Screw pontoon machines - old or new
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Topic: Screw pontoon machines - old or new
Posted By: Coke-in-MN
Subject: Screw pontoon machines - old or new
Date Posted: 25 Dec 2012 at 12:31pm
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Some old ideas brought back and tried again. [TUBE]H5NsmZcLAdM[/TUBE] Then ZIL tried it [TUBE]djrqktlYQ0k&NR=1[/TUBE] Go back to 1924 or so as a snow machine [TUBE]nVzj3_MUBjE[/TUBE] ------------- Faith isn't a jump in the dark. It is a walk in the light. Faith is not guessing; it is knowing something. "Challenges are what make life interesting; overcoming them is what makes life meaningful." |
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Posted By: MNLonnie
Date Posted: 25 Dec 2012 at 12:58pm
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That would be neat to have in the shed. I wonder if any of the original ones exist? ------------- Waukesha B, B, IB, G, styled WF, D15, 615 backhoe, 2-Oliver OC3's, 4 Ford Model T's, 3 Model A Fords, AV8 Coupe, AV8 Roadster, 1933 Ford Wrecker |
Posted By: DiyDave
Date Posted: 25 Dec 2012 at 1:17pm
| I believe there are 1 or 2 of the old ford, or fordson tractor conversions, out there, seen a show picture, with one restored, somewhere. |
Posted By: James Coons
Date Posted: 25 Dec 2012 at 1:27pm
I saw this machine at the Heidrick Ag Center in northern CA. Would be interesting to drive!    |
Posted By: MNLonnie
Date Posted: 25 Dec 2012 at 1:35pm
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Very cool. Thanks for posting the pics. ------------- Waukesha B, B, IB, G, styled WF, D15, 615 backhoe, 2-Oliver OC3's, 4 Ford Model T's, 3 Model A Fords, AV8 Coupe, AV8 Roadster, 1933 Ford Wrecker |
Posted By: Dave A
Date Posted: 29 Dec 2012 at 3:26pm
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wounder if there are any plans out there ------------- Play the game for more than you can afford to lose... only then will you learn the game. Winston Churchill |
Posted By: dannyraddatz
Date Posted: 29 Dec 2012 at 6:30pm
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I bet OSHA would have been all over this model today! LOL ------------- Danny Raddatz |
Posted By: LouSWPA
Date Posted: 30 Dec 2012 at 11:55pm
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curious that this didn't catch on. I see many advantages over a track machine, including being a watercraft. The major disadvantage would be a track machine can run on hard dry surfaces with less damage to the machine. ------------- I am still confident of this; I will see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living. Wait for the Lord; be strong and take heart and wait for the Lord. Ps 27 |
Posted By: mdm1
Date Posted: 31 Dec 2012 at 12:34pm
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I thought the same thing! How versatile it would be. Problem would be transporting it from play ground to play ground. It would be hard to trail with the average vehicle. It would be a hoot to drive though. ------------- Everything is impossible until someone does it! WD45-trip loader 1947 c w/woods belly mower, 1939 B, #3 sickle mower 1944 B, 2 1948 G's. Misc other equipment that my wife calls JUNK! |