Patent ID: 6158535
Filing Date: 2000-12-12
Classification: B62D

Abstract:
A crawler vehicle comprising a crawler body and a plurality of crawlers, each said crawler being repeatedly attachably and removably mounted on said crawler body and powered by one or more drive assemblies, wherein each drive assembly comprises:a) one or more hydraulic drive motors mounted on said (crawler body;b) a track drive gear box; andc) one or more mechanical drive shafts connected between said one or more hydraulic drive motors and said track drive gear box to transmit power from said one or more drive motors to said track drive gear box, wherein said one or more mechanical drive shafts each comprise a removable connection that is releasable to permit the disconnection of said one or more mechanical drive shafts from between said one or more hydraulic drive motors and said track drive gear box so as to permit said crawlers to be removed from said crawler body without dismounting said one or more hydraulic drive motors from said crawler body.