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No, this would be ghetto fab. I`m going to do this right. I already got an idea, let`s see if it works out...

Would be too easy. I can just lower the two front wheels. I can`t lower the rear one because then the tire guides will hit the spring mount. So if i lower just the two front ones it wouldn`t sit level...

I`m going to use it all year around. In the summer mostly at offroad events, but also for forest work. In the winter to groom the trail to our house and to get supplies there... The tires are pneumatic, i`m going to see how they hold up... Started with the rear suspension today. Wasn`t easy to...

Why don't you just believe the guys that worked with snowcats a lot? Here's a picture of a Thiokol 601 grouser: I could show you a lot more pictures if i'd search, but i spend my time more likely in the shop than bitching around here...

First i cut down the old drive sprockets: Then i started cutting the new sprockets. This took forever, almost one hour per sprocket... :eek: Then i drilled the mounting bolt patter: Then i started test driving it. I even plugged in the fume exhauster: Unfortunately i didn`t get any...

Snowcat grousers are square that's a fact, doesn't matter if you look at the old Thiokol/LMC or the new Pistenbullys... The finished drive sprocket will be exactly as wide as the tire guides, so it centers the track exactly like the tires do...

Mounted the first track and tuned the drive sprocket today:: Looks great: I just have to make the missing grousers, cut the real drive sprockets and i should be ready for a test drive tomorrow... :bike_rider:

I was mostly at the testing facility, but also worked at the assembly line for the PB300 and PB600...

I worked at the Pistenbully factory for a while, so i know how it should look like. Would have just been easier if someone drawed it on the computer and i could've printed it out instead of drawing it on paper...

Finished the first track today: And started with the second:

Yes that was me, it's not that hard... :ylsmoke:

Yes, i`m going with the complete snowcat track style with an appropriate drive sprocket. There`s no way that`d work with the tube style sprockets, but i hought i could incorporate tem n the new ones, and it looks like it`s working great...

Thanks for your wishes guys... :beer: It should be ready for a test drive next week... So i made the drive sprocket prototype today. First i drawed it on some paper: Cut it out and transfered it on wood: Cut it out: Fit`s perfect: This is how i`m going to mount them. Two sprockets...

Thanks guys... :wavey: First i cut the conveyor belt this morning: Finished: Then i started drilling holes: Finished: Even my sister helped me today:: Ten i ran out of bolts, but had to place the track to see how it looks: Also mounted a pair of headlights:

Thanks. I feel like a robot after making all this this, but it`s finished... Welded 94 grousers today. I`m missing steel for the last 6, but i`ll get it on monday: Also got the conveyor belt and plastic for the drive sprockets today: It`s my birthday tomorrow, so i`ll be happy to finish...

I won`t let him use the drill press. I don`t want to be responsible if his fingers get tangled in the drill bit. I did this myself one time, so i know how dangerous this thing is... Yes the tires will be off center, but the big Pistenbully snowcats have them off center too, so i don`t think...

Picked up the first batch of steel for the tracks: Had to lengthen that length cutting device : And started cutting: First 50 cut: The saw blade wasn`t excited to cut all that stuff alone, so i bought it some company: All 100 cut: This is how i`ll make them. Any thoughts...

Thanks... Started with the shifter linkage today: Should work with some slightly changes...

Thanks. It`s crazy how much electrical and vacuum stuff is on that engine, even though it`s not even a mpfi, just a simple tbi. But i should be done with it now. The fun starts again when it`s time to wire the wipers, window washer pumps, heater, etc. because the wires for those things are at...

Thanks. I`m surprised myself how this is coming together... So i bought a (real) welder yesterday: Serviced it: And organized all the stuff from the welding cart: Then i finished organizing the wiring mess and mounted all the vacuum valves and stuff: