Very cool machine
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Topic: Very cool machine
Posted By: koloradoguy
Subject: Very cool machine
Date Posted: 19 Jan 2010 at 3:43pm
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It ain't orange, but it's way cool. Take a look see. 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. I even like the "hat." http://forum.treasurenet.com/index.php/topic,213971.0/topicseen.html - - http://forum.treasurenet.com/index.php/topic,213971.0/topicseen.html |
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Posted By: Claus
Date Posted: 19 Jan 2010 at 4:28pm
| This has been posted here several times. I do think it was very innovative but I don't see much use for it, I don't think it would have much traction when pulling something, not to mention how would you keep a wagon, etc. on top of the snow. |
Posted By: CTuckerNWIL
Date Posted: 19 Jan 2010 at 4:36pm
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Claus, You could put your wagon box on the bobsled like they used to when you had to work in the snow with horses. I'm betting you could bury it pretty easy though. You could come back in the spring and put the tires back on it.
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Posted By: Gatz in NE
Date Posted: 19 Jan 2010 at 4:48pm
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Henry Ford was not the inventor of this type of machine.
His (or his minions) involvement was probably no more than taking an existing idea and, because lighter-weight internal combustion engines were available at the time, attempted making a marketable product.
This short article shows such a machine built in the 1890's by James and Ira Peavey. More than likely its weight was the main reason it didn't succeed.
http://files.asme.org/ASMEORG/Communities/History/Landmarks/5587.pdf - http://files.asme.org/ASMEORG/Communities/History/Landmarks/5587.pdf
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Posted By: Byron WC in SW Wi
Date Posted: 19 Jan 2010 at 4:55pm
| That video didn't work for me but I searched snow motor and found it on you-tube. It had screws for wheels. I had never seen it before. Thanks for posting. |
Posted By: Chuck(ONT)
Date Posted: 19 Jan 2010 at 5:04pm
| Here is a modern version. Cheap. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MBnqSEiws6s - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MBnqSEiws6s |
Posted By: JohnCO
Date Posted: 19 Jan 2010 at 10:16pm
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Chuck, that youtube vidio is quite cool. Koloradoguy, what part of this great state do you call home? ------------- "If at first you don't succeed, get a bigger hammer" Allis Express participant |
Posted By: LouSWPA
Date Posted: 19 Jan 2010 at 10:26pm
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Gatz in NE wrote:Posted By: Gatz in NE
Date Posted: 19 Jan 2010 at 10:40pm
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On page 1 of the pdf, in the right-hand column....
In the 90’s when the internal combustion engine was being perfected
and the horseless carriage was becoming commonplace, lumbermen returning from visits to Bangor brought reports of the progress James and Ira Peavey were making with their log hauler. On page 3, on the lower right is a picture of the machine.
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