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Studebaker Snow cats?

Alp Trac

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Hi Folks,

Does any one know anything about the history/age and rough value of these snow cats.

I found them for sale, both described as ex military Studebaker , one a troop carrier the other an oil bowser.

Both Running.

Thanks,

Adam
 

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MNoutdoors RIP

Gone But Not Forgotten
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Hi Folks,

Does any one know anything about the history/age and rough value of these snow cats.

I found them for sale, both described as ex military Studebaker , one a troop carrier the other an oil bowser.

Both Running.

Thanks,

Adam


Alp, Here is a forum of just Weasels http://www.m29cweasel.org/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi We have had them before condition
dictates price 2500- 10,000 ave price 5-8000

Lots of info out there search "M-29 Weasel" " M-28 weasel"
I have never liked the tracks In my opinion they were to light duty :thumb:
 

Melensdad

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The Studebaker Weasel is a pretty good all terrain design, it is not a deep snow machine. It is much more an an all-around machine capable of doing a lot of things a snowcat may not be good at doing but not as good at any specific task as many more dedicated machines.

It was designed for the military to move troops, gear, etc and saw a lot of use doing just that. It was good for moving people/gear across open fields with or without snow cover, it is also capable of being driven on roads, etc. It will manage moderate snow, mud, river crossings, etc and it is capable of much higher speeds than a traditional snowcat. The prices Boggie quoted are similar to what I have seen, but seem just a little bit lower than I see.
 

Lyndon

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Somewhere else in this forum, can't remember where or when I wrote it, but I met not one, but 2 parties, military personel in Korea, that had such bad experiences with the M29 that they said they emphatically would never ride in one. I got a similar response from an Alaskan of my aquaintence. Seems that they detracked as soon as look at them. There was a gentleman in Anchorage that converted the weasels to 'Scat Tracks', a belted track system similar to what's on a J5 Bombardiere. I've seen 4 or 5 of the conversions, all owned by hunters. On one ocassion, while inspecting the Trans Alaska Pipeline around Glenellen Ak, one of the Not Converted models showed up at the Caribou Inn, a motel there frequented by lots of hunters with track rigs.(this is where I saw most of the Converted units). Hunters stood around it saying stuff like "Good Luck!"(Sarcastically) or "I wouldn't ride it that" in any event later the next day it sat, De-Tracked, blocking the Right-of-Way access to the pipeline. Fortunatly there was an alternate route or Alyeska would probably have shoved it out of the way with a dozer AND Charged the owner for moving it. One party claimed that they were made for "ONE Time Use" in an Army Magazine Article, but I have never been able to substaintiate this. They did have awfully small bogey wheels, about 3 or 4 inches in diameter. The units had A Good Drive Train, that was powered by a Studebaker in-line 6. As they manufactured some 29,000 of the units, it's suprising how few you see around. The President of the MVPA (Millitary Vehicle Preservation Association) had a trashed out one in his yard in Utah. He said about all they were good for was 'Target Practice'. He preffered something a bit more substantial, Half Tracks, and had quite a collection of Tracked Millitary machines. The development and production of the M29 is often mistaken for the "OTTER", a much more heavy duty Military track rig. There was a model of WEASEL that had a pontoon set that made it float, but these are fairly rare. I've only seen pictures and havn't seen an actual machine with it's pontoon set at any Museum.
 

Lyndon

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Correction: "Over 15,000 were produced", not the 29,000 as listed above. And the previous 'thread' was: " E-Bay- Studebaker Weasel Snowcat" that Bob S. initiated. There are lots of groups and articles available on the web about the M28 and M29 for further reading. Good Picts too.
 

Alp Trac

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cheers guys!

the owner wants a lot of money for them.

10,000 euros equates to about the same in dollars...
 

Alp Trac

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Hummer H3 Chenillette Studbacker "Weasel Essence
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Hummer H3 Chenillette Studbacker "Weasel Essence
0 Km Vert 1944
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Portes: 2 portes
Carburant: essence
Couleur: vert
Année de production: 1944
Date de 1ère immatriculation: 29/01/1950
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