New "Orange"

loggah · Oct 16, 2015

As you know, lately I have been dragging home blue, yellow and red machines. Today, something orange followed me home. I believe it is a 927 with seats. It has the wood inserts on the floor and on the seats and a ski rack built on the front. It needs new wooden skis, running boards, a draw bar rebuild, and new wheel assemblies. I have to get busy and get this done for winter. I am pretty sure it will get used quite a bit by myself or other Tucker Sno-Cat owners in the area. I was told that it originally came from Attitash Ski Area in Bartlett, NH.

Here are a few current images.

Northcoast · Oct 16, 2015

What a find! Congratulations. :smile:

sno-drifter · Oct 16, 2015

Lookin good there loggah!! It even has running boards.

loggah · Oct 16, 2015

Scott, Without a running board it would be quite a step to get in. :biggrin:

trailbuilder · Oct 16, 2015

Nice find!

loggah · Oct 16, 2015

Another "TOY" for us to use!! :smile:

maybe the "IMP" would like to pull it around.I got to make up some sort of steam chamber to make new white oak skis, i actually got to get some white oak sawn out !!!

trailbuilder · Oct 16, 2015

The IMP is orange, just not the right shade.

loggah · Oct 16, 2015

Well the trailer ain't really orange anymore, mostly yellow !!! so Thiokols, tuckers, and even Bombers might be pull "LEGAL" !!!!! :biggrin:

Track Addict · Oct 17, 2015

Nice score. Where did you find it? Hope it wasn't under my nose Conway area.

Very jealous

Pontoon Princess · Oct 17, 2015

fabulous FIND !!! :w00t2:

the trailer is a 926, a one ton, all the wood slats were added by the end user, original floors were always made of plywood, and the skis were made of hickory. be careful if you pull IT with something other than a Tucker. :whistling:

sno-drifter · Oct 17, 2015

glacierparkbus said:
fabulous FIND !!!

the trailer is a 926, a one ton, all the wood slats were added by the end user, original floors were always made of plywood, and the skis were made of hickory. be careful if you pull IT with something other than a Tucker.

The geometry of the trailer and Sno-Cat is such that the skis on the trailer follow in the compacted tracks of the Tucker even in the turns.

Here is how you haul the trailer and Sno-Cat. Other photo is on Mt. Hood with Canadian down hill racer Ken Reed 1970's summer training.

sno-drifter · Oct 17, 2015

loggah said:
Another "TOY" for us to use!! maybe the "IMP" would like to pull it around.I got to make up some sort of steam chamber to make new white oak skis, i actually got to get some white oak sawn out !!!

The factory used Hickory.

loggah · Oct 17, 2015

Well i just checked the box length and its 104" long. and the brochures say the 926 is 80" and the 927 is 96" sooooo this must have been custom built !!!! :biggrin:

Thats my story anyway !!!!! :biggrin:

trailbuilder · Oct 17, 2015

My brother- in-law has some 1"X8"and 1"X10" white oak if you are interested. He works at Irelands old mill. Let me know if you want to look at it and I will give you his number.

loggah · Oct 17, 2015

I have some out back in my board pile i'll check and see what i have first, sure would be hard to find hickory around here!!! Dont know if i have ever seen hickory around here. :biggrin:

trailbuilder · Oct 17, 2015

I was thinking that hickory was pretty rare in these parts. I was also thinking that there would only be about two people that would know that the skis were not made out of the correct wood. :whistling:

Cidertom · Oct 17, 2015

Loggah, does Miss Glacierparkbus know where you live? If so, perhaps some Concertina wire, claymores, really hungry dobermans....

sno-drifter · Oct 18, 2015

loggah said:
I have some out back in my board pile i'll check and see what i have first, sure would be hard to find hickory around here!!! Dont know if i have ever seen hickory around here.

Here is how I steam bent the hickory skis. Steamed the tips for 45 mins. each and clamped them. The problem was that the wood I used had been kiln dried and it did not work as well as non-kiln dried wood, but it did not splinter.

Pontoon Princess · Oct 18, 2015

Cidertom said:
Loggah, does Miss Glacierparkbus know where you live? If so, perhaps some Concertina wire, claymores, really hungry dobermans....

really

as I recall, i thought it was fabulous that he found the trailer and has it, lets see if i make a offer that will be very hard to refuse: :whistling:

and I love you too, mr. cidertom :whistling:

ouch

Track Addict · Oct 18, 2015

The dobermans have already been compromised!

loggah · Oct 18, 2015

Well ,i got no Dobermans up this way, but i got three really wacky housecats, cats live to long, and dogs dont live long enough !!!! I guess the trailer is kind of rare not fitting any brochure info. Scott thats a neat way to bend the tips,probably work easier with air dried or green lumber. Nice to visit with you today also. Now i have to go to the other forum to post the rest of the "ORANGE" story. :biggrin:

loggah · Nov 8, 2015

I started working on the trailer,put new running boards on the sides and started cutting the drawbar off to build a new one. On the front of the trailer there is a "E" painted on it. I am wondering if Tucker lettered there trailers,or David Gregg did? "Glacierparkbus" Jinn said that Gregg bought 5 trailers in 1949,wondering if the "E" might be trailer no.5???? so many questions !!!! :biggrin:

Pontoon Princess · Nov 8, 2015

to date, have not found any markings on trailers done by tucker inc, that would include serial numbers stamped anywhere on the trailer ( no sooner than i say this, i will find out differently ) does look like, Gregg did place markings/ ID's on the machines he sold.

sno-drifter · Nov 8, 2015

loggah said:
Well ,i got no Dobermans up this way, but i got three really wacky housecats, cats live to long, and dogs dont live long enough !!!! I guess the trailer is kind of rare not fitting any brochure info. Scott thats a neat way to bend the tips,probably work easier with air dried or green lumber. Nice to visit with you today also. Now i have to go to the other forum to post the rest of the "ORANGE" story.

Green wood be the best way to go. Also, I wood not hesitate to use oak, I won't tell. You may have to experiment with the steam time. It should bend without too much force. Wood turns kind of spongy. I let the ski stay on the steel forum for a day after bending. Don't know if necessary or not. I will ask someone who made them for Tucker back in the day.

loggah · Nov 8, 2015

For now im going to make the skis out of a wood,steel combination like the ones on the Glidden machine only because it will be quicker in my "outside" shop!! :biggrin:

Next summer i will try bending some up out of "green" oak ,i have some nice Oak growing over by my sawmill. I also have a few nice Ash over there?? :biggrin:

The idea of getting skis laid up out of fiberglass went thru my mind,then when i found out it would cost $3400 for a mold and 4 skis it went out of my mind damned fast !!!! :wow:

Jinn,I have not found any s/n stamped any where on this trailer, but i will be checking hard on the drawbar tongue before i scrap it.

edward from Maine · Nov 13, 2015

Don I was with Steve when you fired up the Lombard and took us on a great tucker tour. Thanks for the hospitality! I may have a source for green hickory here in maine,,, need to know size that would allow you to make factory skis for your project. Steve will chime in if you want to get ahold of me. a buddy has a tree service here and runs across them often.
Best Regards
Edward

loggah · Nov 13, 2015

Edward, The finished size is 1"x9"x 8' a little thicker and i can plane it down to 1". Hope your back is doing well,you put a lot of miles on it for your visit with Steve. Take care.

edward from Maine · Nov 14, 2015

Don Over the years Steve and I have been known to drive 600 miles just for a cup of coffee! Back is mending. Will get to work on hickory this week.
Edward

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