Snow Tractor

[1700 Rider]

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http://forum.treasurenet.com/index.php/topic,213971.0/topicseen.html/

1926 Snow Tractor
> "Neat"-one of Henry
> Ford's toys.

> But
> could our modern snowmobiles easily pull 2 tons of
> logging trees? Run
> in grass and on bare ground? And could they convert
> to tractors and
> cars?
>
> I can't imagine why this did not really catch on and
> sell like
> hotcakes...unless he just would not put them into
> production. This was 83 years ago , but
> does this thing look
> like fun or what !!
> It appears very
> stable and moves
> along quickly.
> This is a rare video of an invention that
> never went very
> far. Wait until you see the automobile version it
> is all on here.
> 1926 Snow Tractor. Talk about ingenuity! This is a 1926
> silent film (on
> video) of a tractor-snow-machine invented by Henry Ford,
> shown here driving
> it. Watch the whole thing. Note the
> "hat." Also note
> the white shirt and tie.
> Turn up
> sound.------ Click on this
> link and watch-----------

[Fly]

Re: Snow Tractor

Amazing, I've never seen anything about this before. On a farm, this would be more useful than a snowmobil.