Made-It-Myself Snowmobile

Made-It-Myself Snowmobile FARM HOME recreation In the wintertime when it s 40 degrees below zero I just warm up my snowmobile and drive around in luxury says Tom Dostal Badger Minn about his home-built snowmobile with a heated cab     Most of the parts he used came from old Polaris snowmobiles including the double set of tracks the suspension and the skis     The machine has a variable clutch that belt drives a Polaris ATV transmission with high low and reverse     All he does is hit the accelerator and go It s like having an automatic transmission Dostal says     He hand-shaped the cab s frame from sheet metal and square tubing     The windshield is made from plexiglass and has a defroster     The cab is heated by a transmission cooler with a fan on top that circulates hot air through the cab     The bench seat is from a van and the steering wheel is from a Ford Escort The differential is from a Ford Pinto     Each track has a brake on it so you can steer with the steering wheel and use the brakes to assist It goes up to 45 mph     During the summer Dostal puts a wheel kit on it and drives it in parades           I built it because I like to snowmobile and I wanted a nice warm place for my children to go riding in he says     Contact: FARM SHOW Followup Tom Dostal 22935 County Rd 111 Badger Minn 56714 ph 218 528-3783; email: tdostal@wiktel com

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