[TheForge] I gotta have one of these!

[dann at wctatel.net]

Jerry,Larry,

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

As I looked at this video of Henry Ford ..driving his machine.. I imagined
two sets of old 100 pound lp cyclinders  butt welded together ( 4 used) 
with spiral bands of steel welded on the outside.. but rather than roller
chain.. powered by hydraulics with controls like on my skid loader.  
Pretty Cool watching the old vid.

Besides his tractor, Henery adapted this to both Chevy and Ford cars of
the time.  Betting the reason it didn't really become a sale stopper in
the North Country was the early onset of the Great Depression his the
rural "snowy" lands a bit earlier.

Dann

> That is cool Larry though I have NO idea why you'd want one so the trees
> can
> ride around.
>
> While I've never seen this video I have seen the idea. Sometime in the mid
> 60's films (yeah, I'm THAT old) of similar rides were making the rounds.
> The
> drive augers were smaller in diameter and the blades were larger but the
> idea was the same. The ones I saw though were being run on everything from
> dirt and rocks to pavement and swamps. The auger drums were hollow and
> sealed so the vehicles floated. There were no films of em on snow, maybe
> Henry had THAT idea patented? Anyway, it was a way cool all terrain
> vehicle
> especially if you weren't averse to literally plowing the landscape.
>
> And yeah, I want one! Heck, it shouldn't take a rocket scientist to build
> one eh? Heck, I liked Henry's hat, I want one of those too. <grin>
>
> Frosty the Lucky.
> -------------------------
> If it ain't forged
> It ain't real
> wrought iron is
> The Frostworks
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Larry Brown" <lp.brown at verizon.net>
> To: <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Monday, January 25, 2010 3:29 PM
> Subject: [TheForge] I gotta have one of these!
>
>
>>
>>
>> Frosty, this made me think of you. Whip one up for the logs
>> Larry Brown
>> in non snowy NYC
>>
>> Subject: I gotta have one of these
>>
>>
>>
>> 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."
>>
>>
>> http://forum.treasurenet.com/index.php/topic,213971.0/topicseen.html
>>
>
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