Today’s post starts a series of pieces about what I found, saw, learned and talked about at the Ohio Deer and Turkey Expo last weekend in Columbus.
It was a good time. I’ve got lots of photos, and lots of stories in the cue for you.
But I wanted to start with one of two things that made me stop in my tracks. This was front-and-center at Yamaha of Columbus’s booth:
Photo by Matt Cunningham
Holy cow this thing was cool.
It’s Yamaha full-size ATV shod with Camoplast’s Tatou 4S track system. This all-season modification uses rubber tracks and, once installed by a dealer, can be swapped out with regular wheels by pulling lug nuts – just like changing a tire, I was told. According to sales associate Ashley Wheeler, the tracks work best with the bigger ATVs out there. Power steering helps maneuver the extra contact patches up front.
Camoplast makes the Tatou to fit a range of large ATVs, and the tag on the display model quoted the price at about $3,500 to $4100 (the ATV on display stickered for $13,000 – no kids’ toys here). Wheeler said they’ve sold a few Tatou mods to construction contractors to deal with mud, and that the dealership recently put a tracked ATV together for a local moving to Alaska.
So if you’ve got a mud bog to get through on a regular basis, or are looking for the “least likely to get stuck” award at the local ATV trails, here’s your ride.
Stay tuned for more from the show. It wasn’t all as outrageous as this thing, but I was amazed by the amount of helpful info I picked up, and I suspect you’ll enjoy what’s in store.
And, one more picture for the road – or trail, as it were:
Photo by Matt Cunningham
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