Bolt on track grips

[LGP Eddie]

are you changing to yanmar eddie?

 

No the Kubota is going nowhere, but I have bought a Liebherr!:thumb up:

 

 

Eddie.

[Breezeblock]

No the Kubota is going nowhere, but I have bought a Liebherr!:thumb up:

 

 

Eddie.

what size of liebherr have you bought i still work on some 944 demolition machines if you need the computer key for attachments give me a shout

[LGP Eddie]

what size of liebherr have you bought i still work on some 944 demolition machines if you need the computer key for attachments give me a shout

 

About a week off the unveiling as John Craig is currently doing the Engcon Install, and he's quite a bit to do on this one again.

 

 

Eddie.

[Breezeblock]

About a week off the unveiling as John Craig is currently doing the Engcon Install, and he's quite a bit to do on this one again.

 

 

Eddie.

i was up there a couple of weeks ago getting hoses made and never spied it i should have had a nosey in the workshop

[aspenarb]

There likely is a better machine out there,but not one that I'm going to buy soon or hire in. Steel tracks with aggressive grousers are ok, but welding them on seems a bit silly.

 

I'm not doing anything too extreme it's just that time of year again when I start to think anything to improve traction is a good thing.

 

Bolt a piece of big chain widthways across every fourth track plate, its an easy job with a mag drill and will make a huge difference, you only need a hole each end . It kept us from skating off down steep motorway banks , just unbolt them when your finished.

 

Bob

[difflock]

^^Ah!, thats my kind engineering Bob.^^

I like it.

Cheers

M

[TobyAllen]

That is a bloody good idea. How big a chain?

[TobyAllen]

Do you have a photo of them on??

[aspenarb]

I have never thought about chain size because there are always piles of it in the yard to butcher up. I would use a chain that takes a 16mm bolt through the link on a small machine ( 6 ton or under) and a chain that takes a 20mm bolt on a bigger machine. Sandwich the chain with two decent thick washers and fit the track plates between the two nuts so the chain can swivel around on the bolt . This size chain gives an upstand of 2"

 

There is an old set of tracks with chains on at my other yard , I will take a picture of them when they surface.

 

Bob

 

Edited November 23, 2015 by aspenarb
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[HertsWood]

I have an Irus Deltrak that has bolt-on spikes - the machine has phenomenal climbing ability anyway without them. The spike mean you can climb 60 degree slopes instead of 55 degrees...