Four track units, one quad, and what it takes to put them on.
A set costs more than half what the machine is worth. Before you spend it: what has to come off to fit them, whether anyone publishes a kit for your quad at all, where a tracked machine is legal to ride, and what wears out.
How many kits are published for your make
Arctic Cat carries the most published applications of any make here — 350 of 1,389. The makes at the bottom of the chart have a handful each.
A short bar means few kits are published for that make, not that a machine cannot be fitted. And a long bar is not a guarantee either: rows are filed by model-year span, so check that your year falls inside one before you count your machine as covered.
Applications by make
A quad on four track units with a blade fitted, in snowy hardwood. No model badge is readable.
Can you ride a tracked quad in your state?
In 42 of 50 states the answer appears to be yes — usually on the ordinary terms that apply to any off-road machine. 3 appear to shut a tracked quad out, and 5 do not publish a clear answer either way. The catch is elsewhere: in 25 states, fitting tracks appears to change what your machine legally is, which can move it out of the rules it rode under on tires.
Washington shows why. It defines a “tracked all-terrain vehicle” outright — a quad under 2,000 lb “with tracks or a combination of tracks and skis installed in place of the standard low-pressure tires” — and then classifies it as a snowmobile. So while the tracks are on, snowmobile rules apply: snowmobile trails, and roads only in four narrow situations. Fitting tracks is a change of legal category, not an accessory.
RCW 46.04.589 · read 2026-09-26
Registration, trails, roads and public land on one page, quoted from that state’s own sources and dated.
Or open the list of all 50
- Alabama
- Alaska
- Arizona
- Arkansas
- California
- Colorado
- Connecticut
- Delaware
- Florida
- Georgia
- Hawaii
- Idaho
- Illinois
- Indiana
- Iowa
- Kansas
- Kentucky
- Louisiana
- Maine
- Maryland
- Massachusetts
- Michigan
- Minnesota
- Mississippi
- Missouri
- Montana
- Nebraska
- Nevada
- New Hampshire
- New Jersey
- New Mexico
- New York
- North Carolina
- North Dakota
- Ohio
- Oklahoma
- Oregon
- Pennsylvania
- Rhode Island
- South Carolina
- South Dakota
- Tennessee
- Texas
- Utah
- Vermont
- Virginia
- Washington
- West Virginia
- Wisconsin
- Wyoming
A track unit is a sprocket, a wheel train and a belt
Four of them replace your wheels and carry the machine’s weight across a footprint measured in square feet rather than contact patches. The names matter the first time you order a wear part: the same component goes by different words in each manufacturer’s parts list.
- Drive sprocket
- Mid-rollers
- Front and rear idlers
- Lugged rubber belt
- SystemsThree systems are in wide circulation for quads, one outsider is rated against vehicle weight rather than engine size, Polaris sells its own on its own machines, one was withdrawn without a notice, and the rest turn up second-hand. What each one is built for, what the published figures actually say, how an order for it is assembled — and what none of their makers publishes at all.8 published
- MachinesWhich makes and model years anybody publishes an ATV track application for, how many rows each make carries, and which rows come with a manufacturer condition attached. Start with your make, then with the field that decides which of its rows is yours.8 published
- IdentifyThe work that happens before fitment. What is this machine called, what is bolted to it already, and which of the several names each manufacturer uses will actually find your rows.13 published
- Field NotesCamso flags conditions on individual applications and publishes a legend for the letters. It never publishes what a condition means on the bench — what comes off the machine, what gets cut, what you have to buy separately. These pages take the flags one at a time and say which machines carry them.8 published
- Legal and AccessA tracked quad is a legal edge case almost everywhere, and almost nobody publishes on it. Per jurisdiction, quoted and linked, with the date the page was read. No generalisations.55 published
- Living With ThemA set goes on in the autumn, comes off in the spring, and spends six months in a corner. Storage, the changeover and buying somebody else's used system are the ownership events that cost money, so they come first.4 published
- Ground ReportsHow a tracked quad behaves on the ground you actually ride: what it floats over, what stops it, and what the manufacturer says to stay off. Dated and regional, because terrain is.0 published
Four things worth knowing before you spend the money
- Does anything even fit my quad?
Published kits by make and model year, straight from the catalogue — 13 makes, back to 1986 machines.
- What has to come off to fit them?
Some machines need a lift kit. A few need cuts that do not go back. The manufacturers flag it without saying what gets modified.
- Where can I actually ride?
All 50 states, answered yes, no or maybe — plus the 25 where fitting tracks changes what your quad legally is.
- What are all the parts called?
Sprocket, idler, mid-roller, slide guide. One diagram, and the names each brand uses for the same part.
A rider on tracks descending into a muddy creek in summer.