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The wide tracks of this 1991 Logan snowcat reduce the ground pressure and improve grip but render it vulnerable to bumps. A snowcat (a portmanteau of snow and caterpillar) is an enclosed-cab, truck-sized, fully tracked vehicle designed to travel over snow. Major manufacturers are PistenBully (Germany), Prinoth (Italy), and Tucker (United States).
Tucker Sno-Cats were originally built with a steel track that rotates around a steel pontoon. [1] Located at the top center of the pontoon is a drive sprocket with teeth that drive the chain-like tracks around the steel pontoon.
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In 1963, Roski was created in Roxton Falls, Quebec as a manufacturer of composite parts for the Ski-Doo. In the 1960s, V-8 engines were added. On February 18, 1964, J. Armand Bombardier died of cancer at age 56. Until then, he oversaw all areas of operation and controlled the research department, making all the drawings himself.
LMC 1500 LMC 1200. Logan Manufacturing Company was a US manufacturer of snowcats that ceased operation in 2000. LMC is both the tradename (brand name) and an acronym.. The company's earliest history started with a prototype tracked snow vehicle built in 1948 by engineers Roy France and Emmett Devine, of the Utah Scientific Foundation at Utah State University in Logan, Utah.
The engine developed about 40 horsepower, but that varied from year to year as the earlier models developed 36 hp, and later models developed 54 hp. With a length of approximately 12 ft (3.7 meters) and width of 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) the vehicle is the size of a small car. In the standard cabin configuration, only the driver is facing forward.
Kristi of Washington developed a new model called the KT7 snowcat, The most refined and last produced of the Kristi snowcats was the KT7, of which only 4 were built and only 1 was successful: #004. The KT7 used a Ford Anglia gasoline engine controlled by governor over hydrostatic Vickers drive with body tilt.
In 2000, Prinoth was acquired by Leitner Group and continued the range as an independent company, becoming the world's most complete provider of snowcats. [ 2 ] In November 2005, Prinoth acquired the design, engineering, R&D, service, parts and sales operations for the groomer range of Canadian manufacturer Camoplast 's (previously Bombardier ...