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Title: This should be of interest if you a little snow this winter.
Post by: Ned Ludd on February 09, 2011, 06:24:09 PM

Hi Guys,
A friend of mine, who is writing the second edition of his book on tractors, sent me a link to an amazing "tractor". It will be just the thing to have if we get another winter like this last one. Enjoy!
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=568_1233111054
or
LiveLeak.com - Snowmobile of 1926 -- SO AWESOME
Ned

Title: Re: This should be of interest if you a little snow this winter.
Post by: Sorekiwi on February 09, 2011, 08:30:43 PM

Very cool video, thanks for posting that!

Title: Re: This should be of interest if you a little snow this winter.
Post by: foozer on February 09, 2011, 08:42:45 PM

That is just Slick, wonder if it floats?

Robert

Title: Re: This should be of interest if you a little snow this winter.
Post by: Hobby-Machinist on February 11, 2011, 09:35:35 PM

Very interesting...wonder why that never caught on.


Nelson

Title: Re: This should be of interest if you a little snow this winter.
Post by: Rob.Wilson on February 12, 2011, 05:27:41 AM

It is used today  :D
http://www.athropolis.com/arctic-facts/fact-ice-challenger.htm

More info ,, scroll down  http://vekotus.org/wp/

Rob

Title: Re: This should be of interest if you a little snow this winter.
Post by: MrFluffy on February 12, 2011, 06:50:38 AM

The zil stuff is cool, I would love that 2906 recovery machine in those videos.
Today its also used for specialist drying operations :-
http://www.totaltailings.com/main/page_specialised_equipment.html

Title: Re: This should be of interest if you a little snow this winter.
Post by: Bernd on February 12, 2011, 09:49:23 AM

Probably never caught on because I'm sure those blades on the tubes are high maintence. Looks like they'd be easy to bend or break a chunck out of.

Bernd

Title: Re: This should be of interest if you a little snow this winter.
Post by: Ned Ludd on February 12, 2011, 02:07:00 PM

Hi Guys,
I do remember a TV program on that Bering strait trip, and seem to recall that they had problems with the drive system, (back yard engineering/bodging?) and did they suffer a leak in one of the "floats" and nearly sink? It was a few years ago and memory fails with the passage of time and birthdays.
Ned

Title: Re: This should be of interest if you a little snow this winter.
Post by: RichardShute on February 13, 2011, 06:50:34 AM

I've not seen that before. It might well be 'the original', but I'm sure the idea was also used in Soviet Russia for a tundra crossing military transport vehicle, about the size of a 20 ton truck. The Soviets came up with all sorts of interesting stuff that we never heard about at the time and is only now coming out of the wood-work, Google 'Ekranoplan' for example.

Thanks for posting that.

Richard