28 ARTICULATED TRACKED VEHICLES, HEAVY

Case STX 530, four tracks, was one the first articulated tractor fitted with additional tracks. Pict J M M at SIMA, Villepinte, 2007 03.

ATI-tracks on Case IH STX 385.      http://www.ati-tracks.com/agriculture.htm

Ecolog 550 with tracks. http://www.eco-log.se/

Harvester Ecolog Softrac 550 D presented at Lucern Forest Exposition in 2009.        http://bois.fordaq.com/

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EcoLog SoftTrack Harvester 590C.    http://www.fordaq.com/www/news/2010/EcoLog_SoftTrack

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ATI Tracks on New-Holland Tractor. http://www.ati-tracks.com/

J Deere tractor with ATI Tracks

John Deere 9620 with tracks      http://www.myspace.com/kroeki/photos/36304701

Tigercat M760 with mulcher and ATI tracks.

Wetla Tracks, Finland,  on Valmet Harvester from YouTube   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pe5Sgp6-_zo

Tracked Terragator of Agco Group. http://www.flickr.com/photos/sicco/7053484929/

Terragator Dumper    ww.nedtrac.com/Bijzondere.htm

Kirovets K 701 with tracks, 280 hp engine, built at St Petersburg at Kirov Plant  since 1975. From www.farmphoto.com.

ION AH-IV with ATI HIM tracks here for geophysical prospection.

ION AH-IV Vibrator with ATI Tracks from Inova. Inova is an independent joint venture company owned 51% by BGP, Bureau of Geophysical Prospecting, China, and 49% by ION Geophysical, Houston, which build also UniVib, and XVib Vibrators. http://www.inovageo.com/products/source-products/xvib.html http://www.inovageo.com/xvib.html

Nomad 90T vibrator of Sercel with additional tracks for petroleum research. 368 kW Volvo engine. Sercel, part of CGG, Compagnie Générale de Géophysique since 1956 (under the name FMG), is at Carquefou near Nantes, France, and at Houston, Texas. CGGVeritas stands at Tour Maine Montparnasse, Paris, and Massy (near Paris). http://www.ati-tracks.com/geophysical.htm http://www.sercel.com/Products/sources/nomad_vibrators.php

Hartog Container on Mengele Mammut 6 tracks. http://www.tractorfan.nl/picture/505440/ http://www.farmphoto.com/thread.aspx?mid=50198

CAT D2 proto : 2 D2 besides or articulated. www.heavyequipment

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Caterpillar Quad Trac DD9G was purchased as D9G (less powerful) from Buster Peterson in 1974. http://www.heavyequip

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Caterpillar Quad-Track DD9G, 1974, 820 hp, 80 T, concept conceived originally in 1963 by R.A. 'Buster' Peterson of Peterson Tractors, California. A total of 68 different articulated tractors were produced from 1963 to 1980. Pict from the book of Eric C. Orleman 'Super Duty Earthmovers' MBI Motor Book International, 2002.

CAT Quad Track, 1967, from Cat Research Department, designed to test drawbar of D8, D9, Quad Track and SxS D9G dozers, in rough conditions.  Pict from book of Eric C. Orleman : 'Caterpillar Chronicle', MBI 2000.

CAT 998 Track Loader, 1967, experimental, for working in rocks.  Pict from book of Eric C. Orleman : ' Caterpillar Chronicle', MBI 2000.  Bob Purcell Collection.

Oshkosh MK 48 tracked proto. From www.forum.aceboard.net, this is now shut.

Flextrac Nodwell RN-400, 1965.     www.northwelloilfield.ca

Nodwell RN 400 (carrying a CAT D8) marketed under the brand Terraflex TF 900 from Bombardier, 1984.

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Foremost Chieftain articulated tracked vehicle on sale new by Rolligon Company (now National Oilwell Varco) in 2003.

Nodwell RN 200 conceived in the 60s was manufactured and on sales new on Rolligon site in 2003. Pict from Rolligon site in 2003.

Nodwell RN 200, 1962, four tracks semi-trailer. Payload 20 t for a total mass of 43 t, 2 engines GM 4-53, 3,5 l, overall length 13,82 m, deck length 9,14 m, max speed 9,14 km/h, hydraulic steering, road wheels tires : 7,50x20, Suspension : crank arm with torsion coil spring. http://shusharmor.

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Nodwell RN 200. http://shusharmor.

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Nodwell RN 200. http://shusharmor.

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Nodwell RN 200.

Nodwell RN 400 Transporter, 1967, for oil industry. F. Pierre archives.

