wood heated snow cat

The "Gonkculator" Custom built by old timer Harley Goodwin of Yellow Pine,Idaho... Willys cab with 44 fwd gears,4wd track drive,6 way blade and wood heated living quarters!

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[balongaboy]

this shall survive the apocalypse or zombies

[patton223]

that thing needs some wd-40 !!!

[Andy Smith]

Funny how I got from cat videos to here.

[guuguguguggug]

YA!!!!!!!! 

[Varg Opaleiro]

Willys mais conhecida como Ford Rural aqui no Brasil

[Cr8zyAmazing]

im suprised he didnt have a mullet or was married to his sister/cousin....

[jeepersdrew2]

Ha ha the willys wagon on top makes it!!! ... for sure.

[OneWoodenCat]

D=

[Jesus45U]

Allright, it seems God and Caterpillar are with me on this one then. :)

Making the chassis as a tub, will probably be the most efficient, just remember to have a way to collect, and bail water from it. Don't want it to gather in a spot where you can't get a hold of it.

With hydraulics you also get a fairly compact package, so you should have fairly good room in it. The motors might not have a high RPM as max though, but you can "gear up" by using bigger drive gears.

[Mike Lamothe]

Final drives in the rear are a given. God and Caterpillar have deemed it so. Barry, the more optimistic of the pair of us thinks we will have a tunnel and traction by spring. I will wait and see. We start assembly in the near future and it is more or less design on the run. What we end up with will be determined by what is laying about.  Mike

[Jesus45U]

Awesome. :)

Heck, if you get some old belts and undercarriage off of a mini excevator, you might be able to scavenge some old hydraulic motors as well.

I recommend putting the engine in the front, so it'll take the brunt instead of your face if you crash. Plus it'll make it better at climbing hills if it's front heavy.

Though I do recommend putting the driving cogs in the back, so that the tension from pulling goes along the underside of the wheels and the slack on top.

[Mike Lamothe]

Barry, my friend mentioned the hydraulic drive and my son is 42. No kids in this group. Mind we all act childish. We have a three cylinder John Deer turbo diesel and a rather large snow machine motor and some assorted valves and hoses in our box of "goodies" so far. We have started manufacturing our own rendition of tracks out of used conveyor and metal "C" channel. Seems promising so far. I will keep you posted. Both Barry and myself are retired so we have a million other things to do