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Can anyone Id this????
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Eric L
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my best guess... maybe located in Woodland CA?
"Fordson Snowmobile 1926
This was known as an Armstead Snow-motor. Hauling capacity was said to be five tons. Each drum receives power from a separate clutch which, depending on the position of the steering gear, engages and disengages. It can also traverse bare ground. This machine hauled mail from Truckee to North Lake Tahoe."
Eric L.
"Fordson Snowmobile 1926
This was known as an Armstead Snow-motor. Hauling capacity was said to be five tons. Each drum receives power from a separate clutch which, depending on the position of the steering gear, engages and disengages. It can also traverse bare ground. This machine hauled mail from Truckee to North Lake Tahoe."
Eric L.
Lyndon
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There were 2 giant versions of this machine built for BP that were for travel across frozen open snow covered tundra. One of them is at Coldfoot, a camp near the Arctic Circle. It has a pilot house off a tug boat and was reported to have not worked very well. I climbed around on the one at Coldfoot. Each "tank" was 10 Feet in diameter and 40 foot long. I've heard rumor that the other one is in a BP Museum, which is likely in England.
Located in Fairbanks, Alaska at Pioneer Park. I knew someone would know what it was!! It said in the article on the front, they were good on hard snow but in powder they dug their way to the bottom and were useless. These where used in building the alcan highway and believe it or not they even said they were used in the first attempt at the Dalton Highway. It had pics of them pulling large supply trains on ski's behind each one.
Eric L
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I just visited the Heidrick museum last week and saw the Snow Motor. I have a photo of one used on McKenzie Pass in Oregon for hauling people and cargo and I know of another used to haul mining supplies. There are others rumored to be out there. They were designed by Armstead who ran a mine near Sandpoint, ID for a New York syndicate.