A 2000 ton crawler/transporter for operation in Prudhoe Bay, Alaska

Conference · Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1986

OSTI ID:7149628

Trask, W H; Trask, J L; Crane, T; Stemp, R

Recently designed and fabricated in Kennewick, Washington, a pair of 2000 ton capacity crawler/transporters has been used in moving refinery modules to permanent installations on Alaska's North Slope. Vehicle design features include four corner chain-driven, track driving sprockets (tumblers), resilient track roller suspensions, elevating load platform (hereinafter ''bolsters''), dynamic braking, diesel/torque converter power, automatic lubrication and electro-pneumatic controls. Four independent power units provide 1400 horse-power per crawler and over two million pounds of drawbar pull at converter stall. Weighing 300 tons, the pin-connected crawler dissembles for highway transport into loads of under 95,000 pounds.

• Research Organization: Walt Trask Associates, P.S., Pasco, WA
• OSTI ID: 7149628
• Report Number(s): CONF-8609165-
• Resource Relation: Conference: International off-highway and powerplant congress and exposition, Milwaukee, WI, USA, 8 Sep 1986
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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