Basically, the idea is that you can groom three times the width with only one snowcat.
Read this:
http://sports.espn.go.com/action/snowboarding/news/story?id=6600031Then this, which is his cost analysis:
http://www.slideshare.net/ecogroomer/ecogroomer-savings-analysis-for-a-major-colorado-resort-operatorMajor problems that I forsee:
- No blade. There's a snowblower like rotary chewer in front of each side unit, but that's not enough for moguls/large amounts of snow. To achieve a good pass a blade is crucial; stockpiling and moving snow would only work with the existing blade.
-Based on a Beast platform. Huge cat, super wide (22 feet, something like 60 with the side units), tons of horsepower (527), tons of fuel consumption (twice what a regular cat would use, according to what I've been told). That would make the overall savings nill. Definitely NOT compatible with the average snowcat (which is around 16 ft wide, around 300 hp).
- Maybe you could go to a program where some cats do nothing but blade work and then these follow up, but that seems unrealistic too.
-This guy's from Florida.
