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    Electric Skids?

    Does anyone know of electric skids or other compact equipment? If so, do you have any ideas where they may be used, Mines? Tunnels? Other indoor environment? Have you encountered night work in city centers where there are noise/pollution restrictions that would require use of electric vehicles...
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    Interchangeable wheel/track for skid steers - real need?

    let me correct myself, that's 10-20% MORE than a conventional rubber track SYSTEM (not just the rubber track itself). Another words, say a tracked machine costs 20% more than a wheeled machine, this would be maybe 30% more than a wheeled machine, but could increase rubber track life and also be...
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    Interchangeable wheel/track for skid steers - real need?

    Yellowdog, if this would cost maybe 10 - 20% the price of a conventional rubber track, BUT, the life of the track would increase substantially since you would use it only when needed, would it then be worth it to you?
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    Interchangeable wheel/track for skid steers - real need?

    The video does show some testing on sand, gravel and rocks, but nothing like what you guys do to those machines. Here's an image though of the robot after hard work in muddy conditions: http://www.galileomobility.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/ViperMud.JPG The track in track form acts just...
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    Interchangeable wheel/track for skid steers - real need?

    Walk behinds? Some people were mentioning walk behinds as a possible application. Here's our illustration: http://www.galileomobility.com/?p=448 Thoughts were going around that this could help with fatigue of guys working with Trenchers Anyone has any experience with those?
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    Interchangeable wheel/track - walk behind

    Hello all, I recently posted a similar thread in skidsteers & forestry forum and some very interesting feedback led me here. I am hoping to get your advice on the following: My company developed a technology that can interchange between a wheel and a track (see video here...
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    Interchangeable wheel/track - forestry need?

    Hello all, I recently posted a similar thread in skidsteers forum and was told to check this out with the forestry guys. So here I am! My company developed a technology that can interchange between a wheel and a track (see video here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=naccztNpDZU ). Although...
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    Interchangeable wheel/track for skid steers - real need?

    Thank you all for the comments. Tallrick, regarding Skidsteer, here are some of our thoughts: 1. By design, the rubber track does not stretch. It only folds and unfolds (that's where quite a bit of the tech know how). The track will be as strong and reliable as a conventional rubber...
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    Interchangeable wheel/track for skid steers - real need?

    Yep, we saw VTS, thanks. However, the VTS system requires a manual installation of tracks/wheels. That is, you cannot use both for any one job. Our system would offer the use of both wheels and tracks for any given job. Our thinking is that some jobs may require tracks only 20 or 30% of...
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    Interchangeable wheel/track for skid steers - real need?

    Hello all: Could really use some advice from people who used skidsteers for an hour or two :) My company developed a technology that can interchange between a wheel and a track (see video here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=naccztNpDZU ). Although we have it working for military robotics...
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    What do you use your skid steer for?

    Can anyone help me understand the tire/tracks option for skid steers?
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    Mini Skid Tracks - OTT

    How dependable are those things?
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    new Deere 'G" series

    Another picture can be viewed here: http://www.murphytractor.com/uploads/772G1.jpg
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    Got Cat 24M pics!

    That is indeed quite a beautiful machine!
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