19 SEMI-TRACKED & WHEEL-CUM-TRACK VEHICLES
Hovertrack Truck. http://www.setechnic.com/Forum/topic2797.html |
Semi tracked FR9000 from Hovertrack, The Netherlands, 2011. http://www.hovertrack.nl/index.php?option=com_igallery&view=igcategory&id=1&Itemid=3 |
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Hovertrack, The Netherlands. www.ttkrk.co.jp |
Vervaert Track Trike. Vervaert, from The Netherlands. |
Linn C5 wheel-cum-track chassis, 1940. Rear non driven axle could be lowered on roads and tracks were up. Pict of book of Bart H Vanderveen ‘Half-Tracks’, Warne, 1970. |
Leamington half-track conversion for Fordson tractor. Picture from book Ford Tractor Conversions by Stuart Gibbard, Press Book, 1995. |
Iron Dog Early Snowmobile of the 40s primarily used by hunters, trappers and power company service crews. Pict Francis Pierre, Pioneer Village Museum, Minden, Nebraska in 2000. |
Waldschlepper forestry semi-tracked built just after WWII with parts of RSO tracked vehicle. Pict Francis Pierre, Speyer Museum, Germany, late 90s. |
Ikegai Type-98 Ko-Hi semi-tracked, 1938. 5 t capacity, 110 hp, 5,7 t, 45 km/h. From 1952. |
Citroën Proto Autochenille P107, 1939, picture J M Maclou at Rétromobile, Paris, on Feb 13, 2004. |
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Citroën semi-tracked of the 30s. Pictured by J M M at Loco en Fête, La Ferté-Alais, 2004 05. |
Half-tracks of the Croisière Jaune. J M M at Schlumpf Museum, Mulhouse, 2003 10. |
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Half-traks of the Croisière Jaune. J M M at Schlumpf Museum, Mulhouse, 2003 10. |
Dual Front Wheels with traction plates on an Army half-track for Arctic Expeditions in 1949/50. Pict from Popular Mechanics, May 1950. |
Wolselay-Vickers, 1926, GB, was a wheel-cum-track, not a semi-tracked vehicle. From the site : www.indiandefence.com |
Removable tracks on Trado System from Daf in the 30s. Pict from 'Wheels and Tracks' N° 74, end of the 90s. |
Mechanical Coffin, experimental, invented by Giffard le Quesne Martel in 1935. Wheeled and tracked mode. From 'Wheels and Tracks' N° 28 about 1989. |
Quad with rear tracks. Pict J M M at SIMA, Villepinte, France, 2005.
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Tru Trax System, Isanti, Minnesota, on ATV from 1997.
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Quad 6x6 John Deere semi-tracked with Omnitrac Tracks, early 2000s. |
Terra-Gator 2114 prototype. Powered additional tracks were fitted at rear. On road, rear tracks were lifted and the vehicle became a front wheeled drive. Small quantities were manufactured. Terra-Gator is a brand of AGCO Group, i.e. Massey Ferguson, Fendt, Valtra, Challenger.http://terra-gator.e-monsite.com/ |
Half-Track converted from Dodge WC 51 in mid 50s. Tracks came from a Bren Carrier.Pict from book ‘Scout cars et Half-Tracks’ of J M Boniface et J G Jeudy, ETAI, 1989. |
Allis-Chalmers Tractor Truck, 1915. Originally conceived by C. L. Tolles of Eau Claire, Wisconsin, to cross obstacles, Allis-Chalmers bought patents and ten were assembled in Russia, but never used. |
Semi-tracked MAN 4R3 in the 50s. Pict from review 'Schlepper Post', May-June, 1999.
MAN Semi-tracked. Pict J M M, La Locomotion en Fête, La Ferté-Alais, 2010 06. |
Experimental rubber half-tracks on Ford 7610. Tracks are from Siloe Research in 1991.Pict from the book ‘Ford Tractor Conversions', Stuart Gibbard, Farming Press books, 1995. |
Yeti track assembly of 1984 by 4X4 Developments Ltd, Dento, Northampton, had introduced a rather unorthodox half-track conversion for FWD vehicles. It could be fitted like a wheel. Invented and patented by Peter Sullivan, the track system is interesting in that it strikes a large object, the whole assembly ’indexes’ (revolves) and the next of the 3 faces becomes the base. An inside epicyclical gear allows to drive and made automatically revolving. It looks like Terrastar with Tri-Star wheels but with tracks. See Chapter ’Unusual Locomotion’. Pictures from the review 'Power Farming', 1983, and 'Wheels & Tracks' N°5, 1983. |
Difco Half-track of Ballintubber Enterprises Ltd, Roscommon, Ireland. J M M archives.Difco Half track
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Citroën-Kegresse P 112 of 1936 could lower its tracks to lighten weight on wheels. Speed 67 km/h. Pict from book 'Les véhicules Hors Série', by Jacques Borgé and Nicolas Viasnoff, Balland, 1976. |
Mercedes 26.29 AK 6x6 and tracks, 1993, to study soils for building. Pict from review France Routes, Dec-Jan 1994. |
Astra BM 309, later Fiat-Iveco, 6x6 and foldable tracks, Paris-Dakar Raid, 1985. Pict from review 'VSD', Dec 1984. |
Truck, 4x4, probably a Ginaf, and tracks to study soils for buildings. www.forum.aceboard.net |
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Terberg 6x6 and tracks, 1988, on base Volvo 6x6.www.forum.aceboard.net |