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early tucker photos
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vintagebike
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The La Porte Torpedo...Just before awakening from a deep sleep at Bill and Mary’s Sno-Trans in Weiser Idaho. March 2012.
alive and well. last up at Mt Hood, Oregon
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about 15000 lbs or so...
the rollers are 5 inch in diameter, everything is big and bigger
I'm sure with todays design and materials it could be made even lighter , but that's lighter than I would have guessed for a machine that size.
How do you turn that thing? Bicycle chains and 3/16 cable? Me thinks it is for straight ahead only.
That is an absolute monster, Thanks for the pics that really reminds all of us that all cat cats aren't light little snow bugs.
olympicorange
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…. nice call don,... sure does look like the Lodge ….. 60's...??
Great pictures a PP I am not positive but it appears you slipped in a couple 543 cats in the middle. I could sure be wrong but the pontoons appear to be wider! In any case keep the pics coming enjoy all the eye candy for sure.
Great pictures a PP I am not positive but it appears you slipped in a couple 543 cats in the middle. I could sure be wrong but the pontoons appear to be wider! In any case keep the pics coming enjoy all the eye candy for sure.
well, kinda busted, wanted to see if anyone was really paying attention, and has anyone noticed the front and rear pontoons on the unicorn are the same?
So was that the first winch cat? What was the purpose of the cable cat? Looks like it would just take the air out of the snow. It's neat to learn more about how we got to having the winch cats of today (lietwolf and PB 600).
Hey Pontoon Princess, any early pictures of a 343a?
The unicorn looks like a 423 with front pontoons.
Hey Pontoon Princess, any early pictures of a 343a?
The unicorn looks like a 423 with front pontoons.
ah young grasshopper, you are a fast learner, wax on, wax off,
not sure if it is the first winch cat, but one of the first, built in the early 70's I believe.
yes the 423 has been photoshopped , a little cutting here and there, and you have pontoons on a 423, can anyone say truth in advertising.
yes yes yes, have many photos of 343 and 342' stay tuned
factory built trailer, circa 1960
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olympicorange
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…….… And it's a ''tilt'' trailer ,.....woooo….. lol. being a single axle , that could be interesting to tow,....hmmmm….
ever get the feeling someone is watching?
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and something different from tuckers tuckers tuckers
skiway tram from government camp to timberline lodge, the bus was built from 2 early 1950's Kenworths, cut in half and the fronts were welded back together, still powered by the Hall Scott pancake gas engine mounted mid ship underneath the floor boards
skiway tram from government camp to timberline lodge, the bus was built from 2 early 1950's Kenworths, cut in half and the fronts were welded back together, still powered by the Hall Scott pancake gas engine mounted mid ship underneath the floor boards
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olympicorange
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………. gotta give them credit back in the day,... they sure were creative,... great pics p/p,... keep em comn,.... yaawuup '' ( N.E. drawl)….
freighters and David Pratt, chief engineer for TAE
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