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A snowcat is an enclosed-cab, truck sized, fully tracked vehicle designed
to move on snow. Snowcats are often referred to as 'trail groomers' because
of their use for grooming ski trails ("pistes") or snowmobile trails. Most
snowcats, such as the ones produced by Bombardier or Aktiv in the past,
have two sets of tracks, fitted with a Christie suspension or a Vickers
suspension. Others, like the Tucker Sno-Cat and Hagglunds vehicles have a
complex arrangement of four or more tracks.
The tracks are usually made of rubber, aluminum or steel and driven by a
single sprocket on each side, and ride over rubber wheels with a solid foam
interior. Their design is optimized for a snow surface, or soft grounds
such as that of a peat bog. In addition to grooming snow they are used for
polar expeditions, logging in marsh areas, leveling sugar beet piles, and
seismic studies in the wild.
The cabs are optimized for use in sub zero weather or cold c
