They can warp the track basically. Not a great turning circle. There are others that you just turn with your legs. Basically they are just used to tow things out of mud
That makes sense. Were they actually good at towing things out of mud? Obviously a track is better than wheels for that, but all the weight of the machine and rider on a surface area of just one track feels like it wouldn't be that advantageous compared to something small but more spread out like a snowmobile or with multiple tracks. I guess it's a tradeoff between surface area and it being smaller/more lightweight to transport it to where you need it etc.
I've seen them loaded on the back of trucks on farms and it certainly seems to work. Look up the Russian hamster tracked bike and you can see it working
