A night in the life of a Mt. Ellen groomer...

[drjeff]

Pics of the 500

 

[Rambo]

About how much does one of these Pisten Bully 400 - Machines as equipped and pictured here go for??

 

[BushMogulMaster]

Without divulging any proprietary information, think mid $200,000s

 

[drjeff]

A news article I saw this year about Prinoth's "The Beast" (the 500) had the price tag on that one at around 400k! It better be able to lay down ALOT of cord EVERY night for that!

 

[ripzillia]

So you want to go steep eh? Come on over to Orygon and go for a ride in a log truck for a day.;-) Bring an extra pair of shorts. The Bar-ditch is your friend. That's a sweet red PB.8)

 

[Rambo]

Does anybody know about what year ski areas begain using the modern snow grooming equipment that we see today? I mean the sno-cats with the wide tracks, turbo charged diesel engines, the multi-angle hydraulic front plows and the rear hydro-tillers.

I remember getting to Elk Mountain (PA) early 1 sat. about 1980 and a sno-cat with narrower tracks and a gas engine was pulling a long concerte drum with ridges in it to groom the slopes.

 

[Rambo]

Does anybody know about what year ski areas begain using the modern snow grooming equipment that we see today? I mean the sno-cats with the wide tracks, turbo charged diesel engines, the multi-angle hydraulic front plows and the rear hydro-tillers.

I remember getting to Elk Mountain (PA) early 1 sat. about 1980 and a sno-cat with narrower tracks and a gas engine was pulling a long concerte drum with ridges in it to groom the slopes.

Well I found this pic on the net from about 1960, a Tucker Sno-Cat grooming with 1 of those groved concrete drums:

 

[ripzillia]

The Sewdish Sno-Cat was billt in 1957 so that's about there era for snoecats. Here's a few links to cats and a cool move about the SnowTrain. Largest built ever.
http://www.trakkemaskin.no/default.asp?cid=8&ar=100&obv=1&lang=en

http://snowcats.tahoebasin.com/viewforum.php?f=10&sid=da8ba35f463b2175f2e8a27e49fae345

http://www.sotc.com/snowcats-historical.html

http://www.forumsforums.com/3_9/archive/index.php/f-68.html

http://vilda.alaska.edu/cgi-bin/showfile.exe?CISOROOT=/cdmg11&CISOPTR=3591

Bonus..........:lol:

 

[Rambo]

Some awesome pics there:

 

[Rambo]

So this is how they get the beer to the top:

 

[Rambo]

One way to transport a Pisten Bully: