1973 Tucker Sno Cat 1443 New to Me

[Track Addict]

Great idea. On order. Somebody's skin thanks you. Probably mine!

 

[DAVENET]

The bigger damage would come from cutting the jacket your wife gave you for Christmas!

 

[Track Addict]

Not sure what it is about grooming but for me there is some medicinal therapeutic magic about it. Thank less job from most but for me a big thanks to the other real groomer operators out there who put the in real hours and work to keep trails smooth for others enjoyment.

Rolled some nice trails for the horses and sleigh this evening. One of them stepped right over the fence this am due to snow pack greeted Brian at the bus stop partied in my front yard for a minute did a couple hot laps in the street and went back in the coral after he was done. Mike is the wild one!

Ski racks are a fail. Clamps don’t hold on round and brush moves them. Too tall.

 

[sno-drifter]

Looks like you figured out grooming Mr. Addict, you do it at dark. The other thing is to keep people, skiers, sleds, dogs, and horses off for a few hours so it can set up. Rollers work OK if the snow is shallow. In deep heavy, you can make flat into waves as the snow builds up in front and then the roller goes over the top. Keeps the sled speed down.

 

[Track Addict]

Warm few days and rain then back to cold on the way. Tightened up the trails with J Tucker this evening hoping to keep a base. Sick day returned me home early.

Tried to ride up north today on the single track but 13 miles in my wingman decided he couldn’t chase the cats tail anymore. Was a below speed limit crash due to inexperience and poor sled setup IMO. Nice day for me expensive for somone else. Bad track record this year.

50 smiles of Tuckering this season!

Not sure if a bad day of riding beat a good day of work for this guy today?

 

[Tucker Someday]

Warm few days and rain then back to cold on the way. Tightened up the trails with J Tucker this evening hoping to keep a base. Sick day returned me home early.



Tried to ride up north today on the single track but 13 miles in my wingman decided he couldn’t chase the cats tail anymore. Was a below speed limit crash due to inexperience and poor sled setup IMO. Nice day for me expensive for somone else. Bad track record this year.



50 smiles of Tuckering this season!



Not sure if a bad day of riding beat a good day of work for this guy today?

Dude, your boys are racking up some sleds this year. Maybe they all should stick with 4 track 10mph max rigs. Safer as long as you don’t put body parts under them.


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[DAVENET]

I was going to say the parts guys just smile when they see their trucks pulling up out front!

 

[trailbuilder]

Was that on Primary 152 in Campton. To bad your ride was cut short.

 

[Track Addict]

Was beautiful riding from parking to there’s. That was on way to warren turn off. Nice work on the trails!

 

[Track Addict]

Sno melted faster than it came. On pause for a bit so addressing a few items. New hydro filter.

Radiator and heater Hoses are original so wanted to replace as they were weather checked. Heater hoses broke off once I started removing. Figured I should replace the water pump and bypass hose as well. All parts in route.

Antifreeze was clean. Got a little in the bucket.

60 and rain feels like summer. Send back Sno!

 

[Track Addict]

Major January thaw reset button on winter hit hard. Good time for maintenance.

Cleaned up gasket surfaces and cleaned out bolt holes with tap. Little degreasing.

Removed valve cover which was leaking. Rubber gasket seemed to be the issue. Putting cork back on. Sno in the forecast and parts should be here today tomorrow.

On the single track side we have two more down. The new pink kids sled has a factory defect filing motor with gas and spewing oil out breather. Bad stuff

Freak accident on a ski doo. Starter bolt fell out wedged between primary clutch and frame bent crank. RIP! We played TAPS. Bri helped with the ceremony.

Pack really dwindling this year 4 down but 4 tracks looking up!

 

[Pontoon Princess]

never and I mean never a DULL moment with you and the crew !!!

 

[Track Addict]

Almost to the point the single tracks are not fun anymore. Will try again this weekend in the Great North Woods of Pittsburg NH.

