snowcat
Sign in to save250px|thumb|The wide tracks of this 1991 Logan Machine Company|Logan snowcat reduce the [[ground pressure and improve grip but render it vulnerable to bumps]]
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- half-track
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- LMC1500.jpg
- Has use
- snow grooming
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- Snowcats
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250px|thumb|The wide tracks of this 1991 Logan Machine Company|Logan snowcat reduce the [[ground pressure and improve grip but render it vulnerable to bumps]]
A snowcat (a portmanteau of snow and caterpillar) is an enclosed-cab, truck-sized, fully tracked vehicle designed to travel over snow. Major manufacturers are PistenBully (Germany), Prinoth (Italy), and Tucker (United States).
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “snowcat” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.