Here's a 4 Sprocket Hydrostatic Drive Sideboom, made by Laurini of Italy. Sliding tray counterweight. Certainly innovative. This has been posted elsewhere, but forgot where. http://www.laurini.com/gb/news/index.html
Neat
That really interesting Northart. I can't say I've ever seen a 4 drive sprocket machine. I read the link and it sure has some good selling points on the advantages to this system. I wonder what if any, advantages it would offer to dozers in the present state?
Hello complicated track tensioning system, looks like the carrier rollers need to be jacked up.
Northart, have you seen the latest 360 exc based, fixed mast by Volvo. Basically a pipelayer jib, on a 360 crane/exc undercarriage ! Classic case of :Banghead why didn't I think of that. Come on somebody must have a picure. :drinkup Found one of a model on Google but cant upload it ! keeps showing upload error !
Right click on the picture and "Save As", that always works for me when I steal pics off the 'net.
Innovative Ideas ? Hello Atlas Rob, No , but I heard about it. Laurini has an excavator sideboom also. If you chase the link , its there. Joedirt, Swishy over at ACMOC configured many variations of the Quads after I asked about him a Quad D11 and Quad D2. Then he really come up with some duzies , LOL . He's a real talented computer whiz, graphics,animation artist. Anyway, after Deas Plant posted that picture of Swishy's Cat D13 , it reminded me of the Italian 4 sprocket drive sideboom. Kinda shows sometimes, many other people are thinking about the same thing or idea. I just wonder if a larger version ,like Laurini, with a Big Cat engine in the middle with a genset and 4 electric motors, instead of hydraulics ............. ????????????? or 4 electric wheel motors like the huge haul trucks , but 4 big sprockets instead. Just musing . LOL Maybe someday ????? a dozer version will appear.
Cat Design Team Nomination Hi, Northart. I'm e-mailing Cat right now to nominate you for their Research and Design team. Expect to hear from them within 30 years - - - - corporate inertia, you know. LOL.
Caterpillar R&D Hello Deas Plant, Well, if you have any Corporate clout, you may submit my name for consideration . LOL I would be pleased to accept any offers. I have also talked, to now, a deceased Operator,owner,designer, etc. "Wild Bill Nelson" he used to own them 4' wide pad stretch D8-14A's . He was telling me about some prototypes of a Cat engine inside a huge single track. Never got the real details on that one. Most intriguing.
here a pic
http://www.davispipelayer.com/
I was thinking how handy that excavator based side boom would be for train wreck clean ups.
Cat R&D team nomination Hi, Northart. Why not? If D8Bob reckons they listen to him, they ought to be a LOT more willing to listen to somebody who 'ACKSHULLY' makes sense.
Can you imagine that sideboom loaded cross ways on a lowboy!! That sideboom excavator looks to have an expanable type undercarriage, slick setup.
Not sure on that machine. Looks very long, and hard to steer.
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