What Are You Doing Right Now

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MattSpeller

@RojoLoco said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@MattSpeller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@wirestyle22 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@MattSpeller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

http://hackaday.com/2016/05/05/screw-drive-tractor-is-about-to-conquer-canada/

what in the actual hell is this

For huntin' moose bud, out back in the swamps and muskeg so deep it'd swallow yer pants let alone yer boots eh

Shootin them there moose ain't nothin eh - but then you gotta deal with 1500 pounds of deliciousness in potentia! Bejezzus me back ain't what it used to be eh, gotta reef on them ropes butt good eh. Now you just lash er' to your screw tractor and POOF! Bob's your mother's brother. Friggin rights.

Hauling a moose oot of the woods withoot help will knock the cigrits right ootta ya! Friggin rights, bud!

You got er! Right on eh

coliver

@johnhooks said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@wirestyle22 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@MattSpeller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

http://hackaday.com/2016/05/05/screw-drive-tractor-is-about-to-conquer-canada/

what in the actual hell is this

They're actually quite old. Used a lot for snow too.

http://static1.1.sqspcdn.com/static/f/1192362/16649705/1329477557677/13925192-16649703-thumbnail.jpg?token=t861M%2F79KSZOHmKTbdHup3Yr0Kw%3D

I wonder why that is better for snow then a track.

MattSpeller

@coliver said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@johnhooks said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@wirestyle22 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@MattSpeller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

http://hackaday.com/2016/05/05/screw-drive-tractor-is-about-to-conquer-canada/

what in the actual hell is this

They're actually quite old. Used a lot for snow too.

I wonder why that is better for snow then a track.

Hollow screws float, tracks sink to the chassis

stacksofplates

@coliver said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@johnhooks said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@wirestyle22 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@MattSpeller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

http://hackaday.com/2016/05/05/screw-drive-tractor-is-about-to-conquer-canada/

what in the actual hell is this

They're actually quite old. Used a lot for snow too.

I wonder why that is better for snow then a track.

I'm guessing it's just lighter.

RojoLoco

@coliver said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@johnhooks said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@wirestyle22 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@MattSpeller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

http://hackaday.com/2016/05/05/screw-drive-tractor-is-about-to-conquer-canada/

what in the actual hell is this

They're actually quite old. Used a lot for snow too.

http://static1.1.sqspcdn.com/static/f/1192362/16649705/1329477557677/13925192-16649703-thumbnail.jpg?token=t861M%2F79KSZOHmKTbdHup3Yr0Kw%3D

I wonder why that is better for snow then a track.

Because Canadia!

MattSpeller

@RojoLoco said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@coliver said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@johnhooks said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@wirestyle22 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@MattSpeller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

http://hackaday.com/2016/05/05/screw-drive-tractor-is-about-to-conquer-canada/

what in the actual hell is this

They're actually quite old. Used a lot for snow too.

http://static1.1.sqspcdn.com/static/f/1192362/16649705/1329477557677/13925192-16649703-thumbnail.jpg?token=t861M%2F79KSZOHmKTbdHup3Yr0Kw%3D

I wonder why that is better for snow then a track.

Because Canadia!

also this, but more Russia (which is really just Canada with a long history described most accurately as "and then it got worse")

coliver

@MattSpeller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@coliver said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@johnhooks said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@wirestyle22 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@MattSpeller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

http://hackaday.com/2016/05/05/screw-drive-tractor-is-about-to-conquer-canada/

what in the actual hell is this

They're actually quite old. Used a lot for snow too.

I wonder why that is better for snow then a track.

Hollow screws float, tracks sink to the chassis

That makes sense. A sealed screw would double as a flotation device.

RojoLoco

@coliver said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@MattSpeller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@coliver said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@johnhooks said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@wirestyle22 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@MattSpeller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

http://hackaday.com/2016/05/05/screw-drive-tractor-is-about-to-conquer-canada/

what in the actual hell is this

They're actually quite old. Used a lot for snow too.

I wonder why that is better for snow then a track.

Hollow screws float, tracks sink to the chassis

That makes sense. A sealed screw would double as a flotation device.