still in the WILD

[PJL]

http://www.ewillys.com/2013/11/08/1964-kristi-snow-cat-model-kt-4g/

2 were made. Wonder where they are now?

One in Vancouver.



well shoot, Kristsnowcat.com won't let me copy the link. Any it's there. Wayne in Oregon owns one.

 

[Pontoon Princess]

in color....

 

[Aaron Tucker]

beautiful Kristi ! I like the Look of the newer tracks better then the old floppy looking ones in the black and white photo photo.

 

[loggah]

Says jeep right in front of the cab doors! don't know what the front hood was, different for sure. Don

 

[Kristi Kt-4]

The front hood was from a FC (Forward Control) Jeep. The floppy tracks in the factory photo were the outside belts loose for the superior sidehilling capabilities!

 

[sno-drifter]

Says jeep right in front of the cab doors! don't know what the front hood was, different for sure. Don

Forward Control Jeep.

 

[Pontoon Princess]

and then...

 

[Pontoon Princess]

write your own caption

FYI, Timberline Lodge, summer 1958

 

[sno-drifter]

Nice shot of the Overlook Hotel. Love the '57 GMC to the right. How cool would it be to find that Tucker.

 

[tucker]

Love it! Keep them coming.

 

[Aaron Tucker]

I guess they have the back door off to keep the passengers cool ?

 

[Pontoon Princess]

I guess they have the back door off to keep the passengers cool ?

guess, cool passengers could be, one reason...

how about throwing equipment and tools in quickly

or, how about being able to see when backing up...

or, someone stole the rear door...

 

[GlacierSean]

I was thinking a gust of wind slammed the door open or closed and broke something and it was easier to remove the door than fix the hinges.

 

[Pontoon Princess]

I was thinking a gust of wind slammed the door open or closed and broke something and it was easier to remove the door than fix the hinges.

later photos show the door back on the tucker sno-cat

 

[Pontoon Princess]

Sun Valley, Idaho, 1938 ski season

 

[Pontoon Princess]

I guess they have the back door off to keep the passengers cool ?

clear rear door panel

it helps with making the interior light and pleasant for passengers also helps seeing what is behind the Tucker when backing up.

 

[sno-drifter]

I guess they have the back door off to keep the passengers cool ?

The rear doors were removed from the Timberline Lodge Sno-Cats during the summers. Ski team training on the snow field was a regular occurrence on Mt. Hood. Today there is a chair lift which operates all summer.

 

[Sno-Surfer]

That single cab sno motor is all business. Sure would like to see one of these on the move.

 

[Blackfoot Tucker]

More Timberline Tucker stuff.

As an FYI... There is a Timberline Lodge gift shop/store in the PDX (Portland, OR) airport. It's on the D concourse by the Delta Air Lines gates. Worth a look if you're at the airport (past security, though).

 

[Pontoon Princess]

As an FYI... There is a Timberline Lodge gift shop/store in the PDX (Portland, OR) airport. It's on the D concourse by the Delta Air Lines gates. Worth a look if you're at the airport (past security, though).

what is amazing is a ski area has a gift shop at a major airport, and the timberline tucker swag has become one of the gift shops hot seller. and they are expanding that line of swag, they are working on a plush stuffed tucker kids toy, can you image, tucking your kiddo in bed with their tucker stuffed toy