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In April 2021, a dashcam video captured the treacherous nature of snow squalls as tractor-trailers and cars are seen sliding, twisting and crashing along a whiteout-cloaked Interstate 41 in ...
The American Motor Sleigh was a short-lived novelty vehicle produced in Boston in 1905. Designed for travel on snow, it consisted of a sleigh body mounted on a framework that held an engine, a drive-shaft system, and runners. [6] Although considered an interesting novelty, sales were low and production ceased in 1906. [7]
The wide tracks of this 1991 Logan snowcat reduce the ground pressure and improve grip but render it vulnerable to bumps. A snowcat (a portmanteau of snow and caterpillar) is an enclosed-cab, truck-sized, fully tracked vehicle designed to travel over snow.
A screw-propelled vehicle A screw-propelled vehicle is a land or amphibious vehicle designed to cope with difficult terrain, such as snow, ice, mud, and swamp. Such vehicles are distinguished by being moved by the rotation of one or more auger-like cylinders fitted with a helical flange that engages with the medium through or over which the vehicle is moving. They have been called Archimedes ...
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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 ...
A winter service vehicle (WSV), or snow removal vehicle, is a vehicle specially designed or adapted to clear thoroughfares of ice and snow. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Winter service vehicles are usually based on a dump truck chassis , with adaptations allowing them to carry specially designed snow removal equipment.
Road conditions in Vancouver were affected by heavy snowfall in the city on January 15. Conditions in the city even saw some residents having to help push an early morning Translink bus up a snow ...