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Welcome Snow Trac Owners

Hi Jim VT,
My first go around with this forum, cannot find the for sale snow trek...

I WILL keep trying though!!
 
Thnaks to you all for outstanding information an d stories about your machines.
I have the international register of the snow-tracs that were built in Morgongåva, Sweden in 1957-1983, however the last years there are not any bokks left from.
This reply origins to the ones of Lyndon for lots of years ago, but hopefully someone still can answer.
I know how many was exported to Canada and USA 1957-1978 but it is not the same as the numbers given in 2006.
However, I would be delited to know more about the big Companys mackines and how many theu had and the mentioned iicture of Whitehorse I also would like to see.
If anyone wants to Contact me send me an e-mail to kenthhansson@hotmail.se then and I will reply. Happy new year to you all as far from from Sweden.
 
Hello all. Long time lurker signing in.
I've had this about 10 yrs.
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Sorry about the lousy nameplate photo, best I can focus. WCFE a public tv station in NY?
I have no idea how much it weighs but it does ok on the flat terrain I deal with. But it is slow and loud. The original idea was hinge pins between adjacent track guides. They were rusted away or broke, so were cut out, then added the inner 3 belts

So now I own st182 that was listed here in the classifieds. Seems solid so far but the primary owner wanted brakes. That lead to many hours of reading and rereading the information you members have provided. So thank everybody except Puckle, who set the bar too high.
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Used tan "Big Stretch" to fill in missing rubber.
Was able to find brake parts easily online. For future adjustment it seems like running the shoes up snug then backing off 4 "clicks" will work. ?
Had the idea to reverse all 4 front sprockets...the track drive to get a wear baseline on the plastic sprockets and new wear surfaces for new drive chain.
Could not break the nut loose on the chain sprocket side without more torque than I cared to apply. Luckily someone had lubed the pins (ST3002) well and after drilling and tapping for a 5/16 bolt pulled out easily.
Had to whittle some aluminum out of the way for the axle to clear. The unpainted aluminum shows the extent.

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Was happy to see that the bearing housings (ST17A) are made of steel. So I have 2 aluminum spares.
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Should the track guides be equally shiny? Seems like all the work is being done on the inner parts in both sides. Alignment mostly rear wheel?

Minor cracking on rear wheel, townies won't fix it-liability, so I stick welded with aluminum rod, didn't like the rough finish on the mating surface. Read something here about freeze /thaw causing problems so I bedded the mounting flange with a thin layer of JB weld, if it works I'll be happy otherwise I'll be out there with a torch and chisel.
Almost ready for snow.
 

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i have st185 and maybe i can answer some questions .you can spin the drums while adjusting the shoes. 4 clicks should be ok. your hand bracke lever will tell you. i think it's a 65 vw for shoes and springs. the snow trac parts have ST in front of them. vw is numbered. i used a liquid rubber for the inner sprocket. it just keeps the ice out form the center.
the close up of the crack .i can't tell what it is. and is the rear wheel rim cracked?
you look to be doing ok. jim
 
Sorry, the close up was meant to show the metal removed to get the st17 assembly out through the engine compartment. I thought some purists may object but it saved my plan to reverse the sprockets without aggressive disassembly.


The wheel cracks were from hole to hole, some lug holes and main bore. There are several older cracks that have been welded up nicely. My repairs in the mounting area were not flat enough to trust the lug torque to hold, hence the bondo.

Had read elsewhere that it was necessary to remove the tracks to adjust the brakes-I don't ever want to reinstall the tracks again, so I tried to come up with a shortcut.
Funny, funny. #185. If they were built at about 4 per week these two were built within hours of each other. Can you tell your original color?


Appreciate you guys sharing with nubies.
 
So i just received a text.

"1059 is all yours!"

It will be a bit before it gets here but it is enroute and i believe its my first 4 digit st4.

I now have a two digit , three and 4 digit serial number!
 
Hi kenneth. You should have my other st4 machines.

1059 is a small wheel, two band.
 

