@jozzie2000 Well it only cost me a 100 bucks so I can't say anything. With a big load of wood in the back and tire chains on the back it will plow alot of snow. If I could find a full size hafeton cheap I'd buy it, buy scrap prices are way to high and people think they have gold when you try to buy stuff off of them. Thanks for your comment
@mooosehammer Thats because of the way I was pulling. I didn't put any weight on the back end. Its not that heavy at all. In some of the other videos of us cutting firewood you can see how we add weight to the rear using the lift.
Few things about the plow truck; Those Nissans are practically indestructable. I've done a lot of plowing with an '88 pickup, practically the same thing. I finished using it up (worn right out now) a couple of seasons ago and now using a '91 YJ. The YJ is acceptable, but lacking in a few areas, some of which are common with the pathfinder. 1) Give it some CHAINS on the back wheels. 2) Give it some WEIGHT on the back axle. I ripped the back seat from my YJ and filled it with boulders.
The part that blows me away is that crazy-looking POS thing starts, let alone runs. Somebody in the backwoods had a mess of parts and spare time, and put together one freaky woods buggy.
Not getting stuck is 70% driver skill and 30% capable vehicle. Ive seen very capable rigs buried where they shouldnt be and guys in some rigs that shouldnt be able to go where they take them. Operator skill and the capable equipment are all the rage though lol
Nothing can be said bad about your rescue truck other than it needs heat, I have a yard dog, at least that is what I call mine, my yard dog is just about as rough but not as bad, anyway I had a young man about 25 come to my house and ask me to pull him out of a ditch, he wasn't drinking so I said sure, I fired up my yard dog and started out to go, the young man hopped in and would you believe it , he said that my yard dog was ugly and he didn't think it would make it to his truck let alone pull it out, I didn't say a hole lot, I got to his truck and hooked up chains and then he got in his truck and I pulled him from that ditch and straight across the road to the other side and left him in the ditch across the road, He started in about he was going to do this and that, and it took 3 4x4 trucks and 3 hours to get him out and 1 of the guys knew me and he told the punk that he should never say bad things about or to someone that could and would help him, Don't ever judge a book by the cover,
@td14addict What would also work is getting the rear brakes to work again. They all you would have to do is lock one side that is spining to transfer the power to the other track.
Tell Hank to put some turning brakes on the VW. It would make it turn much sharper, and allow you to brake the spinning track, transferring power to the track with more grip.
I live up in the mountains on the canadian border , I get snowed in for 3-4 months every winter , my truck does not come out of the garage till spring time. only way out 》 snowmobile.
@godshiredgun1 For one its to ligth on the back end. @ its not mine or I would did alot more things with it for youtube. I'm planning on putting tracks under the pathfinder
Ya its a 4x4 just really rusted out. I hope to make it into a hafe track before next winter. I'm working on a full tracked buggie right now. Check the vids out
@DrinkBeer00 Most times when driving it you can keep your foot on the gas. Hes fixed it this year because it seems to trun faster then I can remember it.
Hmmm its got tire chains on it now, and two the vw is not mine to put a plow on, but thats old news. I have a tank with a small block chev in it now, come check out the biuld
You have a Nissan Pathfinder as a snow plow,hahaha.That damn thing probably does good to move itself around with that heavy plow on front,never mind doing any plowing.HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
I don't know why all of these guys are hating on you. who cares what it looks like, it's obviously a franken-beast built with what you had laying around, and I think thats awesome! I just want to know how much it cost you to make it?
Two obvious questions come to mind : 1 - Why don't you have tire chains on the truck when plowing ? (you might not have gotten stuck) ; and 2 - You have already proven that the VW with those tracks will go just about anywhere , so why not put frame extensions on the front and mount the snow plow on the VW ?
LOL!! I love the open diff! (Sort of, if you can say that with still having tracks) One wheel wonder, haha. But MAN! That is freaking awesome!! There's nothing left of that body, but the thing still holds people, gotta love old VW.
Damn i miss Tim Hortins. I m From Australia but was on a working holiday an Banff, AB about 10 years ago. I subscribed not long ago but loving your channel and all the ratty projects. Keep it up!
