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The Tucker Sno-Cat is a tracked vehicle or a family of
tracked vehicles for snow conditions. Different models have been used for
expeditions in the
Arctic and the Antarctic during the
second half of the 20th century. It differs from other truck-sized
snow vehicles, commonly known as
Snowcats, by its use of four independently mounted sets of tracks. A great model with a lot of history.
O Tucker Sno-Cat é um
veículo tracionado a esteiras e feito para travessias em
condições extremas na neve. Diferentes modelos com dezenas de configurações foram usados em
expedições no Ártico e na Antártida durante a
segunda metade do século XX. Este modelo difere de outros veículos de neve conhecidos como
Sno-Cats por ter
quatro conjuntos independentes de esteiras.
The late E. M. Tucker, Sr. of
Tucker Sno-Cat® Corporation, was one of 13 children, born in a log cabin on
Jump-Off Joe Creek in
1892 near
Grants Pass, Oregon. He spent his early boyhood near
Trail, Oregon in a stone house built by his father in
1901. The house overlooks a broad stretch of
Rogue River and is still a landmark on the
Rogue.
During his youth he walked to school through deep snow, and even at this early age he began working on different devices for
transportation over snow which eventually lead to the development of the world famed
Tucker Sno-Cat® vehicle. In the early twenties
Mr. Tucker built several spiral driven machines, but he had very little success with the principle involved. After these experiences,
Mr. Tucker realized that unless he could come up with a completely different system, he would never achieve his desire to build a vehicle to travel over deep, soft snow with a minimum amount of mechanical trouble and expense.
Mr. Tucker worked in
Los Angeles on models, perfecting the idea of a over-snow transportation. He then moved to
Grass Valley, California, where the first production line was established.
This successful venture was terminated by a move to
Medford, Oregon, determined by
Mr. Tucker's long expressed desire to return to the
Rogue River Valley. Mr Tucker spent
50 years in building and improving his
snow machines, and his firm is recognized as the
oldest successful manufacturer of snow vehicles in the world.
Link: 1957`s.Tucker.Sno.Cat.Alaska.Expedition.Vehicle.by.Kblaauw.via.Forums.Forums
In This link you will find an article written by
Bill Siuru and published in
"This Old Truck" magazine, that contains a brief history of the
Tucker Sno-Cats: Sno.Cat.History
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