I want one...hehehe

man that thing is nice, got reverse to!!! Now I'd like to see a VK (540 or Pro) haul a load of wood like that rig!
 
sleddineinar said:
Do think that is belt or chain drive? I can see that it must use the power takeoff. VERY cool!
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I was tying to figure the mechanics of it out. The steering wheel controls what sides get power, and there are chains driving each "pontoon/ auger" . Neat as all hell.
 
I love the snow attire of that era. FEDORA'S! Ha! He was beatin the tar out of the horse though. I was kinda like, okay, got the point. The horse sucks in snow.
 
I have an International 140 tractor doing nothing here.Think I will try to incorporate that design on it.Wouldn't it be cool.I imagine it could run on the river to.
 
I sent the video to my father inlaw. He helped the Stieger brothers with the first Stieger tractor and supsequently became head engineer in the R & D of Stieger in the 1970's. Jerry recognized the tractor which is on the prototype. Fordson. he commented the tractor was exctremely heavy, but the effeciancy of the tubes which turned would have been the downfall. The Fordson Snowmachine was prototyped with a split shift transmision, the main clutch worked the primary shaft into the transmision, when the clutch is released and steering straight both outputs would engage. When clutch was released and steering turned only one output engaged. I believe this to be very unique. I am sure no surviving parts are around since this was a "kit" you could buy to modify your existing machine. Excellant video for the day 1924. Alot of money was spent to photographe and film.
 
Ha...cool...glad you guys enjoyed that...as to how I found it..wimp.com...it seems to have the odd things that make you go hmmm..or give ya a good chuckle...they update their site everyday...I found this interesting aswell... http://www.wimp.com/strangestsubstance/
Anyways...nice info BigAl... I love seeing unique ideas like that...hell..I'd bet a newer lighter version might've been good for water...or emergency vehicles(maybe top heavy...but a redesign could help)

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I done some investigation on this, The patent was coppied by the Russian Government, Yes Russian Government. They built some screw type vehicles as troop moving vehicles. The screw was of larger pitch, ended up not being efficiant. The main problems with this type of drivetrain is it is not flexible forward and aft. Imagine going over a sharp bump, ground contact in only two places. The track drive is the way to go. Cool video, made for some interesting research. thanks Al
 
Provided those drums are sealed, you could go on water, ice, anything. Increase the depth of the ribs and you could go in even deeper snow. Put a modern engine with 200+ hp on that and wow!
 
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