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This is mike merbach i USA.

i am responsible for the care and feeding of 5 running and one broken for parts st4'

All live on the us main land north of chicago on the west side of lake michigan.

I will prepare a sheet and email.

Thank you for your work tracking our sno-tracs!
 
I now have your numbers 58017, 166, 268 and 1059 but it looks like one i missing. Thanks for your support of our history with them. I hope you have got all swedish historical facts from me for them.
 
I recently bought 2 ST4's from a fellow farmer 20 miles away.

A standard cab 2 door ambulance model 3 band track serial #1941 that is equipped with dual under the rear seat fuel tanks and dual in the dash fuel gauges that look very much like original equipment to the machine. On the rear door there is a tag that says
"Fairbanks Snow Trac"

A tall cab 2 door ambulance model 3 band track serial #1951. It has a spring-loaded cover on the right front corner of the cab over three electrical pins that says "BELL" on it. Maybe to power a batty blanket and trickle charger, along with a heated dip stick? This one has a label on the rear door that says "ANCH SNOWRAC"

Both run and drive and quite a few spare parts came with them including a rather nicely made jig to make steel replacement front axle housings. Both are painted a dark green color.

Both came to Iowa in 2023.

I seek information from anyone in Alaska who knows of these. They look to be pipeline machines from the building of the Alaska pipeline.
I am also interested in in who purchased them new, and how they were optioned back in the day.

I also own Snow Trac #267 a nicely restored early machine I have had for 15 years now. Where it landed new in 1962 would be interesting as well.

Regards, Kirk
 
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300 H and H said:
I recently bought 2 ST4's from a fellow farmer 20 miles away.

A standard cab 2 door ambulance model 3 band track serial #1941 that is equipped with dual under the rear seat fuel tanks and dual in the dash fuel gauges that look very much like original equipment to the machine. On the rear door there is a tag that says
"Fairbanks Snow Trac"

A tall cab 2 door ambulance model 3 band track serial #1951. It has a spring-loaded cover on the right front corner of the cab over three electrical pins that says "BELL" on it. Maybe to power a batty blanket and trickle charger, along with a heated dip stick? This one has a label on it that says "ANCH SNOWRAC"

Both run and drive and quite a few spare parts came with them including a rather nicely made jig to make steel replacement front axle housings. Both are painted a dark green color.

I seek information from anyone in Alaska who knows of these. They look to be pipeline machines from the building of the Alaska pipeline.
I am also interested in in who purchased them new, and how they were optioned back in the day.

I also own Snow Trac #267 a nicely restored early machine I have had for 15 years now. Where it landed new in 1962 would be interesting as well.

Regards, Kirk
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300 H and H said:
True of the European Military models. But my feeling is that the Snow Trac was never intended in our military as a standard issue motor pool machine. More of a stop gap type of machine for emergency use only. That was what those Snow Trac's were designated for at D.E.W radar sites for instance, emergency use only... No parts or service in the field. Nor do I believe any military historian would list a Snow Trac as a military tracked machine. So few of them in our services..

The lift hooks appeared after the acquisition of the rights and manufacturing were sold to Ackiv, and were only on the three band big wheel versions from what I have been able to find out. Those machines also feature a square plate on the nose with a short length of pipe welded on to it. This was the receiver for a ridged hitch that pinned into the pipe for towing a dead machine.. This version I don't think were purchased by our military. All I have come to know about in our military are two band earlier machines.. Execpt for one in Alaska, Don found in a town North of Nome. A Navy machine, three band tracks and the tall cab to boot... It has no lift hooks either, as I recall from Don's pictures..

In Michigan there were trials on a military base of all terrain type vehicals in the early 60's.. I don't know of the base name, but remember reading about this trial here on this forum some were... Could it be these machines could have been part of that trial? IF only they could talk...

Regards, Kirk
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300 H and H said:
They came from Alaska to Iowa not from Michigan. Great place to have one though.
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I think he is saying camp greyling michigan from the thread he replied too. Ide be willing to bet thats where *old shop teacher* got the parts rig we picked up in kansas. He did say michigan. That rig has an army asset tag in it.
 
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