The blueprint function should be handy, when you go into creative mode and download a track vehicle, you can delete it and keep the tracks but delete the vehicle by using T.
I find that Tracks are only effective for large and huge vehicles, as the smaller the tracks and vehicle, the harder it is to effectively and smoothly roll around the ground...

This is why in real life tanks, they are massive and the tracks themselves are tiny overlapping plates.

basic track

3 solid block 3 couplers 1 off and a 2 solid block as a link repeat you can put 3 spikes on the bottom of the 3 solid blocks for spiked track


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