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The Bradley Packer
Bradley and Taylor's first idea was to ski down the slopes pulling a six-foot length of chain-link fencing. In 1951, they developed the Bradley XPG-1 (Experimental Packer-Grader) which combined a "slat roller" to both pack and powder the snow, in front of which was an adjustable steel blade for cutting off the tops of moguls. The device weighed 700 pounds, and was steered downhill by a skier with his skis wedged in a snowplow. Skiers who performed such work were paid an additional 25 cents per hour "combat pay." At the bottom of the slope, the machines and their operators were taken back up the slope by a T-bar.
Bradley filed a patent in 1951, which was granted in 1957. However, by 1952 the new Kristi and
Tucker Sno-Cats
were being used to pull the packer-graders.
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