How do you turn a 23 ton Snow Buggy without hydraulics? Easy, you build an Alternating Current (AC) electric steering motor and use a tooth gear sprocket. The image snippet below is from an early concept of the Snow Buggy No.2.
Category: TC-264 LeTourneau Sno-Buggy
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thule1954.com
Nate Galbreath’s page at http://thule1954.com is being redirected to a GeoCities page with the same content at http://www.geocities.ws/nategal/. The domain and hosting was no longer active. I purchased the domain and redirected to his active site.
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What’s the Difference Between the Sno-Buggy and Swamp Buggy?
LeTourneau Inc.’s Sno-Buggy and Swamp-Buggy were built from the same machine; they had the same serial number. When the Sno-Buggy went to Greenland for testing, it had 2 Firestone tires per corner. LeTourneau Inc. and the U.S. Army also tested a new piece of equipment attached to the Sno-Buggy. You’ll have to wait for the book to come out to learn more! When the Sno-Buggy returned from Greenland to the Longview, TX factory, the Buggy’s tires were reduced from 8 to 4 and re-named the Swamp-Buggy.
R.G. LeTourneau Inc. Sno-Buggy on June of 1954
Overland Trains 