Playing in the snow with my Snow Trac ST4

[melensdad]

The video is a bit too long, probably too boring, but if you've ever wanted to drive a snowcat this is a driver's seat view of driving a snow cat. Somewhere in the middle of the video (about 5 1/2 minute mark) I get out with the camera and take some shots of the Snow Trac.

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6qfbMG8BkBo]YouTube - Snow Trac ST4 in the fields of northern Indiana[/ame]

Mine is a 1972 Snow Trac ST4, these were used by the Royal British Commandos under the guise of the NATO forces to patrol Russian/USSR border lands along the Norwegian border.

 

[aclark]

Sweet ride, should have done some doughnuts!!!

 

[gohard43]

That is awesome !! Would like to have something like that. Perfect Bug out vehicle for Northern IN. What type of speeds does that get up to?

 

[magic man]

Very cool!

 

[E5RANGER375]

ummmmm, I want one.


please?

 

[melensdad]

ummmmm, I want one.


please?

Here are some other variants of the same machine. 2 of these are owned by my friend in Wales, UK. She restores and runs them at military shows.

 

[DaKruiser]

That's awsome, thank you for sharing!

 

[Rayne]

Very cool Video. So are you giving rides to INGO members who happen to be in the neighborhood?

 

[melensdad]

Very cool Video. So are you giving rides to INGO members who happen to be in the neighborhood?

I've never turned anyone down who came up to me and asked for a ride while I was out driving it around. It seats 7 people; 1 driver + 6 passengers. I've even used it to help extract stuck Jeeps from places where 4x4's shouldn't have gone.

 

[Suprtek]

That thing has win all over it. I'm curious about what kind of engine it has. Does it do well in mud?

 

[HighStrung]

This reminded my of this video I saw a while back.

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3HyZ-raQseg]YouTube - Rip Saw - Tracked ATV[/ame]

 

[melensdad]

That thing has win all over it. I'm curious about what kind of engine it has. Does it do well in mud?

It works well in sand, muddy bogs, etc but not in super deep water/mud. It can ford a shallow stream but the tracks need something to be in contact with so as long as there is some sort of surface, even a very soft surface, it will go through it.

The same vehicle was used in Africa in the desert and was sold as a "Sand Trac" instead of a "Snow Trac." There are several different types of metal grousers available for the tracks so they can be used on western powder snow, Sahaha sand, midwestern ice, etc.

The engine is an air cooled 4 cylinder industrial boxer engine from VW.

 

[Lucas156]

that is awesome!!!

 

[danielocean03]

It works well in sand, muddy bogs, etc but not in super deep water/mud. It can ford a shallow stream but the tracks need something to be in contact with so as long as there is some sort of surface, even a very soft surface, it will go through it.

The same vehicle was used in Africa in the desert and was sold as a "Sand Trac" instead of a "Snow Trac." There are several different types of metal grousers available for the tracks so they can be used on western powder snow, Sahaha sand, midwestern ice, etc.

The engine is an air cooled 4 cylinder industrial boxer engine from VW.

With an aircooled VW engine, that thing will run forever.

MD- Seriously, that is beyond cool. Thanks for sharing!

 

[Aggar]

This reminded my of this video I saw a while back.

YouTube - Rip Saw - Tracked ATV

Those are cool. They have their own show on Discovery. Black ops Brothers. howe and howe tech.

The snow trac is pretty neat. Did they used to use them for trail grooming?

 

[Fenway]

Cool. Where can you find parts of something breaks?