 

[Pontoon Princess]

see ya in michigan

and NO single track machines for you

 

[Track Addict]

Weather outlook not so good. Looks to be a warm up and rain putting winter back in time out!

Mostly successful trip to the north country on the single tracks. Nice life above the 45th Parallel. 4 out of 5 machines ran great. One weekend rental sled. Good time had by all.

Parts all arrived. Thermostat housing, water pump, New gaskets and stainless hardware. New valve cover gasker and hardware. Installed

 

[Pontoon Princess]

your weekend look?

 

[Track Addict]

I did have that expression on my face at one point leading pack when a frolicking deer �� jumped across the trail. Handful of brake and was ready to bail just missed that furry face plant by inches.

 

[Track Addict]

Only one trip to MT Hood and 3 additional years to hang this.

 

[Track Addict]

Seeing as it’s spring good time time to paint.

Eastwood radiator paint big thumbs up! New radiator in a can.

 

[sno-drifter]

While you are at it, get rid of those flow robbing hoses and find smooth inside formed ones. Your engine will love you for it.

 

[Blackfoot Tucker]

While you are at it, get rid of those flow robbing hoses and find smooth inside formed ones. Your engine will love you for it.

That's a great idea! The problem is finding the right ones. Even having the correct part numbers from the Tucker build sheets I have struck out trying to cross reference those numbers to anything current. I've also tried bending some wire to get the approximate shape and bringing that along to the parts store. Any suggestions?

 

[sno-drifter]

The bent centerline wire method works very good. Also the Gates book has photos and an inch grid overlay so that you can get close and then have your friendly parts guy/gal order them in for you. Many applications only have one bend so easy. For compound bends, a stainless steel coupling with hose clamps can do the job. This could be a good place to place your plug in water heater, lower hose, instead of the ss coupling.

 

[Track Addict]

That exhaust work should have been free and a a little better quality welding if they were gong to market my Tucker.

Guess this is what he meant by you mind if I put it on Facebook.

 

[Tucker Someday]

That exhaust work should have been free and a a little better quality welding if they were gong to market my Tucker.



Guess this is what he meant by you mind if I put it on Facebook.

Hope he wasn’t planning on Tucker exhaust work as his new business model in Plaistow. I think that would be a pretty lean business! But cool that your rig got press.


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[Blackfoot Tucker]

That exhaust work should have been free and a a little better quality welding if they were gong to market my Tucker.

Guess this is what he meant by you mind if I put it on Facebook.

Brian,

I don't want to hijack your thread but hopefully you'll find this amusing. My first Tucker exhaust experience was horrific. I took the machine to a guy who supposedly did nice exhaust work. The result was disastrous. It literally looked like each side was done by a different person, and there was a wall down the middle so they couldn't see how the other side was being done.

An attorney friend once advised me the proper thing to do (legally speaking) is to pay the guy, and then go to small claims court. That's what I did. On the day of the hearing the other guy shows up... with an attorney (and this was a $500 system). I tried to put all the countless hours of watching TV shows with lawyers to use and presented my case accordingly. Fortunately the judge decided in my favor. Of course collecting is a whole different story...

My snowcat buddy and I literally threw the lousy system in the trash and I had a really nice single exhaust system made by an awesome guy in SLC.

 

[Track Addict]

Almost ready to fire. Hose miscalculation on the top. Should be able to find local tomorrow. Scott would not approve of this restriction.

Boss was wrenching in the shop tonight he was unimpressed with the delay!

Notice the dent in top of radiator from the shop door closing on hood prior owner. Radiator cap had a stamp in under the hood also.

 

[PJL]

I think's it great that you have your kids interested in wrenching. Seems to be a lost art.

 

[Track Addict]

Back up and running no leaks warming up. Let’s see if we say that after thermostat opens....

 

[Track Addict]

50’s today no sno in future. Degreased and sponge bathed today. Good chance it was first in life.

No leaks in cooling. Think the old thermostat was tired runs more consistent now.

Starter needs to be rebuild so looks like that’s next. Dash labels on the way.

 

[Tucker Someday]

Looking sharp


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