Snatch Strap, they stretch and if you to start to loose traction or bog down just hit the brakes immediately, they keep on pulling, them you hit it one more time
tow truck /skidder and to pull a homemade 20 by 81/2 foot gooseneck my dad built keep in mind my dad is a retired millwright /machinist/ welder/ fabricator we have a progect to rebuild this truck but when we get it done it will be better than it was before but you tracked machine would be a real good off roader don't get me wrong im not a hater its a neat rig and all but its more like an offroad ratrod it would scare most people
The vw was not mine at the time. I have a full tracked tank now that might get a snow plow. chech out the new videos
Screw all the city slicker haters. this thing is great. Making due with what you got. Thats real life.
this is older video. you have to see Tankenstein o my channel
I'm sorry you feel that way. You probly won't like the tank thing I'm biulding right now then ether then. Thnaks for your comment.
I never get enough of that tank. That thing is AWESOME!!!
Someone needs to send Hank a locking differential for the VW thing, and send Shawn a set of tire chains.
+prairie wanderer a locked diff and it would never turn.
what it needs are independent brakes for the left and right tracks
p330hne
You're right of course! Independent brakes would definitely do the trick, just like turning brakes on a tractor.
@jozzie2000 Well it only cost me a 100 bucks so I can't say anything. With a big load of wood in the back and tire chains on the back it will plow alot of snow. If I could find a full size hafeton cheap I'd buy it, buy scrap prices are way to high and people think they have gold when you try to buy stuff off of them. Thanks for your comment
It's amazing what you can build out of junk and actually make it work.
+Chuck Van that's the best part, dose not cost alot
Chuck Van
5:03 -- No one to hold my beer. Dammit!
Jeez, from the first look you dont believe it can even work. But when it turned on and started moving- WOW! LOL
crazy
A vw beetle on tracks and ski's!!! That's awesome
@mooosehammer Thats because of the way I was pulling. I didn't put any weight on the back end. Its not that heavy at all. In some of the other videos of us cutting firewood you can see how we add weight to the rear using the lift.
That tow truck is straight from mad max lmao you could ride it to Valhalla!!
This was very interesting to say the least. I'm amazed the truck was so hard to pull out,it didn't look like it was stuck very bad.Love the mud buggy!
+redradiodog If you've ever stuck a plow truck you'd know how hard they are to get out. Imagine how hard it is to get a stuck dozer unstuck.
That thing is bad ass. The body looks like it may be one of my old bugs, I got 2 VWs for 25 dollars back in the 80's.
Few things about the plow truck;
Those Nissans are practically indestructable. I've done a lot of plowing with an '88 pickup, practically the same thing. I finished using it up (worn right out now) a couple of seasons ago and now using a '91 YJ. The YJ is acceptable, but lacking in a few areas, some of which are common with the pathfinder.
1) Give it some CHAINS on the back wheels.
2) Give it some WEIGHT on the back axle. I ripped the back seat from my YJ and filled it with boulders.
The part that blows me away is that crazy-looking POS thing starts, let alone runs.
Somebody in the backwoods had a mess of parts and spare time, and put together one freaky woods buggy.
Not mine or I would have it all fixed up. Working full tracked Tankenstein now
Not getting stuck is 70% driver skill and 30% capable vehicle. Ive seen very capable rigs buried where they shouldnt be and guys in some rigs that shouldnt be able to go where they take them. Operator skill and the capable equipment are all the rage though lol
This is what you call a "Clean Air Vehicle" because without an air filter you better damn well be driving in clean air.
