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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.
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. Major manufacturers are PistenBully (Germany), Prinoth (Italy), and Tucker (United States).
Thiokol was an American corporation concerned initially with rubber and related chemicals, and later with rocket and missile propulsion systems. Its name is a portmanteau of the Greek words for sulfur (Greek: θεῖον, romanized: theion) and glue (Greek: κόλλα, romanized: kolla), an allusion to the company's initial product, Thiokol polymer.
Patrick Longstreth's documentary "The Day That Shook Georgia" debuts on PBS on April 8, 2024. The film recounts the impact of the Thiokol munitions factory explosion on rural Woodbine.
Snowmobiles and Snowcats. Bombi; Moto-Ski purchased 1971; Ski-Doo; Lynx (snowmobile) of Finland, purchased (?) John Deere Buck all-terrain vehicle made by Bombardier;
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 ...
Kristi of Washington developed a new model called the KT7 snowcat, The most refined and last produced of the Kristi snowcats was the KT7, of which only 4 were built and only 1 was successful: #002. The KT7 used a Ford Anglia gasoline engine controlled by governor over hydrostatic Vickers drive with body tilt.
Tucker Sno-Cats were originally built with a steel track that rotates around a steel pontoon. [1] Located at the top center of the pontoon is a drive sprocket with teeth that drive the chain-like tracks around the steel pontoon.