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If the brothers equipped their first snowmobile with a lawnmower engine, low-power and unreliable, then for the next car they purchased a two-cylinder motorcycle engine that develops traction of 12 horsepower. This power, according to Edgar’s calculations, should have been enough to transport two riders at a speed of 30 miles per hour. The engine was mounted on a frame of thin-walled pipes, which they themselves made using a primitive welding machine for homework.
It was impossible to create a real classic tracked vehicle in a garage, and the brothers decided to use the drive wheels from the garden tractor, a relatively small diameter, but wide enough so that they would not fall into the snow. The calculation turned out to be correct, and after the pressure was reduced in the tires and the wheels settled, the movement on the virgin snow became optimal - the design worked.
The new snowmobile, called the Polaris, was already more maneuverable, moreover, it literally “took off the bat”: the torquey motorcycle engine easily dispersed a light car. The Hitton brothers decided to engage in the design and production of snowmobile equipment.
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However, the inventors did not have enough money for the development of the project, and the brothers bought wholesale waste metal pipes of various profiles at a mechanical plant that worked nearby. When enough material was collected, work began to boil in the garage under the house. To begin with, the Hitton brothers made three snowmobiles, which they immediately sold to local residents, and purchased money for the next batch, which already consisted of five snow bikes, with the proceeds. The garage became crowded, I had to rent an additional room on the outskirts of the city. So there was a workshop for the production of snowmobiles - 'The Hitton Brothers and Company.'