Motor vehicles – Special driving device – Portable track
Patent
1982-06-18
1984-07-10
Brust, Joseph Paul
Motor vehicles
Special driving device
Portable track
305 21, B62D 5510
Patent
active
044587732
ABSTRACT:
An endless track assembly is disclosed to increase the ability of conventional tractors to travel over soft ground. The endless track assembly comprises a supporting frame detachably secured under the front of a conventional tractor body having driving wheels protruding from the sides of the body at the back of the latter, a first pair of endless track-mounting assemblies attached to the rear of such supporting frame, a support member secured to each track-mounting assembly and detachably secured under the rear of the tractor body, a second pair of endless track-mounting assemblies pivotally mounted to the front of the supporting frame and extending forwardly of the tractor body, idler wheels at the back and front and of said first and second pairs of endless track-mounting assemblies, hydraulic cylinder units mounted on the tractor for raising such second pair of endless track-mounting assemblies on the supporting frame and endless tracks trained on and surrounding the driving and idler wheels.
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