# F a winter beater, I just need a tractor **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Automotive\ **Created:** [December 8, 2009, 12:56pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/f-a-winter-beater-i-just-need-a-tractor/77032 "2009-12-08T12:56:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Coldaccord](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/coldaccord/32/7272_2.png) [@Coldaccord](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Coldaccord)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2009, 12:56pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/f-a-winter-beater-i-just-need-a-tractor/77032/1 "2009-12-08T12:56:42Z")
[http://www.flixxy.com/snow-vehicle-concept.htm](http://www.flixxy.com/snow-vehicle-concept.htm) ---
**Author:** ![boardjnky4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/96bed5/32.png) [@boardjnky4](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boardjnky4)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2009, 1:00pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/f-a-winter-beater-i-just-need-a-tractor/77032/2 "2009-12-08T13:00:19Z")
the axis spins look fun! ---
**Author:** ![ridethesquirrel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/3da27b/32.png) [@ridethesquirrel](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ridethesquirrel)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2009, 1:43pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/f-a-winter-beater-i-just-need-a-tractor/77032/3 "2009-12-08T13:43:53Z")
That’s awesome! I wonder why it never caught on? ---
**Author:** ![KuntryQuestTSi](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/kuntryquesttsi/32/5010_2.png) [@KuntryQuestTSi](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/KuntryQuestTSi)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2009, 1:50pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/f-a-winter-beater-i-just-need-a-tractor/77032/4 "2009-12-08T13:50:45Z")
Haha 7:41 he almost endos it. This probably replaced it [![](http://images.irondealer.com/404.htm?aspxerrorpath=/dealers/204/42/72777/machines/1085219-633822060395460469.jpg) ](http://images.irondealer.com/404.htm?aspxerrorpath=/dealers/204/42/72777/machines/1085219-633822060395460469.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![JayS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jays/32/15375_2.png) [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2009, 1:57pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/f-a-winter-beater-i-just-need-a-tractor/77032/5 "2009-12-08T13:57:18Z")
> [@ridethesquirrel](#): > > I wonder why it never caught on? Because someone figured out a superior design: ![http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_OQcu-lHiBDU/RdMA0G-K8OI/AAAAAAAAAHc/I5O5KJFq_TI/s400/Snowcat2.jpg](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/uploads/speedlife/original/3X/5/9/592b126e6faa4c1a8bf2e7c89fc021e03b27278c.jpeg) Pretty cool looking though. ---
**Author:** ![BigRon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/58956e/32.png) [@BigRon](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BigRon)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2009, 8:54pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/f-a-winter-beater-i-just-need-a-tractor/77032/6 "2009-12-08T20:54:56Z")
Repots? [http://www.nyspeed.com/forums/showthread.php?t=64876&highlight=Armstead](http://www.nyspeed.com/forums/showthread.php?t=64876&highlight=Armstead) ---
**Author:** ![pirite](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/pirite/32/5308_2.png) [@pirite](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/pirite)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2009, 9:00pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/f-a-winter-beater-i-just-need-a-tractor/77032/7 "2009-12-08T21:00:15Z")
repost for sure. ---
**Author:** ![Southtowns27](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/southtowns27/32/5002_2.png) [@Southtowns27](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Southtowns27)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2009, 9:37am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/f-a-winter-beater-i-just-need-a-tractor/77032/8 "2009-12-13T09:37:36Z")
It never caught on because that design did not work well in all snow conditions. If you notice in the video, the top layer of the snow is pretty firm and the snow itself is pretty dense. In light fluffy powder snow that machine sank out of sight. Enter Emmett Tucker who invented the ladder track design which gave birth to the Tucker Sno-Cat. I own one of these machines: ![http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v621/Southtowns27/Sno-Cat/DSC00425.jpg](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v621/Southtowns27/Sno-Cat/DSC00425.jpg) The ladder track design was later upgraded as rubber technology entered the scene. In the 70’s, the design was changed to rubber belts with steel “grousers” bolted to the rubber. This design is still used today on large grooming machines, with the Tucker Sno-Cat now using a solid revolving rubber belt. ---
**Author:** ![Spam16v](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/spam16v/32/5287_2.png) [@Spam16v](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Spam16v)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2009, 9:46am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/f-a-winter-beater-i-just-need-a-tractor/77032/9 "2009-12-13T09:46:10Z")
you’ve got an old Tucker? that’s AWESOME! ---
**Author:** ![Southtowns27](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/southtowns27/32/5002_2.png) [@Southtowns27](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Southtowns27)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2009, 9:50am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/f-a-winter-beater-i-just-need-a-tractor/77032/10 "2009-12-13T09:50:28Z")
2 of them actually…and a Thiokol 2100 ---
**Author:** ![Hass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/51bf81/32.png) [@Hass](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Hass)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2009, 3:05pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/f-a-winter-beater-i-just-need-a-tractor/77032/11 "2009-12-13T15:05:33Z")
looks like two giant ribbed dildos o.O I lol’d when the horse was trying to go through the snow. and the guy kept forcing it through, lol. peta would loooove it.