This invention refers to a flexible shoe for endless tracks of heavy machinery, disclosing a constructive configuration that guarantees greater flexibility and adaptability to the terrain in which the heavy machine circulates and allows that only worn or broken parts of the flexible shoe be replaced. This invention also refers to a flexible shoe manufacturing method, thus disclosing a low-cost simple manufacturing process, making it possible for the flexible shoe to be manufactured only by means of cutting, assembly and steel plate welding processes.

This invention refers to a flexible shoe for endless tracks of heavy machinery, disclosing a constructive configuration that guarantees greater flexibility and adaptability to the terrain in which the heavy machine circulates and allows that only worn or broken parts of the flexible shoe be replaced. This invention also refers to a flexible shoe manufacturing method, thus disclosing a low-cost simple manufacturing process, making it possible for the flexible shoe to be manufactured only by means of cutting, assembly and steel plate welding processes.

A shroud for a track shoe grouser protector includes an elongate shroud body having weld holes formed in a first shroud leg and a second shroud leg attached to a base in the elongate shroud body. The shroud may have a fore to aft profile having the form of a flat-crowned arch with the shroud legs flared outward to form a grouser opening for positioning the shroud upon a track shoe grouser in a ground-engaging track system. An inventory of shrouds includes long shrouds and short shrouds positionable in a plurality of different assembly combinations to shield grousers in track shoes having a range of sizes.

A ground-engaging track shoe includes a shoe plate having link-side fixturing surfaces and ground-side fixturing surfaces. The link-side fixturing surfaces and the ground-side fixturing surfaces are raised in profile relative to a link-facing surface and a ground-facing surface, respectively. The fixturing surfaces enable a fixture to clamp the track shoe for support during processing, enabling improvements in maintaining portions of the track shoe flat and reducing part to part variation.

A ground-engaging track shoe includes a shoe plate having link-side fixturing surfaces and ground-side fixturing surfaces. The link-side fixturing surfaces and the ground-side fixturing surfaces are raised in profile relative to a link-facing surface and a ground-facing surface, respectively. The fixturing surfaces enable a fixture to clamp the track shoe for support during processing, enabling improvements in maintaining portions of the track shoe flat and reducing part to part variation.

A track kit for a vehicle (2), having two track assemblies (1,1′), each track assembly having an endless track (5), a front idler wheel (8), an intermediate support member (6) with at least one track engaging element (7), a rear idler wheel (9), a drive wheel (10), at least one swing arm (11,12) and a shock absorber connecting assembly (13,14), wherein the endless track (5) has an external side featuring ground lugs (15) for ground engagement and an internal side featuring drive lugs (16) for engagement with the drive wheel (10), and the internal side is circumferentially trained around and in contact with the front idler wheel (8).

A track kit for a vehicle (2), having two track assemblies (1,1′), each track assembly having an endless track (5), a front idler wheel (8), an intermediate support member (6) with at least one track engaging element (7), a rear idler wheel (9), a drive wheel (10), at least one swing arm (11,12) and a shock absorber connecting assembly (13,14), wherein the endless track (5) has an external side featuring ground lugs (15) for ground engagement and an internal side featuring drive lugs (16) for engagement with the drive wheel (10), and the internal side is circumferentially trained around and in contact with the front idler wheel (8).

A track kit for a vehicle, the track kit having two track assemblies, each track assembly featuring an endless track and a pinch wheel in contact with the external side of the endless track, the pinch wheel having a pinch wheel axle being rigidly connectable to a chassis of the vehicle.

A track kit for a vehicle, the track kit having two track assemblies, each track assembly featuring an endless track and a pinch wheel in contact with the external side of the endless track, the pinch wheel having a pinch wheel axle being rigidly connectable to a chassis of the vehicle.

A shroud for a track shoe grouser protector includes an elongate shroud body having weld holes formed in a first shroud leg and a second shroud leg attached to a base in the elongate shroud body. The shroud may have a fore to aft profile having the form of a flat-crowned arch with the shroud legs flared outward to form a grouser opening for positioning the shroud upon a track shoe grouser in a ground-engaging track system. An inventory of shrouds includes long shrouds and short shrouds positionable in a plurality of different assembly combinations to shield grousers in track shoes having a range of sizes.