JimM37
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Here is a page from the book I've been working on for about a year and a half now. Just about done. I love these 2206's man they are baaaaaaad!!!
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I spent many hours (days) clearing runways in vehicles exactly like those pictured at Griffiss AFB.
They would go thru snow nearly 10 feet high. Not much would stop them.
I wish I had a roll over plow now to clear the roads to tower sites, sure would do better than my F-250.
We receive 14 inches of snow here and nearly 24 inches up in the mountains.
Sicard bought out a company out of Denver, called Snowblast and absorbed the company and their designs. The ribbons took the place of the hi-speed blowers, the ones we talked about that no one ever saw working. That yellow one is going in the book was delivered to Loring in the late sixtys when did you bail outa there?Jim who made the ribbon blower?
I was sad that had to happen man, I hate to see an old warrior like that go to the scrapyard.I 'm on the last two chapters of the book now. It should go to my graphic designer and editor then off to get printed. It'll be over 300 pages richly illustrated with color. gonna cost a fortune to print.Thanks for posting pictures Jim, and put me down for a first edition copy of your book. Still stinging from having to put my WT2206 down this past summer. On a brighter note, been playing around with the Walter plow truck recently
Heres a picture of the mystery blower the VX on one of the WT2206's I hoping someone on this site saw one working. I'd like to BS with them. Phil at Sicard told me they sold 19 VX equipped WT2206s in the early 60's to the Air Force.Jim who made the ribbon blower?
Yeah I'm going to try and put all of the ones you sent in. They are great and a great part of history of the truck. mind if I throw a few of them in here to show the other fellas?Jim I was there June of 69 to june 70. I don't rember of seeing it there. We ran the test on the snowblast, I know rhat the thing would eat snow and blow it to h--l from the runway. did you use that pic?
It was still pretty loud in the cab but a lot quieter than the one with just the straight stack coming up through the hood, I'm here to tell ya.I like the one with the muffler mounted to the roof. Less exhaust noise but that thing must have vibrated your teeth out! Unless it was rubber mounted.
Rick
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