29 SELF-LEVELING VEHICLES

These vehicles can run side hill, remaining horizontal.

	Self-leveling Jeep of Creative Motor Sport Ltd, British Columbia. http://www3.telus.net/public/hwward/products.html
	Creative Motor Sports, Kelowna, BC, Canada, makes a kit for Toyota Land Cruiser FJ-45 for fun in snow. This suspension kit, mixture of surplus of Gama-Goat and other parts, is computerized for automatic or manual control of each wheel height by joystick. www.gocms.com

Special Jeep with active suspension, from Navara extreme's album on site : http://s238.photobucket.com/albums/ff157/navaraextreme/?action=view&current=Jeep2021.jpg

Harvester Skogsjan 695 XL 2011. http://zizengineering.com/machineinfo/other/-harvester_skogsjan_695_xl-2011-agricultural_vehicle-forestry_vehicle.html

	Skogsjan 4x4 and 6x6 for forestry. 4x4 is from 1990 and 6x6 from 1996. They already had possibility to maintain level side hill for work on slopes. http://zizengineering.com/machineinfo/other/-harvester_skogsjan_695_xl-2011-agricultural_vehicle-forestry_vehicle.html
	Caterpillar 580 Harvester, from early 2000, showing its possibilities. They are Ecolog now. http://www.eco-log.se/en/company/eco_log_in_soderhamn
	Caterpillar 580 Harvester. http://www.eco-log.se/en/company/eco_log_in_soderhamn
	Caterpillar Ecolog 550 at Forexpo, Bordeaux, France. Pict Francis Pierre, 2002. http://www.eco-log.se/en/company/eco_log_in_soderhamn

Caterpillar 550 forest equipment, Forexpo, Bordeaux 2002. Pict Francis Pierre. http://www.eco-log.se/en/company/eco_log_in_soderhamn

Caterpillar Ecolog 550 at Forexpo, Bordeaux, France. Pict Francis Pierre, 2002.

Ecolog 550C Harvester at International Exposition at Lucerne in 2009.

http://www.ihb.de/bois/news/WFW%3BForstmaschinen_

Bodenschutz_21294.html

James Bird, Tulsa, conceived this self-leveling vehicle seen in the review 'Popular Science' of January 1971.

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US003642085-001 self-leveling vehicle of James Bird, Tulsa, Oklahoma, 1971.

Volvo wheel loader Gryphin is a design study of Volvo Construction Equipment in 2008 by Hans Philip Zachau. It must be noted that suspension enables to keep the vehicle level on slopes. Pict from review 'Classic Plant & Machinery', Aug 2008.

Safe-track Mulcher of Green Mech. Pict J M M at Forexpo, Mimizan, 2004 06.

Safe-Trak of Green Mech. Pict J M M at Euroforest, St Bonnet de Joux, 2006 06.

MHT Neuson 11002 HVT Harvester at Forexpo, Bordeaux, France, on 2003 04 21

Neuson Harvester for slopes, from Germany. Pict J M M at Forexpo, Bordeaux, 2008 06.

Menzi-Muck A91. http://www.menzimuck.com/index-en.html

Menzi Muck A81 and A71 walking excavators www.baumaschinenbilder.de

Menzi-muck-a71-and-a91-walking-excavator.pdf

Menzi Muck A111, showing articulated chassis. http://autoline.info/sf/construction-equipment-walking-excavator-MENZI-MUCK-A111-Forst-12032017333419178100.html

	Kaiser S2 4x4 Cross. Pict J M M at Forexpo, Bordeaux, 2008 06. Kaiser-x4-walking-excavator.pdf Euromach-super-joly-1300-walking-excavator.pdf
	Kaiser walking excavators. http://www.en.viacar.eu/Gallery,5.htm
	Kaiser Walking Excavator. Pict J M M at Euroforest, St Bonnet de Joux, 2010 06.
	Kaiser S2 Gator and S3 walking excavators. http://www.en.viacar.eu/fg.php?z=130_1g.jpg&lp=130 http://www.cz.viacar.eu/fg.php?z=288_1g.jpg&lp=288 http://www.kaiser.li/en/international/excavators/home/news-scheduled-dates/
	X-Musen. Pict J M M at Strängnäs, Sweden, 2010 04

X-Musen at Fordon museum, Sweden, in 2002. This museum is now shut and a new one is open since 2012 at Strängnäs. Pict Francis Pierre around 2000.

X-Musen (X-Mouse), experimental vehicle of the 60's. Each wheel mounted on arms can rotate 360° and is fully running condition. It looks like Wagner vehicle (see chapter : the Go Devil of Wagner) and is displayed from 2012 at Museum of Strägnäs : Arsenalen, in Sweden.

Stalmusen-or-x-musen-h.pdf

	X-Musen was a very innovative articulated vehicle able to run level side slope and to climb onto obstacles thanks to its arms. This vehicle is now at Arsenalen Museum Strängnäs, Sweden. Picture J M Maclou at Strängnäs in April 2010.
	They can see the articulation of X-Musen on this picture of J M M in April 2010 at Strängnäs, Sweden.

	Chainlink, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t1IR1hWo02w
	Chainlink http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZwXhGThzXTw
	Chainlink http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1QJV_nIvmVc
	Chainlink http://www.google.fr/imgres?hl=fr&client=firefox-a&sa=X&rls=org.mozilla:fr:official&biw=1126&bih=569&tbm=isch&prmd=imvns&tbnid=U_GHJ3gLavTHKM:&imgrefurl=http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/mad-scientists/ultimate-rock-crawler-pictures/&docid=gxnEXYTaxKYGOM&imgurl=http://images.nationalgeographic.com/wpf/media-live/photos/000/386/cache/driving-the-chainlink_38609_600x450.jpg&w=600&h=450&ei=xAdTUOr9L4ak0QWXoYDwDw&zoom=1&iact=rc&dur=468&sig=105081120163651725285&page=4&tbnh=163&tbnw=226&start=44&ndsp=12&ved=1t:429,r:2,s:44,i:224&tx=92&ty=88

	Chainlink . See Chap 'Self-Leveling Vehicles' in Locomotion http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=--zuMm0BlR8
	Chainlink http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=--zuMm0BlR8
	Chainlink http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=--zuMm0BlR8
	JLTV GTV AM General Joint Light Tactical Vehicle, 2010, which is self-leveling vehicle. http://www.armyre cognition.com /us_army_wheeled_ and_armoured _vehicle_uk/jltv_gtv _am_general_d ynamics_joint_light_ tactical_wheeled _armoured_vehicle_us _army_united.html
	Kristi KT7 tracked vehicle from www.safetyoneinc.com
	Kristi KT7 tracked vehicle from www.safetyoneinc.com

Kristi KT3, 1960, snowmobile : http://www.snowmobile

forum.com/vintage-snowmobiles/14280-vintage-snow-machines-snow-trac-kristi.html and : http://www.safetyoneinc.com/specsheets/kristi.kt3.1.html

Kristi Snow-cat http://www.advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=475751

Kristi Snowcat : Trip into Soda Mountain, Oregon http://home.earthlink.net/~wilkinsn1/id4.html

	RCM Harvester http://www.rcmharvester.fi/index.php?PAGE=27&NODE_ID=27&LANG=1
	RCM Harvester http://www.rcmharvester.fi/index.php?PAGE=2&NODE_ID=2&LANG=1

Rottne H8 has a narrow and compact chassis with a swing arm system.

The four wheels arms have a large swing movement, which means leveling can equal out both lengthways and sideways inclines, as well as give good ground clearance over stony and uneven terrain. Space requirements are minimized and weight distribution is improved so that processing can be performed at full reach even laterally. Pict and text from http://www.rottne.com/en/forest-machine/rottne-h-8/

	Rottne 5000 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8WKUNoetiwI Rottne 5000 http://skogsforum.se/skogsbilder/image_page.php
	Timberjack 608 L excavator. Pict from www.unb.ca University of New Brunswick
	Timberpro 735 B http://timberpro.com/gallery/track-feller-bunchers/
	Lucane BB TECH for forestry, 8x8. See Chap 'Self-leveling vehicles'. Pict J M M at Euroforest, St Bonnet de Joux, 2010 06.

	Timberjack-608L, tilting to 27°. The 4 way leveling system is capable of 360° continuous rotation with no swing stops and separate leveling speed controls for fore-to-aft and side-to-side leveling. http://www.southernlog gintimesmagazine.com/ magazine-issue/may-2000/
	LL Maskiner Trollet 2000 http://skogsforum.se
	Three wheeled tractor. http://www.forstmuseum.ch/holzernte-detail.php?id=3943
	Three wheeled tractor, Pekazett. See Chap : 'Self Leveling Vehicles'. http://www.forstmuseum.ch/holzernte-detail.php?id=3943

	Teupen Nacelle. These machines are not true leveling vehicles but could be. Pict J M M at Intermat, Villepinte, 2012 04.
	Maeda Mini cranes MC405 and MC285. Pict J M M at Intermat, Villepinte, 2012 04.
	Imer nacelle. Pict J M M at Intermat, Villepinte, 2012 04.

Berky moving self-propelled

machines for banks maintenance. This is a slope mover, from Germany. http://www.berky.de/index.php?ID=1040

Berky Ditch Cleaner, a kind of walking machine for cleaning banks. http://www.berky.de/index.php?ID=1048#

6773-2011-11-01-Berky-sammelprospekt.pdf

Aerial lift Teupen Leo 23GT from Teupen Maschinenbau GmbH, Gronau, Germany. Tracks are self-leveling and the arms can stay on uneven terrain. Pict on right by J M M at Intermat, Villepinte, 2009 04, and on left from : www.aboutaeriallifts.com

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