Tractor Snowmobile Combo circa 1929

[The Haymaker]

Rapidly pursuing my degree in Attention Deficit Disorder, I have to post this one. The Hagglunds. Our local Guard unit had a few of these. Was amazing to cruise by one going down I295 at 65mph.

A friend (We will never forget you Brit) said they worked better than a Hummer to widen out sled trails at the Beddington training area.

YouTube - Hagglunds BV206

 

[mjncad]

Those Hagglunds are pretty cool. In spite of the low ground contact pressure, I can picture the tree huggers having a hissy fit over those things tearing up the ground.

 

[mjncad]

I pull a lot of augers from a Domtar paper pulp mill to be rebuilt. It's amazing what clinkers, and even wood chips, will do to these in time. I thought the same thing, especially if operated in a rocky area. Does Russia have rocks? I thought it was nothing but snow and mud!

My friend also told me the boiler vendor undersized the auger motors, so they would jam up with wood chips. Of course that was before the clinkers wore down the auger flighting.

Maybe Russia was the inspiration for Elbonia in the Dilbert comics.

 

[The Haymaker]

Those Hagglunds are pretty cool. In spite of the low ground contact pressure, I can picture the tree huggers having a hissy fit over those things tearing up the ground.

Don't forget you're talking about the same people who think lamb farts are going to destroy the world before 2015. Why would they care about a few blades of grass being ruthlessly murdered?

 

[mjncad]

Good point Haymaker. I suspect tree huggers suffer from excessive brain farts.