[DeTomaso] Fendt roller revealed!

[David in Durango]

Bwahahahaha - looks just like that Delorean Thiokol [1]- used to groom ski 
slopes.  Basically a little catepillar, steers w/ brakes . . .

Now I'll have to run up to the ski area and see if my next ZF is waiting for 
my rescue efforts!

[1] Thiokol, if I remember, had some nefarious connnection to the shuttle 
disaster - they made the seals (arf) that failed.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: <MikeLDrew at aol.com>
To: <detomaso at realbig.com>
Sent: Friday, March 06, 2009 5:16 PM
Subject: [DeTomaso] Fendt roller revealed!


> Hi guys,
>
> Finally, some light to go along with the heat!
>
> Roland Jackel sent me an actual, for-real photo of a Fendt Roller:
>
> http://www.poca.com/index.php/gallery/?g2_itemId=4398
>
> See, it's made by Fendt, and it has a roller on the back. :>)
>
> He wrote:
>
> I saw your discussion in the webring about the Fendt. It was not a road
> paving machine. It was a roller to repair ski runs. See attached picture. 
> They
> needed the five speed to climb the hills. This roller was manufactured in 
> the
> seventies. The ZF boxes were cheap in that times, so they used that box as 
> many
> others. The ZF 5 speed was constructed out of a 4 speed ZF box, that was
> mounted in a Hanomag light truck. Later also in a Mercedes light truck. 
> Both trucks
> had front wheel drive and a very low loading box. I still have a few of 
> these
> boxes. I can get some spares out of them to repair the five speeds.
>
> Roland
> ====
>
> So there you go.   Thanks Roland!
>
> Mike
>
>
>
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