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In 1942, L'Auto-Neige Bombardier Limitée ("Bombardier Snow Car Limited") was founded in Valcourt. [9] During World War II, the Government of Canada issued wartime rationing regulations. Bombardier customers had to prove that snowmobiles were essential to their livelihood in order to buy one. The company then shifted its focus to the arms ...
These vehicles and craft were made by Bombardier or from 2003 Bombardier Recreational Products of Canada. In 2004 the industrial vehicles division was sold to the Camoplast company of Canada. Subsequently, Camoplast sold their Track Machines Division to Prinoth , which is part of the Leitner Group [1] .
The Élan was a popular snowmobile variant of Ski-Doo built by Bombardier from 1971 to 1996. [1] They were offered a rather large variety of options including 1 or 2-cylinder engines, different designs on the hood, and other choices.
A PistenBully 600 working in 2006. A snowcat dedicated to snow maintenance rather than transport is known as a snow groomer. Other terms are "piste machines", "trail groomers" (in North American English) or "piste bashers" (in British English) because of their use in preparing ski trails ("pistes") or snowmobile trails.
Bombardier was a mechanic who dreamed of building a vehicle that could "float on snow". [52] In 1935, in a repair shop in Valcourt, Quebec, he designed and produced the first snowmobile using a drive system he developed that revolutionized travel in snow and swampy conditions. In 1937, he patented and sold 12 of the 7-passenger "B7" snow ...
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Snow grooming is the process of manipulating snow for recreational uses with a tractor, snowmobile, piste caterpillar, truck or snowcat towing specialized equipment. The process is used to maintain ski hills, cross-country ski trails and snowmobile trails by grooming (moving, flattening, rototilling , or compacting) the snow on them. [ 1 ]
The Bombardier Bombi or BR 100 is a small dual tracked vehicle which is used for grooming ski and snowmobile trails. Its weight is around 900 kg. it measures approximately 2.7(9 ft) x 1.8 meters (6 ft).