Hey all, reading and learning more.
I'm wondering now about the BR100 (+)?, and it's abilities in deep snow.
First - does the "+" indicate the 32" wide tracks?
Secondly, how does it do in deep snow? I read the bit on SafetyOne's website, looks like 3 front seats. Narrow, easily towable. A blade would potentially make it a good road-builder, at least for other BR100s.
Figure out a way to stow skis outside and make some sort of rudimentary outdoor passenger-area by the engine cover - not an enclosure, but seats/something to hang on to, I could see a BR100 being a good ski-cat. Maybe 4 people on the deck outside, 3 inside, 7 people, one cat, hmmmmmm, kinda liking this idea.
How do they do in deep snow?
I'm liking Snow Masters more and more, but I HATE the idea of old VW technology. Sorry guys, I know it works, but, ehhhh, no. Not sure I can do it.
The Thiokols and whatnot are awesome, but too big.
Tuckers creep me out for some reason. Too tall? Dunno, but for whatever reason I've not been bitten by the Tucker bug.
I really want a Snowtracish sized cat with more modern running gear - and that seems like a BR100, in a lot of ways.
I just watched MtnToppers' video, it looked pretty capable, although not much in the way of hills in that video. For the most part, I'd expect to be following forest service roads - so nothing _terribly_ steep, but potentially wind drifted and whatnot.
On that note, how does a bladeless small cat deal with a FS road that's been drifted in on the uphill side? It does not take long for some of the FS roads around here to get drifted in to the point that they're essentially sidehills - that's why I'd kinda like a blade, knock that stuff off the side so I don't flip the thing over, or slide off the road into a tree or or or I can only imagine how many ways that could go wrong, at least without a blade.
With a blade, I'd guess it'd be pretty easy to carve out the uphill side of the road, push it to the downhill side, make a nice flat path across it.
Thoughts?
Thanks!
Iain (eventually, I'll just buy a cat, but this time, I'm going to REALLY try to buy the right cat first - or at least close to it - rather than my typical entry into a new hobby, spending all kinds of money and effort on the wrong thing just to dump it all for pennies on the dollar and buy what I should have to begin with....)
I'm wondering now about the BR100 (+)?, and it's abilities in deep snow.
First - does the "+" indicate the 32" wide tracks?
Secondly, how does it do in deep snow? I read the bit on SafetyOne's website, looks like 3 front seats. Narrow, easily towable. A blade would potentially make it a good road-builder, at least for other BR100s.
Figure out a way to stow skis outside and make some sort of rudimentary outdoor passenger-area by the engine cover - not an enclosure, but seats/something to hang on to, I could see a BR100 being a good ski-cat. Maybe 4 people on the deck outside, 3 inside, 7 people, one cat, hmmmmmm, kinda liking this idea.
How do they do in deep snow?
I'm liking Snow Masters more and more, but I HATE the idea of old VW technology. Sorry guys, I know it works, but, ehhhh, no. Not sure I can do it.
The Thiokols and whatnot are awesome, but too big.
Tuckers creep me out for some reason. Too tall? Dunno, but for whatever reason I've not been bitten by the Tucker bug.
I really want a Snowtracish sized cat with more modern running gear - and that seems like a BR100, in a lot of ways.
I just watched MtnToppers' video, it looked pretty capable, although not much in the way of hills in that video. For the most part, I'd expect to be following forest service roads - so nothing _terribly_ steep, but potentially wind drifted and whatnot.
On that note, how does a bladeless small cat deal with a FS road that's been drifted in on the uphill side? It does not take long for some of the FS roads around here to get drifted in to the point that they're essentially sidehills - that's why I'd kinda like a blade, knock that stuff off the side so I don't flip the thing over, or slide off the road into a tree or or or I can only imagine how many ways that could go wrong, at least without a blade.
With a blade, I'd guess it'd be pretty easy to carve out the uphill side of the road, push it to the downhill side, make a nice flat path across it.
Thoughts?
Thanks!
Iain (eventually, I'll just buy a cat, but this time, I'm going to REALLY try to buy the right cat first - or at least close to it - rather than my typical entry into a new hobby, spending all kinds of money and effort on the wrong thing just to dump it all for pennies on the dollar and buy what I should have to begin with....)