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All the teams | The Snowdiggers
Location: Quebec, Canada
Bond: French Canadians
Jonathan Gendron
Age: 28
Occupation: Machinist at go-kart track.
Skills: Good welder and ideas man. The brains of the team.
Quote: If it looks like I'm doing nothing, I'm thinking. My mind works at 100mph.
Benoit Ranger
Age: 26
Occupation: Fire fighter/ carpenter/ student of technical engineering.
Skills: Quick thinker. Good welder.
Quote: We have strong spirit.
Christian Poirier
Age: 25
Occupation: Machinist for a general machine shop.
Skills: General all rounder, not as skilled as the others.
Quote: I just help. They have the good ideas.
Hard work: hundreds of steel teeth
The completed tracks
Some old junk
The drive cog and the track
The drive cog and the axle
Steel Survivor
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Steel Survivor from all angles
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Donor Vehicle: Numerous, including Chevrolet, Ranger and Cadillac
Engine: Cadillac 472 V8 7.71 300 bhp
Weight: 2900 kg
Length: 16 feet

Advantages: Excellent traction. Has hydraulic pivot points in the tracks and changeable gear ratios. Steel Survivor's weight and size will be an advantage in macho games like Sumo.

Disadvantages: May be too slow and heavy to compete well in the more speed orientated games. Needs really difficult terrain to shine. They had to cut the fenders off to get the vehicle down to the weight limit.

Summation: A powerful vehicle with good traction but poor agility.
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