Tracker Trucks

[yourbreakfsat]

Is Tracker as a company dead? Their previous Instagram post was 18 weeks ago, and the one before that was 43 weeks ago. They're also out of stock on a lot of their product on their Select Skate shop page.

I want to try Tracker out when I get the chance, but in my eyes there's no point if they're no longer in production.

[fairydinkum]

Is Tracker as a company dead? Their previous Instagram post was 18 weeks ago, and the one before that was 43 weeks ago. They're also out of stock on a lot of their product on their Select Skate shop page.

I want to try Tracker out when I get the chance, but in my eyes there's no point if they're no longer in production.

There is a skateshop here in Australia that has a healthy stock of them. From the Dart series to the slalom ones. I just bought a pair of 184s, will post back to give feedback here about em.

https://50-50.com.au/collections/tracker

[Diocletian]

In the midst of the madness a year or so ago, I ordered their Axis 161’s and ended up sending them back. No kingpin clearance, and the baseplate has a square cutout in the middle like thunders but had a very weak and brittle feel in my hands compared to a thunder baseplate. With the hanger being super heavy I could just see myself breaking the baseplate quickly doing slappies. Their hangers and baseplates may be poured in the USA but overall I just wasn’t impressed with the quality and they’re pretty butt ugly trucks.

[franquietits]

I haven't tried them, but they seem intriguing given that they have a rich history and were Indy's main competition back in the day. According to "skateboardingismylifetimesport", they're a good turny/stable truck, but have a "old school" quality build to them. I don't know how they're "street" trucks are, but I kinda like how the darts look with their elbow pivot, and cut out in the baseplate.

http://skateboardingismylifetimesport.blogspot.com/2012/03/tracker-dart-149.html

http://skateboardingismylifetimesport.blogspot.com/2012/06/149-truck-comparison-test-final-results_04.html

"Tracker Dart 149 - The Dart 149s are strange trucks. With their elbow-pivot arm, the design is very different than other trucks out there. The Darts are the very definition of surfy trucks, but are also extremely stable even when you run them so loose they rattle. The quality is old-school: the axles are off-center, the casting is sloppy, the bushings look and feel like those bushings from early-80's roller skates, and the kingpin is a hex-head instead of button-head kingpin. But what is strange about the Darts is that they're pretty good trucks for all-around use. For some reason, they were very easy to kickflip. They had a very lightweight feel to them. They carved well yet were very stable on center. There was a little bit of wheelbite burn, but nothing that stops forward motion. You could run the trucks very loose or very tight and still get smooth feel and smooth turning from them. The Darts are surprisingly good, especially considering their antiquated look and geometry."

[fairydinkum]

In the midst of the madness a year or so ago, I ordered their Axis 161’s and ended up sending them back. No kingpin clearance, and the baseplate has a square cutout in the middle like thunders but had a very weak and brittle feel in my hands compared to a thunder baseplate. With the hanger being super heavy I could just see myself breaking the baseplate quickly doing slappies. Their hangers and baseplates may be poured in the USA but overall I just wasn’t impressed with the quality and they’re pretty butt ugly trucks.

hmmm, sucks that the axis series are like that. When they came out I thought it looked stable and would in fact benchmark Indy as a whole. Which is why I said it could have potential in the market still, now I've just received a new pair of Dart 184s for a curb slasher I'll set up in a few weeks. The only thing I'm hoping with these are no axle slip, but once again I did observe a sketchy casting job to the point where I noticed there was a chip in the metal on one axle. Other than that I'll have to give up on these trucks until Tracker address these issues.

Thanks for the heads up though!

[FUBAR]

I ran into a dude skating some Trackers a year and a half ago and the axles slipped on both of his trucks. Badly.

[fairydinkum]

I ran into a dude skating some Trackers a year and a half ago and the axles slipped on both of his trucks. Badly.

well I’ll be damned... money down the drain and I’ll expect the same with these trucks that I just purchased. May as well ride them out as long as they last...

