Snowcat Training, Newbe Gets Stuck, And Recovery.

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@deljacobsen3825 4 жыл бұрын

Nice video. I always carry a Chain Saw, track parts and short lengths of chain and bolts to fix a blowen track lace!! good job guys Del. k7rlp

@MoisesJha 4 жыл бұрын

Sno Cat's look fun to driveon winter time. Good job with the recovery.

@survivalcomms 7 жыл бұрын

Great video ! Being from the land of airboats and mosquitoes this was not only entertaining but educational. Thanks for sharing !

@znovosad555 6 жыл бұрын

Number 1 rule of offroading is always have the appropriate recovery gear. Espeically self recovery gear for these types of scenarios no matter what kind of vehicle you're in

@Althar549 7 жыл бұрын

I learned in a 1974 Thiokol 1200 with no ice caulks on a downhill ski joint. courage,without pride, was alesson then..lol

@billpearson5257 2 жыл бұрын

1. I've never like track lacing joints, I much prefer overlapping the belting if you can get it long enough 2. With holes that large around the trees, the operator should have used his blade to level things out some 3. While heavier to shovel, you were lucky you were in wet snow that would pack and not ten feet of powder Bill

@CMWally 5 жыл бұрын

Prime example of you learn more when things go wrong than when things go right.

@ronbradshaw7404 2 жыл бұрын

Geeezz, i wonder what's that thing in the front? Oh! a blade?!. What am i suppesoed to do with that? push-off clouds?...

@buzzsah 7 жыл бұрын

Nice area, sounds like a fun training time.

@percyfaith11 3 жыл бұрын

Man did you have to put that snowshoe sequence on loop replay?

@louwest467 6 жыл бұрын

Bata boots or Bunny boots/Mickey Mouse boots are what I swear by after working in the Alaskan oil fields. Just bought a new pair as it gets below zero here often in winter. Nice to see the instructor knows his boots.

@tananam9782 5 жыл бұрын

Bunny boots are good in the cold, especially when there is glaciation/overrun (that isn't too deep). However. It's raining in parts of this video. How cold could it be? I struggle between good, warm, dry, versus easy to use. The old school wool felt pack boots I preferred no longer exist. The pack boots I have now are plenty warm, but are nearly as bulky as bunny boots. I've got big feet. Boots make them bigger. It's hard to drive or ride in these things. I wish there was a good compromise.

@TheXanUser 5 жыл бұрын

never understood why snowcats don't have opposing blades/teeth at 90* to the regular ones on the tracks to keep them sliding sideways.

@percyfaith11 3 жыл бұрын

2:23 shows that cat has just what you are talking about on the tracks.

@tananam9782 5 жыл бұрын

That snow seems very dense and hard compared to what I'm used to. Snowcats were never especially popular here, maybe because of the snow conditions, maybe because if you ever had to drive through forest (most of the time) trails are just too narrow. They're rarely used above treeline here either. For comparison, snow as deep as you were operating in were it in my neck of the woods, would have you all sinking at least knee deep, probably hip deep. In this video, it seems you had no difficulty walking about. It doesn't seem much of a test of Snowcat capability. I want such large vehicles to work, or perhaps lighter side-by-sides fitted with tracks. My father is aging, and the days he can ride a snowmachine (snowmobile) are limited. Single operator vehicles are vastly superior in deep and soft snow, but they require no small amount of physical exertion. They also offer no protection from the elements other than what the rider is wearing. Anybody have any ideas? (dry, soft, cold snow here)