Many off-road vehicles, such as earthmoving vehicles (e.g., excavators, skid steer track loaders or multi-terrain track loaders) and agricultural vehicles, include an endless track coupled to a drive system, which may include, for example, one or more drive sprockets. An endless track may help provide traction on surfaces that traditional wheels having a circular cross-section may not be able to adequately grip. For example, a vehicle with an endless track may bridge a greater surface area than a vehicle with two or more circular wheels, which may help the vehicle with the endless track traverse surfaces that the vehicle with circular wheels would not ordinarily be able to traverse, such as uneven or loose surfaces (e.g., gravel or mud).
In some cases, an endless track is formed of metal, rubber, such as a molded rubber, or a combination of metal and rubber. The endless track may be molded as a single, integral piece or an assembly of interconnected parts that are coupled together to define an endless track. The endless track typically includes a body with a first, interior side that engages with a drive system and a second, exterior side that includes multiple protrusions (i.e., “traction lugs” or “tread lugs”) extending from one or more common surfaces and defining a tread pattern. The exterior side is configured to engage with the ground, and the tread pattern is typically designed to optimize performance of the endless track. For example, the tread pattern may be designed to optimize performance of an endless track for a high speed skid steer track loader on a wet surface, on a loose surface or otherwise.