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The "Gonkculator"

yellowpine O.T.S.

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Little bit of big, bad,old and ugly but still functioning history. [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ANIoy7NZjX4"]YouTube - wood heated snow cat[/ame]
 
Ah - The Gonkculator - I wish I could borrow it to train rookie ops that bitch when they have to run a groomer that is a whopping four years old.

Love the paint scheme, and it comes with attached employee housing unit!
 

yellowpine O.T.S.

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:beer: :beer:
Next year I want a ride.

OK but you have/get to drive it....wife and I will be in the back with nice quite wood stove heat,comfy couch and a bottle of wine... you will be sitting directly over a nice loud 350 chevy with plenty of heat and good views of the running gear through the rusted out willys cab.
 
I'm thinkin' we put a hot tub in the back of that thing - already got a source for the heat. Hmm- might want to cut in a nice window or two.
 

yellowpine O.T.S.

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Have you guys heard of Stanely Meyer???? I think some further sort of invention is in order here to honor the man Harley goodwin that invented and built the "Gonkculator" and to be able to afford the price of running the machine,maybe a repower with bio-diesl or H2 for the 350?His wife Laura lived on the road with Harley while they groomed Valley county snow roads in the 70's she allways asked Harley for some more windows but he refused saying they would either get broken by branches or just cause a loss of heat....lots of colorful stories.. rescues of trapped in hunters from early snow and Harley dragging up too three truck and trailers at a time over Profile pass cutting trees along the way for the stove,break downs and snow storms ect. Some of the best stories are of travlers seeing the snow cat on the trail for the first time with smoke coming out the back it really had to be quite a sight!
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8stApCmxYEM&feature=related"]YouTube - Run Your Car On Water Today: STAN MEYER KILLED Pt 1[/ame]
 

yellowpine O.T.S.

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I will try and keep this post going... We came down with the Tucker Cool Bus it is now at Bill G's Sno-Trans for sale, wintery snow and spring sunshine all in one day We hope to stop in and see Harley and Laura in Emmett,Id on our way back up to Yellow Pine hopefully we can get some video of the two of them.
 

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