+Curby Weaver Not mine or Id be running one lol
It is not mine to do so, but I have a full tracked tank/skider now that I'm working on. check the new videos out
To the people saying only the right track has power, if it was the only one with power then the VW would just spin in circles
Nothing can be said bad about your rescue truck other than it needs heat, I have a yard dog, at least that is what I call mine, my yard dog is just about as rough but not as bad, anyway I had a young man about 25 come to my house and ask me to pull him out of a ditch, he wasn't drinking so I said sure, I fired up my yard dog and started out to go, the young man hopped in and would you believe it , he said that my yard dog was ugly and he didn't think it would make it to his truck let alone pull it out, I didn't say a hole lot, I got to his truck and hooked up chains and then he got in his truck and I pulled him from that ditch and straight across the road to the other side and left him in the ditch across the road, He started in about he was going to do this and that, and it took 3 4x4 trucks and 3 hours to get him out and 1 of the guys knew me and he told the punk that he should never say bad things about or to someone that could and would help him, Don't ever judge a book by the cover,
LOL at the Tim Hortons in the Vid.. Amazing tracked VW wow. Great creation
@td14addict What would also work is getting the rear brakes to work again. They all you would have to do is lock one side that is spining to transfer the power to the other track.
Hey how’s it going? This is my first video of yours.
Subscribed at the first sight of tank-buggy!!
Looks like the tracked machine comes to the rescue!
Tell Hank to put some turning brakes on the VW. It would make it turn much sharper, and allow you to brake the spinning track, transferring power to the track with more grip.
It was not mine. I'm building a full tracted tank now, come check out the new videos of it. I call it Tankenstein lol
Looks like something out of a post apocalyptic movie.
I live up in the mountains on the canadian border , I get snowed in for 3-4 months every winter , my truck does not come out of the garage till spring time. only way out 》 snowmobile.
Thats the snow I love not this snow then melt away that we get now
I can't believe you got that old relic started!
runs and drives better then a new car lol
wow..its was stuck real good ...hope you did bugger your plow tugging it
always enjoy seeing the track bug in action.
@DrinkBeer00 It has a switch at the back that makes it go into hight idle. I will show that next time
Inbetween Kingston and Toronto, driveline is Gm Look up Tank tracked VW close up look.
i love that busted up tank thing. pretty amazing.
I'm working on a full tracked monster now, check out the new videos.
@thebubbaking17 Someday, but it was only 100 bucks so thats not to bad lol. In another video I ended up ripping the frame out and had to fix it
That has got to be one of the most awesome creations I have ever seen!
looks alot like the vw’s they drive way up in the alps... nice!
that plow is going to be tweaked up now
@godshiredgun1 For one its to ligth on the back end. @ its not mine or I would did alot more things with it for youtube. I'm planning on putting tracks under the pathfinder
got to love he has Timmies in his hands during this vid
Ya its a 4x4 just really rusted out. I hope to make it into a hafe track before next winter. I'm working on a full tracked buggie right now. Check the vids out
The best thing about this vid was the Tim Hortons coffee.
Bioshock comes to tow us....but then again, plowing with a stock pathfinder, nothing good was going to come of this
that "tank" would be awesome in a horror movie!
@TheAccidentalHuman I think they are starting to get Tim Hortons down in the states now as well, but yes down in Ont Canada.
Why are people so rude and mean? if you don't like it don't watch it dang atleast he was having fun!! I want the vw tank lol
+David Johns People are people lol
+ShawnCFarm yea but it's sad people are like that anymore
You got stuck on purpose. So you could play with the tracked contraption.
@DrinkBeer00 Most times when driving it you can keep your foot on the gas. Hes fixed it this year because it seems to trun faster then I can remember it.
That's gotta be the coolest and, at the same time, saddest vehicle I've ever seen. Thanks for posting!
Now that gives a new meaning to "VW Thing" lol. Pretty wild!
That sir, is a piece of beauty.
Who cares what it looks like? It works.
yeah ive been watching those. Kinda tempted to start planning a tracked vehicle now
Having lockers in the rear and a limited slip in the front , and chains on would help some , but a bigger truck would do.
Hmmm its got tire chains on it now, and two the vw is not mine to put a plow on, but thats old news. I have a tank with a small block chev in it now, come check out the biuld
thats one seriously crazy contraption. awesome.
i love those little pathfinders had one for a mud truck there hard to kill and pretty hard to get stuck
It works ok with light snow lol. I did tear the rear diff out of it the year before, it ripped the fram right out all most.
You put the plow on the wrong truck.
thats not even a truck,thats a JOKE !!!!!
