Alaska snocat for sale

[hunter1951]

I was interested in this cat any first impressions.

Dwight



http://anchorage.craigslist.org/snw/4846885250.html

 

[akmountaineer]

It appears to be a very nice machine at a great price to me. Hopefully someone more familiar with Skidozers can chime in with any idiosyncrasies to be aware of.

 

[Alaska Snow Cat]

I like it. Thought the price was pretty good considering the condition it appears to be in.

 

[undy]

Sounds like a good buy. Especially if you know the prior owner and it's history. The pics don't show much for detail. If it's in great shape, then it's a great price, IMO.

I have an SV-252, pretty similar but smaller engine, summer tracks. The windows freeze open or closed on mine, but otherwise it's a decent older cat. Looks like this one has the front plow frame(?), does it include a plow too?

 

[Bob~Bardier LLC]

It appears to be a very nice machine at a great price to me. Hopefully someone more familiar with Skidozers can chime in with any idiosyncrasies to be aware of.

RE: 252 Skidozer
1-What engine and transmission are in this cat? engine gas or diesel?
2-Does it have the hydraulic steering controls in the machine?
3-What sprockets have been installed on the machine?
4-It appears to be sitting too high in the rear end for some reason?
5-Tracks do not appear to be OEM?
6-Tracks are installed backwards by looking at the grousers

IMO you should contact the owner and find out what engine, trans, tracks & sprockets were installed on this cat, curious what width the machine is with these tracks, I would say it is 9' wide so transporting it is an oversize load.

Regards, Bob

 

[Snowtrac Nome]

I kind of like the high rear sprocket if my 2100 has a weakness it is that the sprocket are always contacting hard ground and ice when traveling un even ground.

 

[Bob~Bardier LLC]

I kind of like the high rear sprocket if my 2100 has a weakness it is that the sprocket are always contacting hard ground and ice when traveling un even ground.

Sprockets should never be so low to make contact with the surface of the snow, hard ground etc.... poor suspension and low sprockets cause frame damage.

What I am pointing out is, the sprockets appear to be way high on that machine? overly high sprockets will lessen traction of the machine in all conditions.

In the right application, such as carrying extra heavy loads, personnel carriers, rear mounted winches it is a good idea to have a raised suspension or high sprocket on a cat.

Part of the appearance of the sprockets being high may be related to having a snowcat type grouser on the tracks and not the OEM SV-252 tracks on the machine?

This machine may have LMC-1500 tracks on it? the grousers look like they are at least 3" in height, so that may be part of the appearance of the high sprockets?

 

[Alaska Snow Cat]

This is a 301 machine but I also found the sprockets interesting. It could be the machine has the rear on jacks? Maybe the tracks are not full tensioned giving the strange look? I agree the track grousers don't look factory and also the inner belts look narrower than stock but I like the way they are asymmetrical with the wide half outboard of the wheels rather than the way most wide tracks look when the outside belt is cut off.

In Alaska the oversize permit up to 10.5' wide is very simple and is issued to the trailer up to six months at a time, no pilot car required.

I'm afraid to go look at it as the last thing I need is another snowcat. If I could put it to work and make it pay for itself I'd be heading into town tomorrow! Plus I like my Pisten Bullys a lot better. There is this miner that wants me to put in a snow road to his mining claim this winter.....

 

[Bob~Bardier LLC]

This is a 301 machine but I also found the sprockets interesting. It could be the machine has the rear on jacks? Maybe the tracks are not full tensioned giving the strange look? I agree the track grousers don't look factory and also the inner belts look narrower than stock but I like the way they are asymmetrical with the wide half outboard of the wheels rather than the way most wide tracks look when the outside belt is cut off.

In Alaska the oversize permit up to 10.5' wide is very simple and is issued to the trailer up to six months at a time, no pilot car required.

I'm afraid to go look at it as the last thing I need is another snowcat. If I could put it to work and make it pay for itself I'd be heading into town tomorrow! Plus I like my Pisten Bullys a lot better. There is this miner that wants me to put in a snow road to his mining claim this winter.....

Yea I do like the way it looks also, the standard tracks on the 252's & 301's are not real aggressive in the snow, and I also do like a sprocket that is not too low causing frame damage, the price is not bad, so hell go buy it. Most these guys down our way in Colorado want 8' wide units, but they are no good in deep powder snow here, they don't like having to get oversize permits to haul them. Good luck!

 

[pixie]

It's an older machine. No front lower windows and the edge of the bed is much shorter.
The thing in front doesn't look like a proper plow mount to me. There's a winch there but I don't see the framing or hydraulics for a blade.

Definately something strange about the left side track.

 

[Helmsman38]

RE: 252 Skidozer
1-What engine and transmission are in this cat? engine gas or diesel?
2-Does it have the hydraulic steering controls in the machine?
3-What sprockets have been installed on the machine?
4-It appears to be sitting too high in the rear end for some reason?
5-Tracks do not appear to be OEM?
6-Tracks are installed backwards by looking at the grousers

IMO you should contact the owner and find out what engine, trans, tracks & sprockets were installed on this cat, curious what width the machine is with these tracks, I would say it is 9' wide so transporting it is an oversize load.

Regards, Bob

Very good advice