In 1988 Kootenay Tractor (KOOTRAC) acquired exclusive rights to manufacture, market and service the KMC/FMC High Speed Steel Track (HSST) Vehicles worldwide. A new company, Kootenay Manufacturing Co. (KMC) was incorporated and located on a three-acres site in the Lakeside Industrial Park in Nelson, BC - Canada.
KMC/KOOTRAC has become known throughout the world as the experts and main supplier of the FMC/KMC HSST Vehicles and Associated Parts, having been associated with the product line since its inception in 1974. We currently manufacture and market new machines and parts, remanufacture FMC/KMC machines and parts to new machine specifications or repair used FMC/KMC machines and parts for any applications.
Update your videos the old VHS footage is making you look bad. Given the "good Looks" oriented signaling going all through bureaucracy now days... Like I have said this could easily be one of the kings of the fireline, but the slick presentations are winning. Up the game so it don't look so lame.
Hi love ur videos I'm from Australia and own a KMC 2500 kootrack I no this is a long shot but I currently need a clutch ring gear for the 6v53 to Clark transmission any help or recommendation on who I should contact would be appreciated
I ran an FMC, the precursor, back in the early 70's. Fun ride, even on steep ground and snow. Did not enjoy working on the final drive though. Did they ever make that stronger?
I ran an FMC tracked skidder with moveable arch and chokers on snow in the early '70s in Oregon. Very fun machine to run around with out in the woods.....lots of maintenance. Flying a helicopter on fires in the 00"s I saw a lot of them that had been converted to water tankers for running fire lines.
The amount of money spent fighting these fires they could have put a nice network of fire hydrants in these forests and made it easier to put out, and let volunteers come in and clean the junk on the ground of dead trees and brush that feeds these fires, instead of trying to convince us it's a global warming thing, except other states like Oklahoma, Arkansas, Pennsylvania, and other states with large forests don't seem to spontaneously combust....
The biggest problem is they are light duty compared to a cat or skidder. They ran lots of them in my area & there were a lot of horrific accidents, many from breaking a track on a steep slope causing the machine to turn hard sidewise & rolling 25 times often killing the operator.
The machine in the video pretty much lost all the advantage of the design with the grapple hanging that far out back, you are supposed to carry a good portion of the load on the machine, not drag all of it like a cat.
Oh fellas, I didn't mean discredit any person or machine. I wanted to validate the FMC being an extraordinary design and phenomenal in capabilities. But, no single machine works best in every situation. I've spent a lot of time on one. Many dozer operators struggle on these. They do not operate even similar to cat. Drive sprocket on the front changes everything from a typical dozer. Anywho, if you haven't and get a chance to operate one, jump on it. It is my favorite machine.
There is a specific type of valve used in water/wastewater/sewage pipelines to vent trapped gases. It is a hollow ball contained inside a cage, the air/gas can vent out and in through the seat because it isn't dense enough to lift the ball. When the liquid comes up it will lift the ball against the seat and seal it so no water/fluid escapes. When the water/fluid drops the ball drops allowing air/gas to flow. Also if you want to use this as a bulldozer you can have a larger blade but why pull the tank.
