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Re:Track systems
mckenneyp	Port: Holland / Port Sheldon	01/21/2007 22:13

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Posts: 137

chiming in a little late but we have all Traxtech (ours or actualley Pursuit vintage) tracks. I love them! We have the Downrigger bar across the back of the boat, I use the swivel mounts for our two Scotty riggers. I also have 4 of the plain old holders that I space between the riggers all the way across the middle. These are for chute cores, the net, moving rods to open up a corner etc. The pictures here are decent of the bar, the side of the boat is a little harder to see:

http://www.educatedangler.com/cmgallery/thumbnails.php?album=76

I have 2 sets of tracks up the side, one 18" track which has 2 of the Traxtech Lexan holders (for cores on boards NO Dipseys', I was assured the Lexan would be fine by the guys at Traxtech the Lexan would be fine for cores) and one of the Bert's Rachet holders for my divers. We did like the Berts rachet holder a little better than the Traxstech adjustable. Further up the side I have a 6" track which holds a Tite-lok Tripod which I use mainly for storage.

So in summary, yes Berts and Tite-Lok will fit into the Traxtech and vice versa. I am SO Happy with the Downrigger bar, even with the booms on my Scotty's fully extended it's very rigid and solid. I can tear the whole boat down in a matter of minutes with the tracks.

One additoinal comment, and I havn't even looked at the Kell labs, but between Berts and the Traxtech I like the Traxtech tracks better because they are not smooth. I drove the boat on the trailer from Muskegon to Zeeland one afternoon with a downrigger fully loose inside the rail (not tightened down) and it slide less than an inch. I say it's because of the texture to the Traxtech rails, when you look at them and the Berts, loosen the stuff up and see how easily the Berts slide in the track. I'm pretty positive if I had Berts rails my number 2 Scotty would have ended up in somebody's under carrige on that day.

Oh yeah, and I have no affiliatoin... but if someone wanted to give me more free Traxtech stuff I'd be willing to pull the competitors stuff off!!

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