Flextrac FN400 and FN600, 1970

Nodwell RN400 Transporter, 1967, four tracks with semi-trailer. Payload 28 t for total mass of 65 t, 2 engines GM 6V 8,7 l V6 diesel, overall length 15,39 m, deck length 10,67 m, max speed 14,8 km/h. Load wheels Tires : 11x20,14, suspension : walking beams. Detroit winch front and rear. The actual Husky 8 of Foremost (rigid chassis) is 36,3 t payload for overall length of 14,74 m, total mass 79,2 t.

Nodwell RN 400

Nodwell RN-600, payload 40 T.  http://www.mascus.co.uk/transportation/used-flatbed-dropside-trucks/nodwell-rn-600-40-ton-transporter/yipgymoh.html

Hard Mobile Launcher Mobility Test Vehicle.

Martin Marietta HML with Caterpillar Tractor for project Midgetman, 1985. Mobil-Trac System of Caterpillar was borrowed from Chalenger Program. Pict from book of Eric C Orleman : ' Caterpillar Chronicle', MBI 2000.

DT-30 Vityaz     http://fotki.yandex.ru/users/ptaha1983/view/185306?page=0

DT 10-P from Ishimbaï, modernized.   http://elitboard.ru/n59-dtm-10p_dvuhzvennyy_transporter

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Vityaz of Ichimbaï Plant. From Top to Down : new vehicles 5t, 7t, 8t of the Ishimbaï Plant, Bashkorstan, Russia. http://www.bolotohod.ru/en/emain/

DT-30 Vityaz articulated joint.

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Tracks of DT 30 Vityaz

DT-10P from Ishimbaï Plant. Pict from collection of Alain Dupouy.

DT-30 from Isimbaï Plant, in V position, possible thanks to positive pitch control. It is the biggest articulated tracked vehicle series built.

Vityaz of Machine Building Company, Bahkorstan. In the middle, 3 sections DT30-18P, bottom : DT10.

Vityaz, DT-30 from Ishimbai, Bashkorstan, Siberia.

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DT30 from Ishimbaï Plant. Built as a semi-trailer.         http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SHswowO4584

Vityaz DT 30, built at Ishimbai, Siberia. http://vadimvswar.narod.ru/ALL_OUT/TiVOut0204/DzvVh/DzvVh035.htm

Tracked vehicle from China which looks like DT-30 from Russia.   http://translate.googleuser

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DT-10 PM of Ichimbaï Plant. http://igor113.livejour

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DT-10 of Ishimbai Plant. Pict from book of Alain Dupouy, Auto-éditeur : 'Les véhicules tout-terrain N° 11 Tome I'. 1995.

CMB-1, 4 tracks semi-trailer prototype, 1964, 16 t, from NII-21 Plant. http://shusharmor.

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DT-30-L Vityaz : two linked DT-30 Carriers configured as semi-trailer for big loads for Far North, Siberia and Far East. Empty mass 29 t, payload 30 t, 710 hp, 37 km/h, ground pressure 0,3 kg/cm², 500 km range. Plant at Ishimbaï, Bashkorstan.

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Vityaz seismic vibrator SVG-27/DT issued of series of DT10, DT20, DT30 large articulated tracked vehicles of JSC Machine Company Vityaz, Ishimbai, Bashkortostan, Russia, whose vehicles are constructed since 1982 and run in Arctic, Antarctic and Siberia. They are all equipped with positive pitch control and are the biggest articulated tracked vehicles in the world.

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Vityaz of Ichimbaï Plant. Payload 5 t.  http://www.bolotohod.ru/en/emain/

TTM-4901 Ruslan Amphibian 2005, of ZAO Transport by JSC Transneft for maintenance of pipelines. The three units are rather rare. Fitted with a positive pitch control and tracks with elastic wideners (760 mm wide) which can be tensioned from inside the cab, the engine is 300 hp. It can transport 24 persons. Payload 2.5 T , 48 km/h, 5 km/h on water.   http://www.spec-technika.ru/?page=issue&pid=100523&sub=100006&item=100532

TTM-4901. They can see positive pitch control.        http://strannik-v.ru/topic854-15.html

Kress rubber tracked carrier built in the beginning of the 2000s for snow or sand deserts. Antony Perry sold these tundra vehicles in mid-2000. It does not seem to be built nowadays. J M M archives.

Terberg Arctic CT 28 tracked or wheeled of the beginning of the 90s. See Chapter : Changes around the track II. Pict from 'France Routes' July-Aug 1991.

Terberg Arctic CT28

Terrain Master, a Bombardier forestry vehicle of the 60s. See Chapter 'Bombardier'.

Terrain Master Bombardier 1

Terrain Master Bombardier

8x8 Tracked Timberking TK 458 Forwarder from Zebulon, NC.