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Dan

07-07-2004 13:04:11




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Has anyone offered rubber tracks or is anybody know of some for parading a crawler on pavement.Can't let the guys on tires have all the fun.lol




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r-man

07-08-2004 19:30:55




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 Re: Rubber tracks in reply to Dan, 07-07-2004 13:04:11  
Dan, 20 years ago I built a set of molds for a company that made urethane parts( fork lift wheels, conveyor rollers, etc. The molds were for street treads. The hard urethane would have wore better than rubber and it might have slid over the pavement better in a turn. I'm not sure who they sold the pads to. Could have been Uncle Sam.



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Chuck, WA

07-08-2004 13:08:51




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 Re: Rubber tracks in reply to Dan, 07-07-2004 13:04:11  
Not necessarily relevant, but interesting, and others probably know more...

Few years ago I had occasion to visit the Army's Aberdeen Proving Ground in Maryland. While walking from a parking lot to the building where I had a meeting, an M1 Abrams tank came by on the pavement with rubber pads on the tracks. I'd guess those that appear in parades use the same.

Army surplus stores? :)

Chuck, WA

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720Deere

07-08-2004 03:46:21




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 Re: Rubber tracks in reply to Dan, 07-07-2004 13:04:11  
Most asphalt pavers are offered in "rubber track" versions. Maybe you could find a used set of paver tracks and steal the rubber pads from them.



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john in la

07-07-2004 21:08:46




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 Re: Rubber tracks in reply to Dan, 07-07-2004 13:04:11  
Put this question over on the Crawler board. Some one told me before he some times comes across rubber pads for tracks. I really do not remember but think it was Taylor Lambert.



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Yooper-Al

07-07-2004 18:58:13




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 Re: Rubber tracks in reply to Dan, 07-07-2004 13:04:11  
How about using conveyor belting? A pair of bands per track connected by flat steel brackets that would ride between the track and belt with "ears" bent on either end to keep the belt centered on the track. Something like a snowmobile track. Carrage bolts to bolt the belts to the brackets. Once saw something like this on a "Yooper-Mobile"; a Ford model T with a tag axle and skis strapped to the front rims. Went over ice, snow, swamps and asphalt!

Al

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markct

07-07-2004 17:45:14




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 Re: Rubber tracks in reply to Dan, 07-07-2004 13:04:11  
i have seen some guys bolt blocks of hardwood to the grousers to run them in parades, probably alot cheaper than the rubber blocks, but weather you use wood or rubber ya still gota be carefull and turn easy if its hot out or you will tear up the pavement pretty bad



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RayP(MI)

07-07-2004 15:53:55




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 Re: Rubber tracks in reply to Dan, 07-07-2004 13:04:11  
There was a crew laying underground telephone cable with a crawler tractor through here a few years ago. They had rubber blocks attached to their tracks, which allowed them to travel on pavement without damage. There were no metal cleats showing, so all traction was provided by the rubber blocks. Suspect there was substantial loss of traction over the conventional metal cleated tracks.



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Bob M

07-07-2004 14:03:13




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 Re: Rubber tracks in reply to Dan, 07-07-2004 13:04:11  
A few years ago I saw local rigging outfit's TD-9 fitted with "street pads" in a couple parades around here. These were essentially large, rectangular tire rubber(?) pads that bolted between and extended a couple inches above each grouser. They worked nice on good pavement. However in hot weather they would dig up chip seal somewhat .

Sure made for a unique parade vehicle!



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mj

07-08-2004 10:42:40




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 Re: Re: Rubber tracks in reply to Bob M, 07-07-2004 14:03:13  
Hi Bob- I used to run a small Case (don't recall the model) trackloader at the old Union Printers' Home in C. Springs, Co. It was fitted with pavement pads like you describe. I believe that they ordered them from the Case dealer there when water rationing was imposed in '61 and '62. We needed to be able to haul well-water in a water tank on a wagon gear around the paved driveways on the grounds to irrigate the lawns. We removed the pads for off road work as the rocks were hard on the rubber. It took the Case, an 'M' Farmall and 2 trucks, all with tanks, to keep the grass green.

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