Track stretcher

[Snowtractor]

Dear kind souls ,
I do believe I am in need of a carrier track stretcher! I put the brakes and drums back on , on the long weekend. Then seeing as things were going so smoothly I decided to rejoin the tracks. Using the same track breaking tool I used to take them apart, I came up two inches short. No amount of movement or track manipulation would close the gap. I broke one come along and a 5000psi aircraft steel cable trying to get them to close. I don't get it!
Yes the track tensioner was all the way loose, the track was not caught up as we could roll the carrier back and forth, track was in the drive teeth of the rear sprocket....I was on hard cement so the track wasn't pressed in the ground taking up slack.
So thoughts suggestions?
Incidentally, We are now boots on the ground in Edson Alberta now, the Carrier is here also. Currently digging in so any attempt to dislodge us from here is going to get tougher every day. Have both the muskeg holes located and taken up positions on the highground.
YOurs
Sean