About Us

Throughout the history of the Cherry Creek Sno-Goers trail grooming has been a high priority. Here is a history of the grooming equipment purchased through the years. It is notable that the club has added or upgraded equipment consistently since 1993 through 2024 . 

1969- Club Purchased a Yamaha wide track for trail grooming.

1970- A group of volunteers, including Gordon Brookman built a pull behind drag for snowmobiles. 

1987-Purchased new Alpine and Bombardier Drag. Kept in Service until 2000.

1993- Purchased a Arctic Cat Quad Trac with a disc drag. Used for 2 years.

We dug out the pull behind drag (since registered as CCSG Drag #1) from Gordon Brookman’s barn and started using it again after 20 years! Gordon passed away soon after that and we were very fortunate to be able to save this piece of our history.

Purchased a 6’ valley drag new in the box which was used behind tractors and Super Imps until 2006. 

1994- Built a pull behind drag with 6 skis and a grader blade and remote control.  State of the art for the time!

Purchased 3 Frenchie Drags for use behind club volunteers personal sled. Frenchie drags were designed and built by Armand Gauthier out of White River Junction Vermont, and were the first inexpensive drag that was effectively pulled with personal snowmobiles. Armand was an extremely colorful character and the drags were called Frenchies because he was French Canadian. The reason the drags were inexpensive was he made them out of mostly scrap metal. They made quite an influence in Western NY as it allowed budget strapped clubs to start grooming their trails and then upgrading from there.

Purchased a 1988 Alpine II groomer for St Lawrence County, and they threw in an 8’ wide roller drag which we used as our first large drag in future years.

1995- Fred Croscut, a County Legislator and a big supporter of snowmobiling, donated a set of half tracks that go on a farm tractor. Joe Gelenser installed them on his tractor and groomed trails with no cab. He would be out in the middle of the night with a snowmobile suit and helmet, by himself in the most desolate areas of our trails. This was our first attempt at a larger groomer and for the time and what it cost it was quite effective.

Purchased a 1995 Polaris wide track and used a 48” Frenchie Drag behind it until 2004, when it went to the Cherry Creek Fire Department as a rescue vehicle.

Made a second trip to Vermont and purchased 5 more Frenchie Drags for our club and another 7 for other NY Clubs. We became Armand’s best customer and these drags were a common sight zipping around the trail system. 

1996- Based on the success of the half track tractor, the Club purchased an IH 574 tractor with a cab on it and installed the half tracks on it. While it had limitations on steep hills and deep snow, it was the first 8’ groomer in Western NY and was a welcome change to be inside a heated cab with a radio. We still use the tractor for mowing,  pounding posts and pulling a dump wagon for hauling gravel.

1997- Purchased our first 2 man enclosed cab groomer, a 1980 Super Imp from the Boonville NY area. This machine groomed our trails until the end of the 2009 season.

1998- Built our first multi blade 8’ drag, which was the 18th drag we had  purchased or built. Used behind the 574 with half tracks. 

Purchased a second Super Imp from St. Lawrence County, used until 2005.

Purchased our first Tucker Sno-Cat, a 1980 with a gas engine from the Shop Industrial in Lively Ontario. It came with a drag and it was used until 2005. It was sold to a club in Allegany County. 

1999- Purchased a third Thiokol Super Imp from Lively Ontario, along with a Mogul Master drag. The Super Imp was used until 2005. 

2000- Purchased our first Diesel Groomer, a 1990 Tucker Sno-Cat from Lively Ontario with a new Mogul Master Drag. The Tucker was used until the end of the 2011 season, and was sold to a club in Erie County. The drag was the first new generation 11 blade model and still in use today.

2001-Purchased a 1997 Trail Boss, 7’ Groomer with two drags from Lively Ontario. In service until 2006, sold to a club in Allegany County. Took a group picture of our 6 groomers assembled on Arctic Cat Hill.

