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Ski dozer 252

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Welcome to this forum !

I have one of those. The rear end was made by Bombardier. Are you having a problem with it ?

What was it used for before you had it ? W. Virginia doesn't have a lot of snow, does it ?

Do you know anything about those 3 hole wheels on it ?

What are you planning to do with it ? Is the engine missing ?
 
Dont know much about it it had a Perkins diesel but I took out do t know about the 3 hole wheels lol nothing wrong with the rear end yet but I put a 6.0 Chevy motor in it I was just wondering where to get parts if ever needed yeh where I live in West Virginia our average snow fall used to be like 170 inch a year but has went down over the years but we still get somewhere around 100 inch a year
 
RRR SNOWCAT said:
Trying to find info on my skidozer 252 and what kind of rear end is in it and where I can get parts Tks in adv
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I just pick up a 1970 252g and have begun the same process you are going through. Just got the tracks off today and going through the engine, trans and differential.
 
Welcome to the fun. I have some of those 3 hole wheels. It just seems to be a welded on disc. Likely to beef it up
 
In general, summer tracks would have less protrusion and be narrower. That is a shorter leg to engage the ground.

I don't believe the SV252 was ever intended to be used off the snow. "SV" means snow vehicle, similar to 'SW" standing for sidewalk

There is a model similar to it ( I think the number is 308 but I can't remember the prefix) that was specifically set up for logging but it was not a success at all.

If you need something for the dirt get a Muskeg.
 
The Skidozer has a dump bed on the back. I was planning on using it to haul things out of the woods during the summer. I am in Michigan and the terrain in mostly sand. Is this a bad plan?
 
I don't think it's a good idea. The OE track rubber isn't very heavy. When the grouser engages dirt, it flexes. A 28" wide track encounters a lot of twisting torque when you try to turn. Overall, I think you will rip the tracks off it pretty fast.

If you had a really flat grouser on a heavier track rubber with heavier backing plates/tire guides you might be ok. Or a track that was only 16" wide with heavier rubber and grouser parts.
 
pixie said:
I don't think it's a good idea. The OE track rubber isn't very heavy. When the grouser engages dirt, it flexes. A 28" wide track encounters a lot of twisting torque when you try to turn. Overall, I think you will rip the tracks off it pretty fast.

If you had a really flat grouser on a heavier track rubber with heavier backing plates/tire guides you might be ok. Or a track that was only 16" wide with heavier rubber and grouser parts.
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Do you have an example of a heavier backing plate and tire guides. Would you duplicate a a muskeg track design. What specs would you use for a heavier rubber?
 
A 5 ply rubber. Or whatever weight a Muskeg uses.
Muskeg had a "landscape" grouser that had very little protrusion. I don't know of any heavy tire guides for the SV252 but you might adapt some from SW48/J5 but I suspect hole spacing is different.You would need solid tires and narrower tracks with tire guides.

Muskeg tracks stay on and functional because of the double wheels and the dents in the tracks and the track can't escape.

SV252 has a suspension system. I suspect that if you make heavier tracks that instead of breaking tracks, you will break the suspension (torsion axles)
 
I see that their are two types of sprockets ( Rubber, Polyethene). Is one better than the other for my 252G Skidozer.
 
Have you actually located and priced both kinds of sprockets ?

Polyurethane might be better but I would go with what you can find and afford.
 
Fall Line is nearly always the most expensive.

I don't know if there are other suppliers. I always look long and hard at ebay, kijiji etc.

If you search thru this forum, you might find out who was casting the polyurethane ones.
 
I looked at Fall Line's website. Looks like around $600 to recover your sprocket with urethane. That seems pretty reasonable.

They will already have the mold.

I found a couple other places that do this. One called Plan-Tech in NH mentions snowcats. They might have a mold.
 
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