Comments on: I’m totally selling my horses and oxen and getting one of these sno machines! https://gregladen.com/blog/2010/12/12/im-totally-selling-my-horses-a/ Tue, 14 Dec 2010 18:02:17 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.8 By: MacTurk https://gregladen.com/blog/2010/12/12/im-totally-selling-my-horses-a/#comment-528056 Tue, 14 Dec 2010 18:02:17 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2010/12/12/im-totally-selling-my-horses-a/#comment-528056 The captions were written by Yoda?

]]> By: Ganf17 https://gregladen.com/blog/2010/12/12/im-totally-selling-my-horses-a/#comment-528055 Tue, 14 Dec 2010 06:15:27 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2010/12/12/im-totally-selling-my-horses-a/#comment-528055 What impressed me the most was that the operator was wearing a tie. Good form!

]]> By: travc https://gregladen.com/blog/2010/12/12/im-totally-selling-my-horses-a/#comment-528054 Mon, 13 Dec 2010 00:48:32 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2010/12/12/im-totally-selling-my-horses-a/#comment-528054 Elegant. As Phillip IV points out, speed and weight is rather limited, but the simplicity and ability to operate on pretty much any surface is quite impressive.

I wonder if screwdriven vehicles are being used for “snow trains”? Seems like a pretty perfect application. Anyone at McMurdo Station out there?

]]> By: cleo https://gregladen.com/blog/2010/12/12/im-totally-selling-my-horses-a/#comment-528053 Sun, 12 Dec 2010 23:40:05 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2010/12/12/im-totally-selling-my-horses-a/#comment-528053 That poor horse!!!

]]> By: Doug Alder https://gregladen.com/blog/2010/12/12/im-totally-selling-my-horses-a/#comment-528052 Sun, 12 Dec 2010 23:24:14 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2010/12/12/im-totally-selling-my-horses-a/#comment-528052 Eat your heart out Bombadier – you weren’t first 😉

]]> By: Ken https://gregladen.com/blog/2010/12/12/im-totally-selling-my-horses-a/#comment-528051 Sun, 12 Dec 2010 17:09:13 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2010/12/12/im-totally-selling-my-horses-a/#comment-528051 Replacing horses and oxen with a machine? Sound like madness to me. Consumerism out of control! Next you will want a mechanical wood chopping machine so you can heat your home without doing any work.

]]> By: Phillip IV https://gregladen.com/blog/2010/12/12/im-totally-selling-my-horses-a/#comment-528050 Sun, 12 Dec 2010 16:43:14 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2010/12/12/im-totally-selling-my-horses-a/#comment-528050 The real downside of the screwdrive was the limited maximum speed and weight possible, as opposed to tracked vehicles – still, it never died out completely. The U.S. Army developed a screwdriven vehicle for use in swampy areas in Vietnam, and screwdriven tractors are used in parts of Russia. Technically, it’s the only method of driving a vehicle that works on absolutely any surface (even water), although at hugely different degrees of effectiveness.

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