Tracker snow blower 2009

[spoonack]

I want something like that to shovel my driveway.. genius man ..very impressive

[AndeHollis]

Simply brilliant

[PizzaJo]

That is probably the coolest thing i have seen in the way of snow removal

[bladder1010]

That Claude is one talented guy. C'est tres, tres bon!

[Veikra]

I saw this and went "oh shit that's awesome" and then saw it was built in Quebec...... and I understood

[SubieSleeper]

Coolest thing I've seen on YouTube in a while.

[MrDeparture]

I want one and I live in Texas.

[claud120]

I have a JD544 loader to push snow and i use this to stack the snow higher so it takes less space in my parking lot. There is a lot of snowfall here in Quebec!

[6billionANDone]

why not just put a plow on the front?

[effnpee]

Very ingenious, 4 wheel drive and 4 wheel streat, just awesome. Congratulations, best stuff I've seen so far on YOUTUBE. You're a genius no doubt.

Regards.

[rheniformer]

Awesome! I never would have thought of that. There should be an episode about this on the discovery channel. Monster garage step aside, here comes Claude from Quebec. There was a couple of Quebec boys on "Full Metal Challenge" that totally dominated the competition a few years ago, would have taken it all but for loosing a track at the very end.

[nutz4polaris]

I want one of these!!! You could make a fortune building these!!

[claud120]

I didn`t flipped the axles , it`s like running backward. No problem so far.

[spyder000069]

Very cool. I have read that running an axle backward like that has a much higher tendency to break the ring or worm gear. Because the gears are not a straight cut. I have a samurai and as far as I know the transfer case has straight cut gears (hence why they are slightly noisey) so it should be fine. I suppose if the axle was flipped it would then spin right but I thought then there is oiling problems because the pinion bearings are above the oil line. Did you address this?

[DieselDanZ51]

My hat's off to you, sir. I've dreamt about doing something similar with a Jeep. You've gone ahead and done it! Congratulations, Well Done.

[phantomcharger]

that’s the coolest f$%king Tracker I’ve ever seen

Great job

[claud120]

No i did not! I instal a rear axles in the front and a front axel in the rear!

[toad5678perry]

did yall turn the whole cab around to get tht there rear steerin

[frankyvw]

Belle job!

[djnn22]

Salut Claude... C'est incroyable le travail qu'il y a derrière ça!!! Du Génie Québécois ça se voit! (Où devrais-je dire des patenteux Québécois!)

Je pensais essayer de me fitter un PTO sur mon tracker pour mettre une souffleuse à l'avant... mais 1,6L qui drivent une souffleuse pi qui fait avancer le truck... c'est un peu faible! Ton idée de rouler à 2 moteurs est excellente!

[vivitar45]

just rotated the frame of the tracker so the motor is at the back

[1ThinkingMachine]

How cool is that ? Wow Outstanding!

[tscholent]

as long as it's not ment to do commercial size work ...I say it's the work of a genius...kudos to you sir!!!

[TheVTHILLBILLY]

some one has to much time on there hand's but it is a cool rig

[22cole85]

phuck that chute

[mmp3pets]

way too cool

[sideshow45]

seems like it has too many places for a flaw or failure in the whole vehicle.

[eyeboltman2]

Great idea !!!! Now maybe the wife will snow blow the driveway :)

[QWILDER]

The BEST I have seen so far as for design.

Only question. Does the heater still Work?

LOL

[davids78bronco]

Trying to understand your reply to ensoll ... the Sprint engine is still running the transaxle, with the CV axles now being the F&R drivelines, correct? And the Tracker's F axle was a rear axle, and the rear axle was a F axle. Am I right with this? It makes sense to me, anyway. Either way, I like it, great idea!

[davids78bronco]

Does this mean the axles were flipped, driving them on the coast side of the gears, in order to keep the 3-4 forward gears, and single reverse gear, or were the axles just turned around, rendering the single forward gear with 3-4 reverse gears??

[claud120]

the Sprint engine is still running the transaxle (YES) , with the CV axles now being the F&R drivelinelines correct? ( one of the sprint axle drive a samurai transfercase and the transfercase drives both F&R drivelines,so i still have 4x4 with low gear) And the Tracker's F axle was a rear axle, and the rear axle was a F axle. Am I right with this? ( i use a rear SAMURAI axle in the front and a front SAMURAI axle in the back)

[Ds51638]

where do i order mine awsome idea guys you could make a killing selling them

[latexasphyxia]

I think i wet my pants... ~Jessie

[73Shakes]

I like.......good job good idea

[luvmyctd]

Excellent ... ingenious!

[ensoll]

So I'll take a guess that the body of the truck was spun around 180 degrees on the frame...? Does it have 1 forward speed (reverse) and 4 reverse speeds (forward)? Looks like a great machine but surely not street legal.

[claud120]

No! The body is all original with the 1600cc tracker engine running the blower with the front drive shaft off the tracker transfercase. There is a 3cyl. sprint engine in the back to move the body. A rear samurai housing was used in the front and the front sam. housing is in the back so that`s why it`s now a rear wheel steering 4X4.Hope you understand!!

[ensoll]

Not perfectly clearly, but I appreciate the ingenuity!

[jkauffman990]

wow that would be nice to have. but i would put better tires on it or even tracks.

[A1Curt]

y a geo

[askua1]

damn fine blower.

[InfernusEternum]

Damn, now that gets the job done!

[TyProgrammer]

very impressive

[jlaudio10w07]

and i think she deserves a nice light bar... and or some strobes

[jlaudio10w07]

luv the rear steering... very creative

[OpCzar]

C trop hot!

C'est pas mal mieux que les américains avec leurs tracteurs-tondeuses équipées d'une petite souffleuse en avant.

[KDTravis]

@OpCzar Ne te tirer dans le pied, Pierre. Beaucoup de ces souffleuse à neige utilisent les Américains viennent de Canada. Question : existe-t-il un conférencier français quelque part qui n'est pas impoli ?

[Mccarronm04]

I WANT! :D

[jerresservice]

Nice Job Claud. We were going to do a direct drive unit but wanted to be able to run our unit on different vehicles and still be able to use it to plow. That is a great compact unit. Jerre

[ve9aa]

This has got to be, hands down, the coolest snowblower I have ever seen ! I have a large walk-behind blower and also an older 1961 Land Rover. Was thinking of putting a tractor snowblower on the front of it, SOMEDAY, but don't have much experience with that. Way to go Claude. C'est tres bien ! Salut. Mike in NB "ve9aa"

[bfrance2002]

What size engine runs the blower?

I have a bug snogo I bought off an auction. It is not the most efficient thing, but it does move snow.

[claud120]

The blower is run by the tracker 1600cc engine,the 3 cyl. 1000cc sprint engine in the back run the body. First time i hear about a bug snogo, i will try to find informations on the net.

[bfrance2002]

That is cool. It does a grate job for its size. Did you make the blower part too?

[claud120]

No i bought it used.

[Aviolys]

C'est moi que tu a vu cet après-midi avec la petite cam ! ;) (Je sais que j'ai faite une erreur dans mon titre dans le vidéo!:P )

J'ai envoyé mon petit vidéo en réponse à celui-ci ;)

[claud120]

Pas de probléme,Merci

[kwacz]

is there a reason for the rear wheel steering

[claud120]

I used a samurai rear axle in the front to give enough clearance for the blower drive shaft,the differential is not centered on these samurai axles.I also have a lot less weight on the steering wheel when i lift the snowblower, it`s alot easier to steer that way.

[DirtballGearhead]

Wow! Thats really awesome! Well done and nice video!