Neat old tractor

[Shah Mat]

Received this in an email..... Pretty cool video


Henry's machine is pretty clever for the time.

I knew I've never seen it all.

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."

http://forum.treasurenet.com/index.php/topic,213971.0/topicseen.html

 

[catastrophe]

Neat stuff
Guy was a genius

 

[insanity]

My nephews used to have a remote control car just like that, forget what is was called tho.

 

[03darkshadow]

thats really cool.

 

[Sea-Dated]

My nephews used to have a remote control car just like that, forget what is was called tho.

My nephew had one of those too....

http://www.rcmania.com/reviews/tyco-terrain-twister/

 

[old377guy]

amazing

 

[dykstra]

pretty cool

 

[glassdave]

If you think this kinda stuff is cool get the movie "Gizmo" it is hands down my all time favorite movie. Its a documentary on these old 1920's-ish era inventions.


heres the whole movie split up into youtube segments


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MUcg_JoqwiQ&feature=PlayList&p=4A15C25D840F1E05&index=0

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F3qI3ajoaXo&feature=PlayList&p=4A15C25D840F1E05&index=1

 

[Wobble]

I couldnt get it to play so here it is on YT

 

[insanity]

My nephew had one of those too....

http://www.rcmania.com/reviews/tyco-terrain-twister/

Haha! That's what it was!

 

[glassdave]

Received this in an email..... Pretty cool video


Henry's machine is pretty clever for the time.

I knew I've never seen it all.

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."

http://forum.treasurenet.com/index.php/topic,213971.0/topicseen.html

It was actually niether invented nor developed by Henty Ford and i dont believe that was him in the film(everyone looked like that back then). I was a little skepticle of that claim when i saw the Chev with the drums mounted on it. The one in the film was the Armstead snow motor but became known as a Fordson because of the tractor they used to build it. The original concept dates to the mid 1800's. Still pretty damn cool though, wonder if it floats?