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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". [6] 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 coaches ...
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).
The following is a list of vehicles and crafts made by Bombardier and (since 2003) Bombardier Recreational Products of Canada. In 2004 the industrial vehicles division was sold to the Camoplast (now Camso) company of Canada.
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 ]
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 ...
1963 10-passenger Thiokol 601 operated by the USAF Early-style, 12-passenger snow coach made by Bombardier of Canada. A snow coach is a specialized passenger transport vehicle designed to operate over snow or ice, similar to a large, multi-passenger snowcat equipped with bus-style seating. These vehicles may have multiple sets of massive, low ...
LMC 1500 LMC 1200. Logan Manufacturing Company was a US manufacturer of snowcats that ceased operation in 2000. LMC is both the tradename (brand name) and an acronym.. The company's earliest history started with a prototype tracked snow vehicle built in 1948 by engineers Roy France and Emmett Devine, of the Utah Scientific Foundation at Utah State University in Logan, Utah.