This is pretty cool...
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March 2, 2009 10:15 p.m. procainestart Dork
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March 3, 2009 7:50 a.m. Grtechguy SuperDork
only in Michigan...
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March 3, 2009 8:13 a.m. jrw1621 HalfDork
Geat old video! I kept trying to turn up the volume but then I realized that they likely did not have "talkie" flims back then. About 8 minutes into the 10 minute film they show a Chevy with the drums attached. The driver picks up 4 buddies and proceeds to do doughnuts in the road. You can almost smell the wiskey that would likey have been included!
Another fun one: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aq6OdYzrIGA
This is a current video from Ohio and the Lake Erie Island City of Put-in-Bay.
About 2 minutes into the 3 minute video there is some great old film of Ice Racing. Likely taken in the 50's but the cars are from the 20's - 40's. Cool, real, rat rods. -
March 3, 2009 8:51 a.m. EricM HalfDork
I think tha that is pretty cool.
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March 3, 2009 8:54 a.m. cwh Dork
One of those would make a great garage find. Wonder how many were built. Limited market, but it sure did work.
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March 3, 2009 10:08 a.m. mad_machine SuperDork
I am surprised that is not in use today in some places.. seems to work just as well, if not better than a lot of things.. and is a LOT simpler than a tracked vehicle
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March 3, 2009 10:31 a.m. carguy123 Dork
I wonder how the steering worked?
I never could clearly see how the rotors were attached. One belt or 2. If 2 then somehow it varied the speed of the rotors. It looked very easy to manuever so someone spent some time calculating the ratios.
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March 3, 2009 10:45 a.m. friedgreencorrado Reader
procainestart wrote:
This is pretty cool...
This museum says they have one, but they don't have any pictures.
http://www.aghistory.org/cgi-bin/default.asp?AID=168
(down towards the bottom of the list)
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March 3, 2009 10:52 a.m. ignorant SuperDork
http://www.formandreform.com/wordpress/?tag=armstead-snow-motor
Check out the Zil video at the bottom.. CRAZY RUSSIANS...
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March 3, 2009 11:03 a.m. boofighter HalfDork
the Russian one is the craziest, that looks so menacing.
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March 3, 2009 11:53 a.m. Stuc HalfDork
That thing is awesome!! I would love to have one of these in todays age... cruisin around the countryside
And... ...in Mother Russia, road builds Snow-Motor!!
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March 3, 2009 11:58 a.m. Grtechguy SuperDork
carguy123 wrote:
I wonder how the steering worked?
I never could clearly see how the rotors were attached. One belt or 2. If 2 then somehow it varied the speed of the rotors. It looked very easy to manuever so someone spent some time calculating the ratios.
It's running off the PTO (Power Take Off) Shaft. then it's broken into a side by side diff. Chain driven. no slippage.
most tractors use differential braking. Left and Right rear brakes are seperate for allowing turns on one wheel
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March 3, 2009 12:36 p.m. ignorant SuperDork
Grtechguy wrote:
carguy123 wrote:
I wonder how the steering worked?
I never could clearly see how the rotors were attached. One belt or 2. If 2 then somehow it varied the speed of the rotors. It looked very easy to manuever so someone spent some time calculating the ratios.
It's running off the PTO (Power Take Off) Shaft. then it's broken into a side by side diff. Chain driven. no slippage.
most tractors use differential braking. Left and Right rear brakes are seperate for allowing turns on one wheel
I read some more..
It works off of the steering wheel for turning. The steering wheel changes the slipper clutches in the big drive box.
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March 3, 2009 3:56 p.m. 44Dwarf Reader
Oh i want one.....
I thought it was funny that Fordson made one for a Chevy.
Fordson was a branch of ford of corse.
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March 3, 2009 4:36 p.m. Woody Dork
That's cool, but it's not Lombard Steam Log Hauler cool:
http://www.allroutes.to/modeltandlombard/4/images/MVC-024F.JPG
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March 3, 2009 6:27 p.m. Toyman01 New Reader
I have actually seen something like this. They used to use these on the spoil areas(where they pump dredged material from the harbor) around here. This one was powered by two Chevy V8s driving through automatic trannys. The pontoons were probably 6-8 feet in diameter. Looked like it should float. I didn't get to see it run, but it would have been cool.
