I made mention of this vehicle a few months back. All this effort for a mobile arctic base/lab/aircraft carrier, and they gave the damn thing SMOOTH tires!
No wonder it didn't go very far after it was unloaded onto the ice pack.

After WWII, it was rediscovered and then left in place again, but was never found again after that expedition. Rumor has it that either the Soviets took it for themselves or that it was carried away when a huge chunk of the ice shelf broke off, and it's now at the bottom of the ocean after the iceberg melted.

Was that the last known photo of the Tucker Sno-Cat 743 Double Drive, just before it plunged into a crevasse never to be seen again?

I liked that tractor on two big screws. That looked fun.

Meh.

I don't think they thought this all the way through...




Is that jet powered? Yee-farking-ha!

Well I've see you've played Knifey Spoony before Yank!

skinbubble: I am digging the "Ford on Snowshoes" - the Model T Snowmobile

An old boss of mine had one of those in Wyoming

No rolligons?






Yes, that first one has smooth tires and an indirect drive. Something to do with not spinning the tires and burrowing in.

I'll take one Schneekrad tank-tread motorcycle, please.  Oh, and some farking snow to drive it on.  It's April.

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I don't think they thought this all the way through...


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Is that jet powered? Yee-farking-ha!

That's a radial engine, not a jet. It just doesn't have the prop mounted.

TV's Vinnie: I made mention of this vehicle a few months back. All this effort for a mobile arctic base/lab/aircraft carrier, and they gave the damn thing SMOOTH tires!
No wonder it didn't go very far after it was unloaded onto the ice pack.

After WWII, it was rediscovered and then left in place again, but was never found again after that expedition. Rumor has it that either the Soviets took it for themselves or that it was carried away when a huge chunk of the ice shelf broke off, and it's now at the bottom of the ocean after the iceberg melted.

In my favorite Clive cussler book, the main characters borrow a repaired and upgraded version of that big red machine and drive across the anartic and use it to defeat nazis.

/it was AWESOME

These must be pretty common.  My mom's got 3 or 4 in her nightstand.  She was snowmobiling all night last night.  Kept waking up the dog.

skinbubble: I am digging the "Ford on Snowshoes" - the Model T Snowmobile

I saw the snowshoe setup on a Model T when I went to a car show as a kid in New York.  Somewhere in a box I have Instamatic pics of it.

///onion...belt...lawn...

Just Another OC Homeless Guy: Meh.

Junk it.

Not as cool, but at least she is mine.

It doesn't matter what your riding in. Danforth still goes mad at the end.

Came here for the modified Ford farm tractor that Edmund Hillary and "Bunny" Fuchs used on the Trans-Antarctica Expedition, leaving satisfied.

braedan: It doesn't matter what your riding in. Danforth still goes mad at the end.

Yes, but now you can be driven mad in style.

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Yeah, how could they write up the "Mailman's Special", give all of those pictures, then not include that one?

Kibbler: I love the "armored" snowmobile.  Plywood covered with a 10mm plate in front.  So, if the attackers were carrying derringers, you'd be safe...so long as they were firing directly from the front.

to be fair a 10mm mild steel plate will stop a surprising range of different rounds. except for steel-cored AP type stuff... that stuff can go through it.

that said, my brother in law does a lot of business working on quads and snowmobiles. he thought the article was pretty cool.

But only a proper snowmobile will kill "ICE SPIDERS II "

Saw this one on BarnFinds the other day. Not really a snowmobile, but it was 'modified for winter mail delivery'.

neongoats: I liked that tractor on two big screws. That looked fun.

The video was cool right up until the 3:00 mark when the animal abuse started.  Had to shut it down.

Cletus from Canuckistan: Saw this one on BarnFinds the other day. Not really a snowmobile, but it was 'modified for winter mail delivery'.

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i would drive it.

hell, that would look wicked with a proper paint job and side pipes...

Jesse James did it best.