I have basically the same machine. I live in Alberta Canada. I sold my Sprite with 43 in tracks because we didn't get enough snow. I bought my 1984 1344 from Bill at Snotrans. I love it. The deepest snow I have hade it in was 5 feet soft. There was a melted crust at 4 feet down. If I got below the crust on a hill I would have to backup and get above the crust before climbing the hill. I was asked to go to our local ski hill on Monday night and roll there hill because there machine was broke down. Their roller is in 3 ten foot sections made from culvert. I havn't found a hill I can't lug over the top in 3rd gear to prevent spinning out, even with that 30ft roller behind. The maneuverability is good, for a Tucker, thru the bush with those short tracks. The only place were I've had problems is in "corn" snow or when the snow all melts and ices up. If the snow has any type of compaction it'll climb like a goat.