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| Tweet Topic Started: Apr 6 2007, 12:42 PM (1,043 Views) | |
| skier2 | Apr 6 2007, 12:42 PM Post #1 |
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Having no experience with Piston Bullys or and snow cats, how fesiable is to use some type snow cat wether its piston bulley or some other type for moving dirt /grating in offseason in building maintaining trails. We are looking at piston Bulley as we want the tilling /track setting features for the winter. One of the member said there are different attachment you can get and use some snow cats for off season work??? I know a tractor with snowtracks could work in someways for doing both but they look like more for drags which we do not use. seem like there is no machine that can do it all but figured I'd ask anyway. |
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| xcspxlt | Apr 6 2007, 12:54 PM Post #2 |
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I would check with your Pisten Bully rep. Depending on the machine you are talking about it can differ. If you have fast internet check this out, they show them mowing a hay field. I know they have michines for grooming sand beaches too. http://www.telemet.com/gallery/video.asp?ID=244 |
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| Deleted User | Apr 9 2007, 08:36 PM Post #3 |
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You should get "summer" tracks for it though. If your PB came with the deep snow tracks you will wreck them in a matter of days. A "club" that I know of (names are not important). Used there new 240 Winch cat to move dirt. They wrecked there tracks and bent the push frame. Trashed a bunch of torsion bars ETC. I would not use my cat in the summer for anything but transportaion (with the right tracks) or pulling a trailer. I wouldnt use it for mowing even. These things are to expensive to beat the hell out of em. I'm sure the people who do use them for muti purpose have the finacial backing to do so. Those machines most likely only get used for certain things. |
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| vailgroomer | Apr 13 2007, 11:16 PM Post #4 |
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If you look at promotional material, you will see pictures of PBs running in the summer. Usually it is a somewhat modified machine, with summer tracks and extra radiators. I would want A/C if I ran one, as they turn into green houses in the sun. I've run them into May and early June still on snow and it's hot inside. All that aside, PB will build you a cat for pushing dirt in areas that low ground pressure is needed, and I've seen pictures of winch cats running up sand piles. There are mowing attachments available, and actually having a winch cat with a mower would be great for summer ski trail maintenance as you can keep the trees from growing on the steeper trails. This has been done before from what I've heard. |
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I would check with your Pisten Bully rep. Depending on the machine you are talking about it can differ.
I would not use my cat in the summer for anything but transportaion (with the right tracks) or pulling a trailer. I wouldnt use it for mowing even. These things are to expensive to beat the hell out of em. I'm sure the people who do use them for muti purpose have the finacial backing to do so. Those machines most likely only get used for certain things.
10:34 AM Jul 11