Bombardier Model?

[dtyler1022]

Does anyone have any information about this machine? The owner claims it is a JW8, but I can't find any info regarding such a model.

 

[DAVENET]

JW48

 

[pixie]

How wide is it ???
SWs and J5s have 3 wheels of equal size seen in profile and the front is sprung from the rear that is a walking beam. A muskeg would have 4 wheels in profile and double wheels in the track.

I thought I read about a guy that was going to lengthen his ( SW or J5 ) tracks. I'd be real interested to know what was done and if it worked !!

 

[dtyler1022]

It's about 6.5' wide. Single wide wheels and sprockets.

 

[pixie]

Interesting !

Hope you can find out more about it.

 

[rcc]

I don't really know, but the track looks like it has at least a 3 foot splice. and the back looks modified (lengthened) 2ft past the pusher fan. I think the back two wheels are on the original walker and the mid axle is fixed to the front axle. Just a guess for a 5 cent bet.

 

[rcc]

Should be dubbed the JW8 as suggested in the first post! Will check with an old friend to see if anything like this ever existed.

 

[Snowtrac Nome]

those back wheels look like Thiokol or pb I would guess it was a custom stretch job I don't know how much more flotation he is getting it does look cool.

 

[rcc]

dtyler1022 do you have any other pics of this machine? Like to see the back and the suspension setup.

 

[pixie]

Yea, Don, I thought the rear wheels looked like Thiokol, also. The front wheel isn't Bombardier, either.
Looks to me like they added to the back of the walking beam and slapped a couple wheels on. I'm really curious about the track… doesn't look like J5, not quite wide enough for SV252.

 

[dtyler1022]

I don't have anymore pics right now. I'm trying to make arrangements to view the machine. It probably won't be until next week sometime.

 

[rcc]

Any luck....? like to see how this was done and if you made a deal...

 

[Jan Kammersgaard]

could the suspension be off a model "B" series Bombardier as they had 4 wheels each side and only single width track???