Cheap and easy to make two brake levers, run them to the individual parking brake in the drums, to control slippage? Help to steer tighter too
You have a Nissan Pathfinder as a snow plow,hahaha.That damn thing probably does good to move itself around with that heavy plow on front,never mind doing any plowing.HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Throwing sticks onto the carb always helps too.
LOL "looks like its gettin beat up again a little bit" @ 1:23
Just out of curiosity? Did the stick that you left on the the tow truck's motor ever fall off?
I don't know why all of these guys are hating on you. who cares what it looks like, it's obviously a franken-beast built with what you had laying around, and I think thats awesome! I just want to know how much it cost you to make it?
That skidder is awesome!
your VW tank is AWESOME
That slugbugthing is badass !
Was this filmed in Dog River? Is your friend Hank Yarbo?
The problem up here is that the junk yard will give you 400 bucks for a full size truck.
I watched it thanks. I could here the Canuck in your voice. I am just over in Oshawa.
@ShawnCFarm you guys had that thing pullin out wood in our woods not too long ago along with your firewood processor , sweet vids man
+ShawnCFarm It's Like The Postman's Van From Rudolph The Red-Nosed-Reindeer!
That thing looks mean! Mad Max would be proud.
@BoatManBeats I won't get stuck again. I just put some homemade chains on it.
@ShawnCFarm Makes sense..haha. Look forward to seeing a build series on your channel ;)
Two obvious questions come to mind : 1 - Why don't you have tire chains on the truck when plowing ? (you might not have gotten stuck) ; and 2 - You have already proven that the VW with those tracks will go just about anywhere , so why not put frame extensions on the front and mount the snow plow on the VW ?
LOL!! I love the open diff! (Sort of, if you can say that with still having tracks) One wheel wonder, haha. But MAN! That is freaking awesome!!
There's nothing left of that body, but the thing still holds people, gotta love old VW.
in winter one should always carry jumper cables and a chain and twinkies and chocolate milk
+roy hoco Never know when you are going to get stuck
@fishingcanada1 It had four wheel drive but it dose not make to much difference without it as it will go anywhere
Two questions. What is the drive train in your buddie's v8 bug? Are you from Ontario?
Damn i miss Tim Hortins. I m From Australia but was on a working holiday an Banff, AB about 10 years ago. I subscribed not long ago but loving your channel and all the ratty projects. Keep it up!
+Anthony Pagano Tims is good. People get dam hooked on it lol
Just a thought.....sink a few bucks into that R2D2 thing, and plow with it, instead!
Oh and you need a tri-pod too.....hehe....jk
lots of "eh" and a timmies cup... yup this was in canada. :D
+Robyn Holmes heck ya
Not mine but have a full tracked monster on the go now, much better
The VW "Thing" is alive and well (as can be expected :) !
@MrBraxtondavison I think its a 350 small block chev
@king15060 Ya it could use some fixing to the brakes as it has none right now.
It was 100 bucks, I'll leave it at that lol. I'm biulding a tullf tracked tank now, come check out the new videos
Snatch Strap, they stretch and if you to start to loose traction or bog down just hit the brakes immediately, they keep on pulling, them you hit it one more time
tow truck /skidder and to pull a homemade 20 by 81/2 foot gooseneck my dad built keep in mind my dad is a retired millwright /machinist/ welder/ fabricator we have a progect to rebuild this truck but when we get it done it will be better than it was before but you tracked machine would be a real good off roader don't get me wrong im not a hater its a neat rig and all but its more like an offroad ratrod it would scare most people
Put the plow on the tracked contraption!!
That's one of the ugliest vehicles I've ever seen...but it's really cool! Just the fact that it's homemade AND it works is good enough for me.
hahaha Timmys love i. Love the rig too. i had a mazada mini van with 235/15 on the back off my dodge with chains and had fun baggin on it.
the tow truck should be your plow with those tracks
you need to raise the engine idle to get a faster response from your hydraulic steering..well guess you should tell Hank that lol
Lol....."I don't know how I got it stuck".....the rest of us have a pretty good idea
@blitteaur99 I was thinking about welding the spider gears in the pathfinder