A Snow Cat Tour

[MNoutdoors RIP]

We will send the info with a picture last count I think there are about 160 sections in the warehouse they also work on on tandem dually deuce and halfs six sections per side and you have tracks the guides fit between the tires. one section bolts to the next and they have steel cable inside.

 

[Bobcat]

Spotted in southeast Wyoming. The owner bought the Imp 7-8 years ago and it's not for sale, though he did mention its lack of power when climbing hills. Shoulda got a Kristi. He also has a homemade snowmobile he built in '68. It has a Wards gas engine and a Model A transmission! He says it doesn't go very fast, but can haul quite a load.

 

[Doc]

Good pics Bob.
That homemade snowmobile looks ancient.

 

[Bobcat]

Seen in central Colorado...


Boggie, are those your cleats on the Bombi?!?!

 

[NorthernRedneck]

Ahhhh! Nice to see a picture of a Bombi again. First snowcat I ever operated was a bombi when I was around 13 yrs old. We had it for a couple seasons till we got our tucker in '94.

 

[Bulldog1401]

Thats a cle-trac, isn't it Bobcat?

 

[Bobcat]

I don't know if it is a Cletrac or an Oliver, but that sure looks like an OC-4 differential dangling off its butt!


Looking at a Cletrac page now...
http://cletrac.org/



..ok, looks like it's either a Cletrac HG or an Oliver OC-3. I can't tell the difference.

 

[mtncrawler]

Looks like my Oliver OC-3 which was original Cletrac design HG-42.

 

[Snowcat Operations]

Found this little beauty!

 

[weatherby]

Nice find Snowcat Operations. Here is one I found here in Michigan.

 

[Snowcat Operations]

That was on sale at Ebay a year or so ago!

 

[Snowcat Operations]

Anyone have any information they can share about this Muskeg? I dont know anything about Bombardiers. Heres the data plate.

 

[Snowcat Operations]

more pics

 

[Snowcat Operations]

more

 

[Snowcat Operations]

last ones

 

[pixie]

It has a 4 speed transmission like my 195? J5 so that is most likely a 318, engine located behind the driver.

All those pictures and not one of the whole unit ???

 

[Snowcat Operations]

PIXIE check out thread 369. Thanks for the info. Are these good units?

 

[Bobcat]

Just north of Casper, WY...

The owner might sell the Spryte for about 10K, He's not sure if he would be willing to part with the Tucker, but make an offer and see what happens.

 

[Bobcat]

Worland, WY...

The first one is owned by some FF riff-raff. The second one I believe to be the first federal cat I've seen in a long time. Most likely FAA.

 

[Bobcat]

Buffalo, WY.

Also owned by some FF riff-raff. Boy, it's a cutie. Might be mine some day, maybe some day real soon...

 

[Bobcat]

And finally, spotted on a 'mtntop' somewhere...

 

[Bulldog1401]

Are those levers aux hydraulic circuits or hydraulic assist steering?

 

[mtntopper]

Are those levers aux hydraulic circuits or hydraulic assist steering?

4 way hydraulic circuits for a drag or some type of rear implement.

 

[pirate_girl]

I really like the interior!
Very nice

 

[Bulldog1401]

4 way hydraulic circuits for a drag or some type of rear implement.

Thanks.

 

[pixie]

The Canadian leg of the tour.

 

[Bobcat]

Man, those are some sad pictures, especially the last one of the Thiokol.

 

[pixie]

I agree. The J5s look pretty good, though. And you have to admit that the body on the Thiokol is pretty straight

This place was sort of half a Bombardier boneyard. These were the best machines .

 

[J5 Bombardier]

I took a tour through that yard a few years ago, looks like the Nodwell got a new coat of paint since then. Lots of bombardier treasures spread all over the yard, but I guess it is the heart of < Bombardier> country , where it all started.
J5 Bombardier

 

[pirate_girl]

Somebody please explain to me what the difference is between a Snow Trac, Kristi, Thickol/LMC, Tucker and Bombardier.
They all look sort of the same to me after a while..

I NEED to know these things.