Endless tracks for track-propelled vehicles are well known. They essentially consist of an endless body made of reinforced rubber material wherein the ground engaging outer side of the body is formed of a series of longitudinally spaced profiles. Endless tracks mounted on snowmobiles are usually provided with a series of longitudinally spaced embedded rods to reinforce the rubber material. However, on other vehicles such as vehicles which are driven on snow or grounds that would not adequately support wheels, endless tracks, which are usually of smaller width than that found on snowmobiles, are provided without the presence of reinforcing rods as indicated above.
In Canadian patent application 2,319,934 filed Sep. 18, 2000 in the name of Soucy et al., there is provided a rubber band track with various hardnesses. However, the track described is characterized by a central portion made of rubber material having a hardness which is greater than the hardness of the rubber material in the opposite lateral band portions of the body.
However, it has been noted that some resiliency is needed in the central portion for the wheels which bear on the inner surface of the endless track.