Bought a Snowcat today

[Longhorn]

Post pics once you got it and putting it to action....... That's exciting!!!

Will do for sure!!

 

[Mud Mum]

Helmet cam is a must :d

 

[Trashy]

Cool Longhorn!!!!!!!

I'm sure that that will be a great investment, and a lot of fun for you. Re: the heated windshield. You could always load it backwards.

Looking forward to more pics, when you get it.

 

[gotboost]

me too longhorn i have an awesome employees it make the world of diffrence and dont load it backward that is where all the rocks fly off the tires of the lowboy just saying :d:d:d

 

[Polarblu]

Cool Longhorn!!!!!!!

I'm sure that that will be a great investment, and a lot of fun for you. Re: the heated windshield. You could always load it backwards.

Looking forward to more pics, when you get it.

Dosnt work the lowbed tires spit gravel up backwards too, learned the hard way. We would haul 2 at a time and the time we cheated on protection cost $$. Always ran 2 cause 1 was always down.
With 1 machine a 25 deck tandem trailer, tracks off and rolled would fit it and pull behind a 1 ton. Steel tracks would need a least a little corner mount picker to help out......
With 1 machine

 

[pipes]

Haha I wish it was grooming trails, because my sled will fit on the back, but sadly it will be for work, we have so much snow down here in places that we are already plowing, Im hoping its going to be a very busy year for moving snow. I have always wanted a snowcat, looked at them for years, but think I finally have enough work to justify one, so it will spend most of its time out on the Suffield Block where we do most of our work.

My goal is to impress the clients enough with its capabilities to justify another one LOL...time will tell.

sorry to inform you still don't have a Snowcat. Tucker builds the Snocat . Your unit is built but Bombardier.Tucker Sno-Cat Corporation - HOME Just saying.

 

[Longhorn]

sorry to inform you still don't have a Snowcat. Tucker builds the Snocat . Your unit is built but Bombardier.Tucker Sno-Cat Corporation - HOME Just saying.

Haha, thanks Pipes but you are misinformed...

Tucker builds the 'Sno-cat'...

I have always wanted a 'snowcat'

What the heck should I call it then??

 

[Longhorn]

Dosnt work the lowbed tires spit gravel up backwards too, learned the hard way. We would haul 2 at a time and the time we cheated on protection cost $$. Always ran 2 cause 1 was always down.
With 1 machine a 25 deck tandem trailer, tracks off and rolled would fit it and pull behind a 1 ton. Steel tracks would need a least a little corner mount picker to help out......
With 1 machine

Heres my plan...with the current track setup the unit is 14' wide, plan to chop off a foot on each track then the unit is 12' wide. We then plan to haul it on a tandem dual GN trailer, 32' with a 1-ton. OD signs and beacons. We have one luxury down here, most of the work happens on the Military base so once we hit the base we can do anything we want trucking wise, no DOT rules on the base. The downside is that any hauling we do there is 100% gravel, so real hard on glass.

If things go right it will only get hauled out there once and will stay till break-up.

And I do have a picker, so no issues there.

 

[Longhorn]

Cool Longhorn!!!!!!!

I'm sure that that will be a great investment, and a lot of fun for you. Re: the heated windshield. You could always load it backwards.

Looking forward to more pics, when you get it.

My truck/trailer combo is quite good for protection, its a GN trailer so wheels are protected and trailer really keeps the rocks from the truck at bay. However, it still throws rocks, so we will protect the glass before she travels...At least the first time, then ya get busy and you just load and go.

 

[Trashy]

My truck/trailer combo is quite good for protection, its a GN trailer so wheels are protected and trailer really keeps the rocks from the truck at bay. However, it still throws rocks, so we will protect the glass before she travels...At least the first time, then ya get busy and you just load and go.

You hirin'????

 

[Longhorn]

You hirin'????

Haha, not yet, got a full crew, but if it gets as ugly this winter as some predict, shes gonna be flat out...

Wanna move?

 

[Snohog]

We have a '06 PR350 (yellow) and the windows are a bit expensive, but we also have a BR275 with just a flat piece glass and to be honest the 350's windows are cheaper to replace, I think we broke 2 of them now. they are so expensive because they have gold gunning though the glass (for the heater) do you have "J" syle grouser bars or are they semi-closed? btw, is your tiller still in awesome shape? we are kinda looking for a new one....

and you will also find you will need some extra hydraulic hoses in stock, they get pinched, crushed, blow, leak left right and center.....and a spair tire or 2 would be handy...

have fun with ur toy

 

[ferniesnow]

Longarm, this video is a little long 8:47 minutes but it is interesting! At least to a groomer operator doing trails in the mountains. Some of the curls where up to 5' high and just rolling.....just what an operator wants to see.....friggin' awesome

The video was out of Elkford going down to the Bull River. We will start grooming the Coal Creek trail in Fernie on Friday; Different club, different groomer, and much different conditions.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pNHBblnmJkw

 

[Longhorn]

Longarm, this video is a little long 8:47 minutes but it is interesting! At least to a groomer operator doing trails in the mountains. Some of the curls where up to 5' high and just rolling.....just what an operator wants to see.....friggin' awesome

The video was out of Elkford going down to the Bull River. We will start grooming the Coal Creek trail in Fernie on Friday; Different club, different groomer, and much different conditions.

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pNHBblnmJkw[/media]

That was great, thanks Doug!

 

[foothills m8]

The good ole snow farming ya its a great job.

 

[NosRX1]

Wow cool video...have fun with that Longhorn!

 

[JayBec]

thats cool to watch, i bet its even nicer doin it,

 

[ferniesnow]

thats cool to watch, i bet its even nicer doin it,

oh yea....

 

[maxwell]

how come a snowcat can move more snow than a dozer?

 

[Polarblu]

how come a snowcat can move more snow than a dozer?

35 mph and a blade designed to move snow. Dosnt fall through the ice into muskeg. dosnt need to be hauled around as much. If you have 5 kilometers to the next road to clear you just haul ass over there.