A 2000 Ton Crawler/Transporter for Operation in Prudhoe Bay, Alaska 861205
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 14 00 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.
Citation: Trask, W., Trask, J., Crane, T., and Stemp, R., "A 2000 Ton Crawler/Transporter for Operation in Prudhoe Bay, Alaska," SAE Technical Paper 861205, 1986, https://doi.org/10.4271/861205. Download Citation
Author(s):
Walter H. Trask, Jeffrey L. Trask, Tom Crane, Randy Stemp
Affiliated:
Neil F. Lampson, Inc., Kennewick, WA
Pages: 16
Event:
1986 SAE International Off-Highway and Powerplant Congress and Exposition
ISSN:
0148-7191
e-ISSN:
2688-3627
Also in:
SAE Transactions 1986-V95-86
Related Topics:
Torque converters
Stall
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