Our snowmobile club met last night. The Ram Ranger groomer we fixed and are using turns out to be helpless. The moulded tracks will not provide enough traction to pull the drag out of the ditches on our trails. Not to mention it is to wide for many of our bridges on the trail as well. So we are thinking about a trailer and new tracks for the Ranger.....
But I am wondering if there is a new replacement for our old 252 Ski Dozer, and ours has a drag that folds up hydrolically onto the back of the cat. If you get stuck, fold it up and back out. For our needs the old 252 is just about right. Instead of spending money on a new unproven design, I wish we could find 2 more Ski Dozers like we have, and forget the trailer. Just locate them evenly along the trail system.
The newer cats look to me to be too big, too wide, and not what we really need to be fast and effiecent with our trail/bridge situation. We have 35+ bridges on the trails to contend with. Trailer arround each will kill more time than us voluteers have to give...
So anyone make a unit that is less than 8" wide, weighs no more than 12,000 lbs with the drag. I realize in America bigger, badder, is better, but we need less, not more.....
Any suggestions??
I am all ears...
Regards, Kirk
But I am wondering if there is a new replacement for our old 252 Ski Dozer, and ours has a drag that folds up hydrolically onto the back of the cat. If you get stuck, fold it up and back out. For our needs the old 252 is just about right. Instead of spending money on a new unproven design, I wish we could find 2 more Ski Dozers like we have, and forget the trailer. Just locate them evenly along the trail system.
The newer cats look to me to be too big, too wide, and not what we really need to be fast and effiecent with our trail/bridge situation. We have 35+ bridges on the trails to contend with. Trailer arround each will kill more time than us voluteers have to give...
So anyone make a unit that is less than 8" wide, weighs no more than 12,000 lbs with the drag. I realize in America bigger, badder, is better, but we need less, not more.....
Any suggestions??
I am all ears...
Regards, Kirk