3.0 track
So thats my thoughts on the tracks. I'm now switching to the 3.0 track and hope next year will be a great snow year Eric
I currently have an 162 X3 on my pro and due to some of its downsides was going to go with the 2.6 163. After riding the 2.6 axys and the X3 on my pro back to back in the same snow I just was not impressed with how the 2.6 performed.
So today I went to one of the previews and got to compare the 2.6 and 3.0 side by side. Both tracks have exactly the same design and lug profile, PLUS they measure at the same durometer rating, 80-85 on my gauge. I also checked my X3 and it also tests at the same 80-85 rating.
After doing these comparisons I'm trying to understand how polaris can claim the 2.6 will cover 80% of snow conditions and the 3.0 only 20% of those super deep/soft powder days. The two tracks are exactly the same, except for the .400" increase in lug height. I just have a hard time believing that increasing the lug height 15% will result in a 60% reduction in its range of snow condition performance.
I almost feel like its more of a marketing stand point then true performance. For some reason they want to push the 2.6 over the 3.0. They also have all of their factory backed riders pushing the 2.6 when many of those same guys have none or little time on the 3.0 track
So thats my thoughts on the tracks. I'm now switching to the 3.0 track and hope next year will be a great snow year Eric