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| Ski to Snowmobile; groomer conversion | |
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| SCRR | Feb 7 2008, 08:06 PM Post #1 |
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We just picked up a used T4 Prinoth from a ski hill. It is complete with 60" tracks, 16' blade and 14' tiller. Any thoughts and pics on narrowing up the machine to 10' or 12'. Dose anyone use a tiller for grooming trails? (pros, cons) Also we got a 16’ wide powder maker drag (rollers that cut the snow) in the deal, anyone use these? |
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| abryer | Feb 7 2008, 10:41 PM Post #2 |
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What year prinoth? Does it have single or dual rear sprockets? I was able to narrow mine to 9" 10" by buying a new belt and rearanging the tracks. |
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| Randy Crosby | Feb 8 2008, 02:16 PM Post #3 |
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I use the tiller when I have over 10" of fresh snow and the drag all other times. I used to use the tiller only and it was good but as soon as the snow got hard it was very difficult to get rid of the entire mogal with out making several passes. I bought a Mogal Master for this season and it works great except in deep snow the tiller will knock the air out better and give a more solid surface. Also any ice chunk from a snowmobiles heat exchanger or even crusty snow will get caught in the front of the drags compacting pan and cause a rut in the trail surface which drives me nuts. I am in the process of modifing another multi-plane drag to have the tiller in place of the compacting pan to get the best of both worlds. |
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| SCRR | Feb 8 2008, 08:31 PM Post #4 |
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The T4 is a around 1990+- it has single rear cogs and dual front wheels. I think I can remove the outer belt and move some grousers inward to give me 10'-6". It will leave more track inboad of the drive but I don't think it will hurt the machine. We looked at the BR275 the hill is using and it has more track outboard of the drive cog and works fine. Somthing else the tiller has is vibrators on the back. This machine was tricked out in its day.
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| cowboy | Feb 9 2008, 03:09 PM Post #5 |
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If you have the snow depth and the width, run as is. Lots of tillers in the "steep and deep" of the rockies. Your trails won't have that laser flat look that a drag gives you because you have to cut everything flat with the front blade. Once you develop the blading skills, you'll come really close. Go spend some time at the ski hill you got it from and see how they groom. |
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We just picked up a used T4 Prinoth from a ski hill. It is complete with 60" tracks, 16' blade and 14' tiller. Any thoughts and pics on narrowing up the machine to 10' or 12'.



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