1926 Snow Tractor

[Archdean]

This is a rare video of an invention that never went very far.
Wait until you see the automobile version it is all on here.
1926 Snow Tractor. Talk about ingenuity!
This is a 1926 silent film (on video) of a tractor-snow-machine invented by Henry Ford, shown here driving it.
Watch the whole thing. Note the "hat."





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[Harvey]

I saw that video before, that thing can go anywhere, great pulling power also. I wonder why the idea never caught on.

Harvey

[Deerlope]

It never caught on because of the rear drive. If it came down over something abruptly it would break them. Metal breaks real easy when its cold.