2002- Purchased a 1993 Tucker Sno-Cat with drag from a Northern Ontario Club, and used until 2005 and sold to a club in Vermont. The drag is still in use today in the Irving area.

2003-Purchased 1995 Tucker Sno-Cat from Track Inc. out of Bloomington MN.  This was our first groomer with a front blade. Sold in 2020 to a club in the Syracuse area.

Purchased a new 18-08 Mogul Master drag.

2004- Purchased a 1991 Tucker Sno-Cat with blade from the Shop Industrial in Lively ON, used until 2008 when it was sold to a club in Wyoming County.

2005- Purchased 1998 Tucker Sno-Cat with blade from Cooks Equipment in Newport VT. Currently used in the Hamlet Area.

Purchased a 1994 Tucker Sno-Cat 1000, our first “Baby” Tucker from Cooks Equipment in Newport VT. This replaced the Trail Boss. Sold in 2011 to a club in Erie County.

2006- Purchased 1997 Tucker Terra with Blade from Cooks equipment in Newport VT. Currently used in the Cherry Creek Area. Took a group picture of our 6 groomers on Arctic Cat Hill. 

2007-Purchased 16-07 Mogul Master Drag from the Shop Industrial in Lively, Ontario for use with a Tucker 1000.

2008-  Purchased 1998 Tucker from Track, Inc and we installed the blade.  Sold to Colden Club in 2021.

2009- Purchased 1994 Tucker 1000 with blade from a Club in Maine. Sold in 2012 to a club in Oswego County.

2010- Purchased 1998 Tucker with blade from Track, Inc. Currently used in the Irving area. The club decided not to sell the 1990 Tucker as originally planned.

Purchased new 18-08 Mogul Master Drag from the Shop Industrial, Lively Ontario.

Purchased a set of Soucy Tracks and Blade for use with a rented tractor  which went into service in January 2011. This increased our fleet to 9 groomers from 7 which allowed us to groom all of our trails in an overnight timeframe when conditions allow. This was a turning point in grooming excellence as very few clubs have the amount of equipment required to do this.

2011- Purchased our first long track, extended cab Tucker from Idaho. It had 580 hours on it when we got it and expect it will be a long-term machine for us. Currently used in the State Land and Towns Corners. 

We did our 3rdgroup picture with our 9 groomers on Arctic Cat Hill. 8 Tuckers and a Puma Tractor with Soucy Tracks. First Year with all 4 track groomers.

2012- Purchased a 2003 Long Track Extended Cab Terra from Idaho with 190 hours. It was used as a rescue cat in the High Sierras. Currently used In Boutwell Hill Area.

2013- Purchased a 2001 Tucker Terra from Idaho with 1500 hours, it came from a club in Wyoming Purchased a 9’ Wide grooming drag from a club in Redfield NY. Currently used in the Canadaway Creek and Blacks Corner area.

2014- Purchased a 9’ mogul master drag used from the Shop Industrial for the Tractor Groomer.

2015- Rental Purchase of a 2015 Puma Tractor that is used in the Cherry Creek, Million $$ view area. 

2016- Purchased a new Aggressive cut Mogul Master 8’ wide Drag which is the first one in the area, used in the Boutwell Hill area. 

2017- Purchased a new Aggressive cut 9’ wide Mogul Master Drag for use behind the Tractor.

2018- Purchased a new Aggressive cut 9’ wide Mogul Master Drag for use behind the 2001 wide stance Terra.

2019- Purchased a 2004 Tucker Terra, used in the Cassadaga Area.

2020- Sold two surplus drags and the 1995 Tucker.

2021- Purchased a 2008 Tucker Terra 1000HD from New Hampshire with drag. Sold 1998 Tucker to Colden Club.

2022- Purchased a New Holland 55HP tractor to help with trail projects, mowing, loading, and hauling to improve the trails for better grooming.

2023- Purchased a new Mogul Master Aggressive Cut Drag. Received news that our grant application was approved for a new 2024 Tucker Terra and Drag.