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I need help/advice. Sorry for the ignorance here, but I have a tracker classic (bought used) with two collars. I sent the whole "package" to tracker becuase it was not working correctly. Tracker says that the receiver is good....so it must be the collars are bad. Neither collar is a tracker collar. But I cannot find anyone with the frequencies I need. To get collars with different frequencies (than what my receiver currently has)cost $110 each for the factor to change the receiver to fit the collars.
Can I use other makes of collars with the tracker classic? If so, who is the best on getting me a collar (hopefully with tree switch) to match my receiver?
I appreciate the help with this one. This is my first tracker and I am either confused or just plain ignorant...most likely a little of both!

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Cut your loses, buy a garmin.

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What frequencies do you need??

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i use marshal collars with my tracker. had the strike collars but went with the marshal. much better collar with better range.

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you might want to check with Mike Rivers At Rocket telemetery on the venders page .he keeps several refurbished collars as well as new ones.can also maybe refurbish your collars.

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I think the classic will just track two collars,the collars haft to be the wright numbers for the tracker. the collars are not the correct fre and number for the tracker they wont pick up but could still be good collars.

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Originally posted by john Duemmer
Cut your loses, buy a garmin.

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[QUOTE]Originally posted by boonetreecoon
**** that! Garmins are a piece of junk! Lately I've Been telling people that ask me how far the dogs are right after we cut them and you can still hear them walking that I'm gonna shove that handheld so far up their a$$ that the beeping ain't ever gonna stop! Besides that and losing signal way to quick it's perfect to get lost! I reset my garmin set the truck it took me a mile the opposite direction and said I arrived at the truck. I hate it [/QUOTE

i wouldn't take a million dollars for my garmin i love it.

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Originally posted by boonetreecoon
**** that! Garmins are a piece of junk! Lately I've Been telling people that ask me how far the dogs are right after we cut them and you can still hear them walking that I'm gonna shove that handheld so far up their a$$ that the beeping ain't ever gonna stop! Besides that and losing signal way to quick it's perfect to get lost! I reset my garmin set the truck it took me a mile the opposite direction and said I arrived at the truck. I hate it

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go to cline's collar clinic, or just collar clinic, i think thats the name, i got mine today for my classic, 217.400, could not buy it any where else. you just wright in the comments box what you want. they sent it out the 5th. garmins are nice out to 500 yard's, at least the one's i have seen

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The garmin is the best tracker per dollar spent outhere period! I've had marshals and yes they are a good tracking unit but since three years ago I got my gamin there is nothing I would rather have on my dogs nite in and nite out. And I hunt six nites a week so they get used and abused,let's face it they all have problems and usually at the worst possible time but with thar said men hunted for along time with no tracker at all,just a foghorn and didn't have any problems,jmo I will buy your gamin and have never had mine tell a lie yet those satellites and trucks don't move but I' do recalibrate my compass prop ably once a month

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i like my tracker, but have nothing against a garmin. the man can get a collar where i mentioned. $145.00 shipped if it's a stricke collar whith tree switch good hunting to all, Dave

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I use Garmin and Beep on my dogs - and don't worry.

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Thanks to all of you for your help..I appreciate it.

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if i could not figure out how to operate a GARMIN i think i would just bury my head in the sand what do you think is going on when you cant operate it properly and 90% of the people around you are not having any problem TIME TO FIGURE OUT WHAT IS BETWEEN YOUR EARS

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i have garmin and tracker. in my opinion, i rather run the beep rather than gps. the reason is, the garmin is good about roads water etc. but the distance and range are not very accurate. so when i hunt i use beep on young dogs and garmin on older dogs. it is all in what you like. but way back we didn't have anykind of trackers. so just having something on them is a piece of mind. something new will come out and all the garmin lovers will not know how they made it without the best new thing lol.

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easy nick the man just needed a collar. we tried to help him. hope we did, i could figure out a garman if i got one just dont need it. no reply needed

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Originally posted by RBT
I need help/advice. Sorry for the ignorance here, but I have a tracker classic (bought used) with two collars. I sent the whole "package" to tracker becuase it was not working correctly. Tracker says that the receiver is good....so it must be the collars are bad. Neither collar is a tracker collar. But I cannot find anyone with the frequencies I need. To get collars with different frequencies (than what my receiver currently has)cost $110 each for the factor to change the receiver to fit the collars.
Can I use other makes of collars with the tracker classic? If so, who is the best on getting me a collar (hopefully with tree switch) to match my receiver?
I appreciate the help with this one. This is my first tracker and I am either confused or just plain ignorant...most likely a little of both!

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Originally posted by intellectualist
I will give you $50 for it.

To the O.P., other brands of collars will work as long as the collars match your receiver's receive frequencies. I highly recommend what the other poster said and for you to contact Mike Rivers because he may very well have the collar(s) you need.
His username on here is his name exactly as I have it spelled if you would like to send him a pm or something.

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