[Slayer666]

Imagine having trackers on your setup

[Bob Dylan Jaeb]

gifted myself a pair of axis 149 for christmas and threw indy bushings in them, only skated them a few times but they are super turny and pop really nice so far.   

[Mesteezo]

gifted myself a pair of axis 149 for christmas and threw indy bushings in them, only skated them a few times but they are super turny and pop really nice so far.   

Mixing tracker and Indy is like mixing Nike with Adidas. You just don’t do it ever.

[fairydinkum]

ok so here it is (the review), tracker 184mm, finally got onto it last night at the local park. Coming from Ventures I found the trucks extremely carving and responsive. They turn exactly like indys, but because this set was wider than my first set of trackers which were about 149. I found that pinching the truck all the way to the wheel wells required zero effort, haven’t got axle slip yet!

Apart from that the grinding quality was garbage (very sticky), I’m hoping this changes as the axle wears down into the metal.

May post some updates once I get on the slappys as that’s where axleslip is most likely to happen.

[Tonyhawk-prostate]

Everybody is forgetting that this video exists


The guy in the beginning should’ve been a icon

[Xen]

It's been 3 years, everyone forgot this thread existed.

[Unkle Fleak]

Tracker ultra lights was total shit. Plastic baseplates was a real reason to pick on someone.

The aggro was better but far too heavy and ugly af. I switched back to gullwing and then just stuck with thunder and sometimes gk.

The modern trucks alright. I just know if I was younger and full of juice I'd break um.

Highly recommend their low 215s. If they still exist. Way cooler than the Indy variant

[GumOnMyGrip]

Tracker ultra lights was total shit. Plastic baseplates was a real reason to pick on someone.

The aggro was better but far too heavy and ugly af. I switched back to gullwing and then just stuck with thunder and sometimes gk.

The modern trucks alright. I just know if I was younger and full of juice I'd break um.

Highly recommend their low 215s. If they still exist. Way cooler than the Indy variant

The Ultra lights were garbage for sure. Guaranteed to break where the nut sat on the corner of the baseplate, then crack towards the pivot cup. Every single time. Especially if it was below freezing, they got so brittle.

[Tear Up a Trick]

I rode Trackers a lot back in the 80s

Obviously because Hawk, McGill, Lester, GSD

Bill Danforth

Those 1/4 page GSD ads were the best

And Tracker ads were cool, sometimes similar vibes to Powell Peralta ads

Team got sick at times too - Isn't Freddy's first part in a Tracker video?

Didn't they have Gonz and Klein riding at one point?

If memory serves they improved on the plastic baseplates as time went on, at list a bit

But I haven't ridden Trackers since the 80s

Because of this Slap thread I am thinking about getting a pair

I've been mainly on Thunders since the early 90s

Has anyone read the Tracker book?  Looks good

[Unkle Fleak]

I rode Trackers a lot back in the 80s

Obviously because Hawk, McGill, Lester, GSD

Bill Danforth

Those 1/4 page GSD ads were the best

And Tracker ads were cool, sometimes similar vibes to Powell Peralta ads

Team got sick at times too - Isn't Freddy's first part in a Tracker video?

Didn't they have Gonz and Klein riding at one point?

If memory serves they improved on the plastic baseplates as time went on, at list a bit

But I haven't ridden Trackers since the 80s

Because of this Slap thread I am thinking about getting a pair

I've been mainly on Thunders since the early 90s

Has anyone read the Tracker book?  Looks good

I've seen bits that Pete has posted. Looks sick. Tracker has had a lot of dope riders.

[Bupstop]

Anyone remember tracker b 52s? I had a set that I skated back in the 90s but I don’t remember how they turned or grinded.

[smg1138]

Back in the day I had a friend who loved Trackers and I thought they were terrible. I remember my Venture Lo's turning better than those pieces of crap.