1973 Tucker Sno Cat 1443 New to Me

[Track Addict]

I find it best to hydrate while drinking. Also if you need to add water to the radiator helpful supply to have. Down 10 lbs switching off the beer since the summer.

Don't think the liver has seen any benefits.

 

[DAVENET]

Are you the reason for the pseudo national shortage of that product?

 

[Track Addict]

Me and my people. Tucker doesn't smell as bad when they spill due to lack of cup holders.

 

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Since I got this cat I thought it was under powered especially in comparison to the 442A with chevy small block. It did the job but 3rd gear was mostly unusable leaving slow second mostly on they hilly playground.

Last night I was out breaking trail in 1-2' of snow and was able to run everywhere in 3rd gear 8 MPH or so at just about 3000 rpm with plenty more.

It is amazing the power loss that must have been occurring and as picky as I can be surprised I didn't address sooner. That additional ignition upgrade should have this in the sweet spot.

Something therapeutic about a cat ride after a day's work!

 

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Pics

 

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Enjoy it before it melts!

Nice to have the mobile warming hut

 

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Convenient early sno to work all the winter bugs out. Tucker performed flawlessly over the last week. Got 20 or so miles on.

Trailered to a friends house to rescue a snowmobile trailer snowed in then went to another private few hundred acre play area we have stashed away. Little ice crossing the shallows.

Dads and kids day. They did well sharing and working together getting unsruck. One of the zr 200’s keeps rattling the studs out the head. On the third fix this week 2018 design flaws. Part of the sled passion I guess.

Axe got to build us a fire. Mom’s all got the kids back safely this evening!

Rain and warm hitting the reset on us tomorrow. We got everything we could out of what we had.

 

[mlang2005]

Better put a carbon monoxide detector in that rig, always a kid knocked out in the back. Lol

 

[Track Addict]

That’s the functioning fun detector. New Old Stock!

 

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Welcome first day of winter !

Send more sno....

 

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Santa

 

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Not enough snow to get the cat out so we assembled the kids race team instead. They burned off what we had and the neighbors apparently.

After 20 years turns out the grinch lives next door. Who calls the police on a pack of 4-10 year olds of which one is a hardworking detectives son. Didn’t stop our fun! Officer was very nice and supportive. Time to run the tape measure.

Talking to your neighbor can go a long way for relations in my opinion before involving authorities.

Send more sno!

 

[Pontoon Princess]

Like your style

started a Go Fund Me account to play for the little racers legal bills...and or to be legal and compliant

 

[PJL]

Good grief, luckily it was officer friendly that stopped by. Be pretty funny if it turns out to be over 300 feet from his dwelling or bird houses.



Maybe a peace offering in the way of his (or her)favorite beverage.

 

[Backyardski]

Looks like you’ll have to change the name from kids race team to kids game of follow the leader and try to be the leader in a non competitive manor to comply with 241-1

Santa is bringing an Ovation just like that one to Lima tomorrow night

 

[Pontoon Princess]

Looks like you’ll have to change the name from kids race team to kids game of follow the leader and try to be the leader in a non competitive manor to comply with 241-1

Santa is bringing an Ovation just like that one to Lima tomorrow night

Or call it a Parade
each lap have a different kid leading the parade, kinda like everyone gets a trophy parade

oh, dang pretty sure there is a city code requiring a permit...

so much for a kids impromptu fun

 

[Track Addict]

Neighbors will be ok. I went over a spoke with him after. We generally don't stay in my yard but did due to the slow snow not wanting to rip up the farm. I think it was the 3-4 hours of hot laps that pushed him over the edge. I can see his side.

On the bright side the Tucker is not classified as a snow vehicle so fair game.

The ovation is very cool. There is a Bravo that was just added to the pack also.

 

[loggah]

How would the neighbor feel about 8 or so dog sled teams running around there !!!!!

 

[Track Addict]

I like it Don!

My plan is to keep up relationships. Don’t need them making an issue with my VIP playground out back.

 

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If you Believe in Santa he might put a Tucker Sno Cat under your tree too!

 

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Tucker giblets fresh out the oven.

Merry Christmas!

 

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Killing time waiting on sno?

Looks like everybody working on projects in the east and west.

 

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Get it before it’s gone. Melt down on the way sadly

Little Ski Place called Dartmouth Ski tow and Mt Moosilauke

Clubhouse pulls the Tucker in a heated shop with the drag on. Doors have a cutout and seal to leave attached with the drag outside. Cool setup forgot pic.

 

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Phase I of tucker side project almost ready for wall mounting.

In the market for an outer pontoon bearing retainer for the project. I have and end cap.

 

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Couldn’t sacrifice any sprockets so we will make one for display purposes.

 

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Winters back in the north. This is close as I have been to Tuckering in awhile.

Low teens. Got 20 miles in before I froze the children.

Cool yurt newly built up on hurricane mountain road.

 

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In flight entertainment restomod.

This might be a paradox. Don’t think this was the intention but he earned it after his turns today. Two track J.Tucker.

 

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Not enough sno to bury the grousers so Tucker had to stay in the barn.

Took the race team practice traveling today to keep the neighborhood peace.

No major injuries other than some bruised childhood pride.

Few safety meetings by yours truly. Lots of pep talks after minor operator errors and bumper tag.

Yup, that’s a Chrysler industrial sno runner lugging my fat as around. Dog sled is a blast. One behind a tucker could be an idea.....

 

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The silver lining on global warming is more time to work on stuff for when and if the sno comes.....

Snow to wrench ratio is way off this year.

Tucker looking real sad.

That’s a rare wood tucker sprocket. 2020 was the first year they switched to that.

 

[wakeupcall]

Track Addict, Hope you used Oak on that sprocket! Pine might not last very long.lol!!