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2. Skid-steer loader - Wikipedia

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   Skid-steer loaders are sometimes equipped with tracks instead of the wheels, and such a vehicle is known as a compact track loader. Skid steer loaders, both wheel and track models, operate most efficiently when they are imbalanced – either the front wheels or the back wheels are more heavily loaded.

3. Differential steering - Wikipedia

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   Transmission (foreground) and engine (background) of a Centurion tank. Differential steering is the means of steering a land vehicle by applying more drive torque to one side of the vehicle than the other. [1] Differential steering is the primary means of steering tracked vehicles, such as tanks and bulldozers, is also used in certain wheeled ...

4. Loader (equipment) - Wikipedia

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   John Deere Front end loaders CAD model tracing of a tractor mounted loader mechanism CAD model tracing of a skid loader mechanism. A loader is a heavy equipment machine used in construction to move or load materials such as soil, rock, sand, demolition debris, etc. into or onto another type of machinery (such as a dump truck, conveyor belt, feed-hopper, or railroad car).

5. Continuous track - Wikipedia

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   An agricultural tractor with rubber tracks, mitigating soil compaction. A Russian tracked vehicle designed to operate on snow and swamps. A British Army Challenger 1 tank. Continuous track or tracked treads are a system of vehicle propulsion used in tracked vehicles, running on a continuous band of treads or track plates driven by two or more ...

6. Heavy equipment - Wikipedia

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   Continuous track (circa 1909) Caterpillar track (circa 2009) Heavy equipment requires specialized tires for various construction applications. While many types of equipment have continuous tracks applicable to more severe service requirements, tires are used where greater speed or mobility is required. An understanding of what equipment will be ...

7. Bobcat Company - Wikipedia

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   Melroe introduced the four-wheeled M400 model "Skid-Steer Loader" in 1960, and began using "Bobcat" as a trade name for such products in 1962 on the 440-model loader. Les Melroe and advertising agent Lynn Bickett settled on the "Bobcat" name while exchanging name ideas during a drive between Minneapolis and Gwinner. Bickett and Sylvan Melroe ...