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Originally Posted by fatlazyless
Watching movies or tv shows about World War II, seeing a half-tracked truck was pretty common so I assume these half-tracked vehicles which had wheels w/ tires up front for steering, and two half-tracks in the back for traction, were more in use back then than today.
What with the shortage of snow, it seems like equipping a regular snowmobile with wheels up front instead of the two skis, plus the standard single tread in the rear could be a usable adaptation for no snow or low snow conditions.
I'm seeing lots of snowmobiles with For Sale signs all over, out front of homes and businesses in the lakes region, so could be that a "half-track' adaptation could be an intermediate use for snowmobile as opposed to their becoming a no-go when there's no snow.
Seems like it would be pretty simple to design, and probably could be a do-it-yourselfer wheeled sno-mo invention. The cure for no snow; the half-tracked snowmo!
......hey, half tracks must have worked good for WW II so why not for no snow conditions?
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There are actually wheel kits for snowmobiles that flip down for operating on the asphalt already. Unfortunately, most NH trails are not smooth enough without snow. The rock and roots would kill a sled.
There are half tracks. The Moultoboro Snowmobile has one, they were made by a company called ASV. Here is a pic of one