E. M. Tucker Sr grew up crossing deep snow in southern Oregon and spent the 1930s working out how to do it better. He founded the company at Medford in 1942, the first production machines came just after the war, the Sno-Cat name was trademarked in 1946 and the independent four-track layout was standard by the late 1940s.
The model numbers run 222 Kitten, 322, 323, 342, 443 and the 500 series; no years or figures are published for them individually, so those records are drafts. The current Tucker-Terra uses four articulating all-rubber tracks, for traction on steep ground and in blizzards and a gentle footprint on snow. Tucker is the oldest successful maker of snow vehicles in the world and is still run by the founder's family.
First machines (1942–1949)
2 VEHICLES IN THIS CHAPTERFounded at Medford, trademark in 1946, four-track layout standard by the late 1940s.
Registry records · chapter 1
Antarctica (1955–1958)
1 VEHICLE IN THIS CHAPTERThe first land vehicles to reach the South Pole.
Registry records · chapter 2
Tucker-Terra (2000s– )
1 VEHICLE IN THIS CHAPTERFour articulating all-rubber tracks.
Registry records · chapter 3
Base models
The structural configurations the registry and the Creator build from; each page carries the researched specification.In service
Where the registry's Sno-Cat records worked; each opens the themed history.Sources
- Tucker Sno-Cat — Wikipedia
- Tucker Sno-Cat® — Oregon Encyclopedia