Types
Groomers built for ski slopes are often different from those used to groom snowmobile trails. Groomers like American based Tucker Sno-Cat, the Canadian based Lamtrac and German based Pisten Bully and Prinoth formerly known as Bombardier in North America and Europe build different types of Snowcats for different applications.
Several manufacturers of track conversions, build tractor based conversion groomers which are economical choices for snowmobile trail grooming. Because they are designed to pull agricultural equipment, the tractors adapt easily to pulling trail grooming drags. Modern groomers built for ski slopes employ front mounted, hydraulically operated blades, powered rotary tillers and specialized shaping equipment for not only maintaining ski slopes, but also for building half pipes, ski/ snowboard terrain parks and snow tube parks. Cross Country Ski trails are also groomed in similar fashion, but use specialized drags that imprint ski guides instead of grooming a wide path suitable for high speed snowmobile use.
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